Fuji San Day,  27 x 9 1/2, ink and color on paper
       
     
Yuito's Alley, 22x16 cm,
       
     
Miura Zaka 22x13 cm,
       
     
Beside the Park, 8x27 cm,
       
     
Cat at the Bottom 16x15 cm.
       
     
Fuji San Day,  27 x 9 1/2, ink and color on paper
       
     
Fuji San Day, 27 x 9 1/2, ink and color on paper

On February 23rd my friend said it was Fuji-San Day. I found out later it was also the Emperor’s birthday. I was watching my kid. But he was too busy and too with his friends to be watched closely so I stood on a side street with no name and made a sketch. The next day in my studio I made this painting. This was the first painting in this group. It showed me the way.

近所の友人が2月23日は富士山の日だと教えてくれました。その日は天皇誕生日でもあると後に知りました。私は息子の子守りをしていましたが、彼は友達と夢中になって遊んでいたので、私はそこを離れ、すぐそばの名もない細い路地へと歩き、スケッチを始めました。

翌日、私はアトリエでこの作品を描きました。

これが今回の個展の最初の作品となり、創作の道しるべとなりました。

Yuito's Alley, 22x16 cm,
       
     
Yuito's Alley, 22x16 cm,
Miura Zaka 22x13 cm,
       
     
Miura Zaka 22x13 cm,
Beside the Park, 8x27 cm,
       
     
Beside the Park, 8x27 cm,
Cat at the Bottom 16x15 cm.
       
     
Cat at the Bottom 16x15 cm.

All paintings are framed, originally exhibited -

Insignificant

名も無き路地の小さな絵

Small paintings of little alleys with no names

New paintings by Jim Hathaway, Tokyo, Yanaka, October 2022

A short video of the exhibition - click Here