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Tag: Oita prefecture
Painting of a farmer’s fire in rural Japan
I have this amazing painting. Sadly, I have no amazing story to go with it. In fact, the origin of this painting is murky. I’m pretty sure that it is from a photo I took. I’m not sure if I still have the photo but I can still remember that photo. And I’m pretty sure…
Painting of a beautiful Japanese river at dusk
In April of 2018, I visited a cafe that had a gift shop. The gifts were artworks by foreigners living in Japan. The owner, who was herself a foreigner, had asked me to show some of my paintings there. I was delighted by this opportunity. The shop is near Kitsuki town, which is a very…
Painting rays of light passing through trees in a Japanese park
A few years ago I went with my wife and daughter to a family walking event. It was at a park around the art museum in a district called Ueno. The park is situated on a hill. And it has a path that leads you through a densely forested area with some open glades. When…
Painting of a beautiful Japanese beach at evening time
Recently we went on a family trip to Matama. This is a coastal area famous for its sandbanks that look so beautiful when the sun sets. And, luckily, we had arrived on a very sunny day. The tide was slowly coming in and creating a dramatic pattern of meandering streams through the sand. A lot…
I got a commission to paint a Japanese torii gate
In 2020, I did an exhibition at the main department store in my local city of Oita. It went well and I sold about 12 to 13 paintings. Nearly all of these were sales of paintings on display. However, I did get 2 commissions. And one of them is of this Japanese torii gate in…
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,…
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.