Painting a beautiful countryside scene near a cafe where I will have an exhibition
So this is not really a story but just an attempt to add some context to this painting. You can also see how I turned a painting of the countryside into a snow scene.
Countryside
Watercolor painting of Japanese haystacks
Today I was just going to sit in the studio and paint. But then my wife suggested that I go out and paint as it was such a beautiful day. My relaxing day suddenly became a hectic one. Now, I was planning a trip and wondering where would be the best place to go.
Romantic peaks and foolish painters
What is the first thing an artist needs? I’d say passion. And that is something I have in abundance. And it’s a good thing. It means I’m doing the right thing. Passion though makes you do foolish things as you will read in this story.
Don’t go painting outside in holey sandals
It’s time to say goodbye to my sandals. My holey, not holy, sandals that is. And I learnt you should never take a walk in nature with holey sandals. But this is what I did and I stepped on something full of tiny needles. One of God’s wonderful creations!
A painting from a walk in the mountains of Beppu
Last week, I spent a whole day at my exhibition. I don’t think it helped sales but I learnt about what paintings people liked. On the final day of the exhibition, after I had finished and had packed away my work, I decided that I needed some fresh air. So I drove up the mountain, found an interesting place and stopped.
Watercolor paintings of a beautiful cliff by a river
In April of 2014, I went on a family trip to Yabakei. This place is famous for beautiful cliffs. These cliffs are next to a river called Yamakuni. I spent some time finding a good view of the cliffs.Then, I took some photos. And later at home from my photos I did two paintings of these cliffs.
Watercolor Paintings of Aso landscape
Aso is a beautiful countryside area in Kumamoto prefecture, Japan. It’s famous for its caldera. A caldera is a basin surrounded by a ring of mountains. I painted these two pictures of Aso around 2013 or 2014.
Watercolor painting of figures walking beneath a very beautiful mellow, yellow evening sky
Here is a series of watercolor paintings of a beautiful countryside scene. This scene may be from a place I visited in 2013. Sadly, I no longer know the name of this place. But I think this place is somewhere between Oita city and Fukuoka city. However, the mellow evening mood of these paintings with the partially dissolved figures was from my imagination. I had a vision of just such a scene. You could call it a creative vision. And that vision inspired this series.
Painting of a man and his dog taking a stroll along a countryside path
This is a painting of a country path in a region called Hiji. I have visited this region quite a few times and have found some very picturesque scenes here such as the one above. And as I look at this painting, I find myself thinking that this is a very good painting and I am surprised that I almost binned it.
Paintings of an old shed and barn in a small, rural Japanese town called Shonai
Around 2021, I began to organize all my artwork. This is a momentous task as I have over 1000 paintings. In the process, I found the painting above. It is an old painting which was done around 2013.