Salvador Dali had Gala Diakonova, Edouard Manet had Victorine Meurent and Robert Mapplethorpe had Patti Smith, but Japanese artist Riusuke Fukahori looked not to a striking woman for his muse - but to a pet goldfish.
A master at the craft, Fukahori understands how to build up shadows, shades and flowing fins to create a lifelike effect. The fact that he usually creates his masterpieces in wooden Japanese basins or sake containers (one of his works is titled Kingyoshu, literally "goldfish wine") adds to the realism and playfulness.
Internet videos show Fukahori bringing his goldfish to life, but you can watch his creative process unfold before your very eyes when the artist brings his work to Hong Kong, in co-operation with Japan's Gallery IDF.
Fukahori will hold a live demonstration in the atrium of The Gateway (Harbour City, Tsim Sha Tsui) on Thursday, the same day his exhibition, A Goldfishing Studio, opens at the nearby Gallery by the Harbour (Ocean Centre, Harbour City).