It’s been a long, long time since I’ve had any update here, and I’m sorry for that. I’ve been working pretty hard, and besides working not much particularly notable has happened recently, so I haven’t really taken the time to write anything. I’ve been doing my taxes — Japanese and American — and teaching a bunch of English classes to save up money, and studying Japanese as well, because I really want to pass level 2 of the JLPT this summer.
But I have been painting! I’ve been working hard on 3 landscape oils, which are almost dry but still tacky enough that I don’t want to place them on my scanner. (I’ve still got some green smudges on my scanner backdrop from the last time I scanned something too early.)
Today’s post is a piece I’ve had in my mind for some time now. As you may know, there are two dinosaurs named for Fukui prefecture: fukuiraptor and fukuisaurus. They’re fairly unremarkable dinosaurs, but I like them a lot. I was impressed by their displays at the Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum, and I’m fairly certain that’s the only place in the world you can really see them. Last year they finally began selling little toy fukuiraptors and fukuisauruses, so I bought them both.
Well, besides just liking them, one of the top keywords that leads people to my website is “fukuiraptor.” I have no idea why — I think I only briefly mentioned fukuiraptor in a post a long time ago. Yet it remains among the top search terms, after my own name. So I’ve always thought maybe I should paint a fukuiraptor just to satisfy all these searchers who come here looking for it. And being that Fukui is big on dinosaurs, and Japan is big on trains, I thought that I should do a series on dinosaurs riding trains. So here is my first one: Fukui Raptor at Takefu-shin Station.
Fukuiraptor at Takefu-shin Station (Click for a larger version.)
I just noticed the sheriff artwork on the wall!
Ah, good eye. That’s actually The Baron, and over on the right there’s the edge of a Viking, if you look closely.
I love this! The detail is exquisite. FYI, Jorōgumo is ready in the same lush, black silk and shiny red frame. Thank you again for sharing your art. Best wishes on your language studies. I’m still intrigued and just started on Rosetta Stone third set.
Thanks Darla. 🙂
I’d love to see the framed Jorogumo. Send me a photo if you have one! Good luck on Rosetta Stone — it’s a fun program.
it’s great overall, but the best part is the easter eggs. this is your first piece with them, isn’t it?
Not my first piece with easter eggs, but my first one in a while. I used to slip secret ALFs in my paintings quite a bit. I haven’t done that in years though.