Author Archives: Francis

My current neighborhood has many farms i it, and this is the first time in my adult life to spend my days in an area like this — At one of them, around 3 weeks ago, I saw several scarecrows … Continue reading →

Here is a development of the first scratch shown below on January 14. After trying several different scratches, I’ve settled down with this one. As I said below on January 14, this new painting depicts anxiety I often notice behind … Continue reading →

So, this is done! I have nothing to do with the “Rosenkreuz”, nor am I Lutheran. I just love a “Latin cross surrounded by roses.” If you want me to paint your fav motif / message on the clothes of your … Continue reading →

Again, I was searching for an object to draw, for my drawing exercise. Alas, I couldn’t find anything interesting — yet I decided to make a quick sketch of this conventional telephone booth. Why? Simply because it is something becoming … Continue reading →

That vermilion parka shown below on January 18 is half done. Please wait till I post here the finished state. 下の1月18日に紹介したヴァーミリオンのパーカ、ペインティングが半分終わりました。 完成状態をここに投稿するまで、お待ちくださいませ！

A quick sketch of another sculpture in my neighborhood. I know it’s not a very interesting sculpture, but there are only a few sculptures and objects around here. I’m not complaining about the “cultural standard” of my current neighborhood. The … Continue reading →

While working on new paintings and having drawing exercises of some sculptures, I also paint on clothes, when I get new ones. Someone gave me this parka of vermilion, whose front side has, as many designed-in-Japan clothes do, some “enigmatic … Continue reading →

When you are busy painting on clothes and creating scratches for new paintings, it can be hard to find time for “basic” drawing, something a painter must not ignore. So, I walked to a neighborhood park, which hosts a large … Continue reading →

Clothes is an interesting “support” (the thing to which paints, pastel pigments, etc. are applied — canvas, paper, wooden board, etc.), since it also functions as a medium to carry a message, for instance “No Nukes”. So, I’ll keep on … Continue reading →

  So, here are two detailed views of the back. As you see, the whole picture consists of some geometrical figures — dots forming rectangles, strokes of arcs making up stalks and leaves, “boomerang arcs” representing rose petals, etc. — … Continue reading →