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 visit this town and do some paintings of the place. This story is about that trip.
This is a story about a small exhibition I had in a shop in Usuki. Usuki is a small town in Oita prefecture famous for a lot of traditional buildings, especially temples.
Aso is a beautiful countryside area in Kumamoto prefecture, Japan. It’s famous for its caldera. A caldera is a basin surrounded by a ring of mountains. I painted these two pictures of Aso around 2013 or 2014.
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 as this is one of the best places for painting a sky picture.
Today was a beautiful sunny day in January. It was a perfect day for outdoor painting. But maybe not if you have a one and half year old toddler. I had a plan though. So, I took my toddler, Annie, down to the river where we could play. But I also took my sketchbook so …
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There has been a lot of construction going on in the city where I live. And this construction has created a road with a beautiful, panoramic view of the city. This is because the area next to the road has become a temporary natural wasteland with no buildings upon it. And I have wasted no time in getting out and painting this amazing view from the road.