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Tag: 2014
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Painting of golden winter grass by a Japanese river
It is February of 2022. It is still winter and often cold, but there is the occasional warm day which cheers the spirit and brings with it the promise of spring. And on one such day, I got my painting gear and took a walk along my local river. I love my local river. It’s…
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Painting a snow scene with a warm evening sky
Out of the blue my sister asked me to make some Christmas cards. So I had a go at painting some snow scenes and one thing led to another and soon the studio was littered with snow scenes.
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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.
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Watercolor paintings of construction work in a small Japanese city
These pictures are of a small Japanese city that I live in called Oita. They were painted in 2014. Around this period there was a lot of major construction work occurring around the city center. New roads, a new bridge and a new train station were built. And the area around the train station was…
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Outdoor painting nightmare on a mountain
In September of 2014 I climbed up Mt Yufudake. I wanted to paint a picture from the top of the mountain. And I took all my painting equipment, even my easel. However, I stayed on the mountain top too long, watching a beautiful sunset. As I descended the mountain my pleasant painting trip turned into…
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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.
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Watercolor painting of the sunlit interior of a Japanese train
So I was on the train because I went to Beppu. This is the city next to mine which is called Oita. And I went to see an exhibition space in a small hotel. To date, I’ve exhibited in a bank, a green tea shop, a steakhouse, a cafe and a few other places but…
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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!
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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,…
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Being a ghost at my exhibition
Once, quite a few years ago, at one of my very first exhibitions it was a requirement that I was there the whole duration of the show acting as the ‘host’. It was not a pleasant experience because at that time I found meeting other people quite a stressful experience.