I wanted to paint the sky today because it was very dramatic. It was a very cloudy sky but now and then the sunshine would burst out. It was inspiring stuff for me.  So, I went to the river...

Today was a beautiful sunny day in January. A perfect day for outdoor painting. But maybe not you might think if you have a one and half year old toddler.  I had a plan though. So, I took my...

I went on a family trip to Yufuin in February. We had a pleasant time. Finally, we headed back to the car. And I saw this glorious sunset and took a photo. Later at home I painted 3 pictures of this...

Enjoying the beautiful scenery of my local river, Oita river, in the summer of 2020 when it was super hot.

Note: this is an old post that I have republished. It was first written in January of 2014. I have enlarged the painting because the original image was very small. Also I no longer have the original...

In 2019 I went to Kitsuki with my family in order to put up some of my work in a gift shop. On the way back I saw this beautiful scene of a river at dusk.