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Tag: 2013
Painting of a small Japanese village somewhere between Oita city and Kitakyushu city
This is one of my old paintings. I remember visiting and painting this place but I can’t give the year exactly. I think it was around 2013. And I remember that my wife was visiting or taking our eldest daughter to Kitakyushu where she was studying at the university. However, my wife stopped on route…
Painting of a strange but beautiful Japanese national park called Hiraodai
I think it was around 2013 that I discovered this beautiful national park in Fukuoka prefecture. We were visiting my oldest daughter who was studying at Kitakyushu university. On the way home, we took a different route from normal and went through this national park. I was delighted because this is a very strange place…
Watercolor painting of a traditional Japanese building in Kitakyushu
Some of my old paintings are a mystery to me. Often I have no idea what year I painted them. Sometimes I can’t work out the place. And sometimes I know the place but I can’t remember the actual occasion when I was there and which led to the painting.
Mountain trekking with an old Japanese man
In 2012, an old Japanese man asked me if I wanted to go hiking. I eagerly said yes. First he took me to the top of Mt Ryozen. It was my first time climbing that mountain. I really enjoyed it. The painting below was done from a photograph taken on this climb. Another time he…