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(;; ? o?) What’s this? Well, this is the initial sketch for a new painting, titled “Run! For Your Life!!” It is a depiction of the Japanese society after March 2011, when a severe earthquake and tsunami touched off the … Continue reading →

  Below on October 2, I showed Stage 2 of this painting. Here is its Stage 3. The work is still in progress. I hope it presents the “flaming radiance” of this roadside flower. Currently, some “radiata” flowers are in … Continue reading →

Well, I think I can finish this off now. As I said below, I wanted to bring back the connection between κοσμοs (Greek for “the universe as an ordered whole”) and the name of this flower. I hope this painting … Continue reading →

At the croquis session of October 6, as usual 20 minutes x 6 poses, I first tried “partial pointillism” as I mentioned below on September 24. In short, due to the time restriction of 20 minutes, I worked with a … Continue reading →

  Below on September 28, I showed Stage 2 of this painting. Here is Stage 3. As I said back then, my intention in this painting is to bring back the connection between the plant and the “cosmos”. Pointillism is … Continue reading →

Below on September 26, I started over this painting. Here is its Stage 2. The work is in progress. My intention is to present the plant as something “radiant” — flowers that are quite common beside roads yet quite fabulous … Continue reading →

So, this is done. Unlike “St. Francis and Birds” (Click “Works – Spiritual” on the black menu above and scroll down), here the same saint looks a bit busy and disturbed. I wanted to present him looking at tragedies of … Continue reading →

Below on September 13, I showed the start of this painting. Here is Stage 2. The Greek origin of the word “cosmos” was κοσμοs, which meant “the world as something in ordered unity” — thus, it was the etymological origin … Continue reading →

Below on September 20, I showed a failure in my presentation of “Lycoris radiata”. I started the work over, and here is how it began. My intention is still the same as I said further below on September 11: to … Continue reading →

So, as I confirmed below on September 22, 20 minutes are too short for pointillism, even if the paper size is very small. I thought about this issue and came up with a possible solution — I’ll try painting large … Continue reading →