Sakura trees of all kind, including Shidare sakura, are in full bloom now in my town. So many flowers on the trees are offering to us such a pleasure of viewing. In return, I wanted to paint as many flowers as I could in this painting. My way of saying "Thank you" to the flowers. 私の町にはたくさんの桜の木があります。立派な枝垂れ桜も3本あり、数えきれないほど多くの花を咲かせ、私たちを楽しませてくれています。お返しに、私の絵もできるだけ多くの花を描きました。私流の桜の花に対する「ありがとう」です。
Sunday, March 27, 2022
Sunday, March 20, 2022
Budding season
The title of the painting is "Budding season". Flowers are budding and blooming now that the spring is here. In this painting, flowers and budds are children being born and grow up with the support of the grown-ups. The theme of my painting is about what we humans have been doing all these years and in all cultures. Things we will keep on doing in the future, too.
Sunday, March 13, 2022
World Haiku Anthology 2022
designed the cover of World Haiku anthology 2022. I used aluminum foil and washi paper. I think they make an interesting juxtaposition of materials. The foil is cut in the shape of rainbow arch and washi paer in the shape of human body.
Thursday, March 10, 2022
Buds being pulled forth
The title of this painting is, "Buds being pulled forth". Shoots and buds of plants are being pulled forth by something great in the heaven and the earth. Pulling out a baby at birth, and baby growing, and being able to walk and jump around, all these are the providence of something great, too.
Saturday, March 5, 2022
Rendezvous--sky and sea
The title of this painting is, "Rendezvous--sky and sea". We usually see the horizon, a calm straight line, at where sky and sea meet. But in this painting, it is a rendezvous of sky and sea. I wanted to make the meeting dynamic and joyous. In days of Covid, meeting the others is difficult, but when the situation improves, people will meet as in this painting.
「空と海のランデブー」がタイトルです。空と海が出会う所は水平線というイメージがあります。でも、この絵はランデブーがテーマですから、出会いをダイナミックに、そして陽気な姿に描いてみました。コロナ禍で、出会いが遠のいている人々が、状況が改善したらこんな風に会うのでしょう。Tuesday, March 1, 2022
Hearts in the sky
Signs of a new season is beginning to be felt here and there. Spring is indeed just around the corner. What with all the stress we accumulate in our mind because of the Covid thing, we wish to free our mind, and let it play with birds and clouds in the warm and bright sky.
新しい季節の気配をあちこちに感じる頃となりました。コロナ禍で溜まった心のストレスを解き放ち、鳥や雲と一緒に遊ばせたい、そんな思いでこの絵を描きました。