I know the place in this painting very well. But I don’t know when I painted this picture. It is a very old painting. I could have painted this picture as far back as 2010. At that time I was getting on my bicycle and cycling deep into the Japanese countryside.
I painted this picture roughly around 2010. At this time I was struggling a lot at watercolor painting. And I noticed that I didn’t paint the trees and bushes well in nearly all my paintings during this period. But in this particular painting I painted the trees and bushes very well.
I know this painting is old. I’m guessing it was painted in 2010. But that’s a very rough guess. It could be even earlier. But I know this place.
I’m not sure what year I painted this picture but I know that it’s old. I painted it on a spiral-bound pad and did the painting over two sheets of paper so that I could do a huge panoramic painting that matched the view I experienced on that hill.
In the past, I often went to Starbucks. I loved that place. And at the cafe I would do paintings of people drinking coffee.
This is an old painting. I painted it on the spot around 2010. And this place is in a region called Wasada. This region is on the outskirts of Oita city. I found this place by chance during one of my bicycle painting adventures. At that time, I would cycle all over the local countryside looking for beautiful places to paint.
This is a beautiful temple with many old wooden buildings. I have painted here many times because of the lovely views and the peaceful atmosphere. But on one occasion I annoyed a monk with a speck of blue paint.
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.
Simple watercolor line and wash sketch of a woman reclining in a chair.
This is a story about a cycling trip by a Japanese river that I did around 2010. During this trip I came across a beautiful emerald green rice field. I did a plein air sketch of this rice field. And later on I did a studio painting from this sketch.