James Whistler said that a painting should be right every step of the way, from the first brush stroke to the last. I’ve felt this way sometimes.
This is the painting I am working on this week. It is about half done.
To New York! /
50 Paintings, all packed and off to New York, for my So-Ho exhibition in March.
I had great help from the local art mover
Winter Lotus /
Spring is coming, but the lotus on the pond still speak of winter.
First plum /
Visited the National Art Museum in Ueno, on the way home I passed a plum tree and got inspired
Happy New Year All! /
Cut a new bamboo
Sign with a stamp /
Japanese painters often sign thier paintings with a stamp. It is not a surprise. Japanese sign business documents with a stamp as well. I like it. It adds to the painting and seens less rough than scrawling my name.. A name can look like graffiti. I’m not the only one. James Whistler, an artist I admire, often signed his work with a butterfly like a Japanese stamp.
Lately I have use my familt crest, though I make a lot of stamps.
