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Category: Painting trip in Japan
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Getting lost in the Japanese countryside at night
Sometimes when I paint outdoors remarkable things happen and I don’t even know that they are happening but they later come back and influence my life. For instance, last year, a man who I can’t remember spoke to me while I was outside painting. It turns out that he is a sculptor and quite famous…
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Bicycle trip to a beautiful Japanese shrine called Yusuhara
In May of 2014, I went on a bicycle ride up a hill to visit a famous shrine. It was an arduous ride! But it was worth it. The shrine is called Yusuhara and it is a very beautiful place. I painted several on the spot paintings during this trip.
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Watercolor painting of a beautiful Japanese river and waterfall
In 2014, I visited a place called Ogata. My purpose was to paint a beautiful display of tulips. However, I was too late and most of the tulips had gone. So I wandered around this place looking for other painting subjects. Luckily, there were some beautiful painting subjects. And I painted a suspension bridge, a…
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Watercolor painting of a traditional Japanese building
I have a friend who is a metalwork sculptor. He will soon have an exhibition in a small Japanese town called Yufuin. And he will show two of my paintings in his exhibition. So, as I’m a landscape painter and the exhibition is held in Yufuin, I thought it would be a good idea to…
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Disastrous painting holiday
In the summer of 2010, I decided to go on a painting holiday. I was so excited. It was my first painting holiday. Sadly, it was a disastrous experience.