Koi with Flower Tile by Parran Collery

This beautiful tile depicts a colorful koi swimming in a rich aqua pond with a lily pad and pink lotus flower. Size: approximately 6" x 9". Handmade by Parran Collery of Eartha Tile in Prince Frederick, Maryland. All of my tiles are designed for hanging and come with felt dots on the back corners. Due to their handmade nature, the tile you receive will be similar, but not identical to the one pictured. Artistic expression has been the definitive element of my life for as long as I can recall. Encouraged by my mother, also an artist, I started keeping a sketchbook at an early age, working on drawings and paintings, taking every art class I could.  But as college approached art didn’t seem like a good choice for a major.  Then one day in my second year at the University of Vermont (Groovy UV!) I happened upon a ceramics class firing a raku kiln behind the art building:  smoke and fire and students moving with purpose.  One look and I was hooked! From that moment on I focused on art, and