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Tag: old painting
Watercolor painting of a small boat on a Japanese river
This picture was painted around 2011. At that time, I was getting on my bicycle with my art gear and cycling off into the Japanese countryside. I call this period my wilderness years. And one of my favorite cycling routes was this river. It’s called Ono river.
Watercolor painting of two people walking beneath a vast sky
This painting is an enigma. Firstly, I’m not sure when I painted it. I’m guessing it was around 2011. Secondly, I can’t remember doing this painting. And thirdly, I have no idea where this place is.
Watercolor painting of pigeons and a puddle in a car park
I’m not certain when I painted this picture. I think it was around 2011.It’s certainly an old painting. I know the place in this painting very well. It is a car park very close to my house. And although I don’t think it is a good painting I’m glad I painted it.
Watercolor painting of the beach at Miyajima
Miyajima is one of my favorite places in Japan. And I have been there several times. It is an island with a temple built on the beach. The buildings of the temple are on stilts. And when the tide comes in the sea comes right up to the buildings. It’s very beautiful.
Watercolor paintings of the sun setting over Beppu bay
Here are a few of my earliest seascape paintings. My interest in seascapes began in 2011. At that time, I started cycling to the bay. This bay is just a ten minute bicycle ride from my house. It is called Beppu bay. I did many on the spot paintings of this bay. I felt inspired…
Painting of a Japanese shrine from my long ago bicycle adventures
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.
Painting of the beautiful autumn foliage in a Japanese park
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.
Watercolor painting of children playing in a river on a summer’s day
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.
Painting a beautiful panoramic view from the top of a hill
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.
Watercolor paintings of people drinking coffee at Starbucks
In the past, I often went to Starbucks. I loved that place. And at the cafe I would do paintings of people drinking coffee.