Last Sunday was Sakura Sunday, and it was a perfect day to be outside under the cherry blossoms! You can see a whole bunch of amazing photos from the day here. It was great to see so many people there, and I was happy to meet a bunch of fans who came by my booth to say hi. Thanks for stopping by! Continue reading
The Cherry Blossom Festival is just around the corner, and pretty soon the cherry blossoms will be popping all over Philadelphia. Which makes it appropriate that I just finished this painting of Shofuso Japanese House and Garden in Fairmount Park, with its cherry trees in full bloom.
If you’ve been paying attention to my Facebook page, you’ve probably noticed that for a while I was getting 1 painting done per week, until March. Well, that’s because I’ve been wrestling with this painting all month long, and finally I am happy with the results. The level of tiny detail is pretty intense in this one, and it looks great full-size on paper.
I’ll be selling this print and some others at Sakura Sunday (April 14 @ the Fairmount Park Horticulture Center). Hope to see you there!
Spring View of Shofuso (松風荘庭園の春景色)
Wow, it has been an incredibly long time since I last posted anything on my website… About 4 months even! You know how time just bleeds away when you’re busy? That’s what the past few months have been like for me.
Some time back, I mentioned how I was rebooting my “100 Famous Views of Philadelphia” series with a view of doing all 100 prints and putting them into a large, full-color book like I did with Night Parade last year (Oh yeah! And it’s just 1 year now that Night Parade has been out too!). Well, I have been working night and day on the new images, trying to get one done about each week.
If you’ve been following me on Facebook/Twitter/Google+ then you know that I haven’t been totally silent; only silent on my blog. And you’ve probably seen the images of the finished pieces as I’ve been getting them done. And you’ve probably heard me apologize that I don’t have prints available yet. Well that changes today! Continue reading
It’s been a while since the last post, as I’ve been shifting gear out of October Yokai mode and into my next big project. | 前回の記事から少し間が開きました。10月の妖怪シリーズから、次の大きなプロジェクトに移る時です。 Continue reading
100 Famous Views of Philadelphia is one of those projects I keep trying to go back to, but keep getting sidetracked with other things. So painting them is rather slow. I started this one back in July after I moved to Fukui, and then stopped working on it until this week, when I thought I really ought to finish it before moving on to another picture.
Springtime at Fairmount Park / フェアモント公園の陽春
If you haven’t had a chance to get out to Fairmount Park in early April, do yourself a favor and go! The trees really are something to behold, and the Japan America Society’s Cherry Blossom Festival is quite awesome.
Just in time (to see, not to buy) for the 2009 Subaru Cherry Blossom Festival, it’s 100 Famous Views of Philadelphia: Spring View of Shofuso (松風荘庭園の春景色). It was rough pulling this one together in just one month, with the proposal, wedding planning, and work, but I like how it came out. Being as these pieces are kind of partner to the Cherry Blossom Festival, it’s nice to have another cherry blossom themed piece too.
Now, you should go out and see the real thing, in Fairmount park! You can learn more about the Japanese House and Garden at www.shofuso.com, and you can learn more about the Cherry Blossom Festival at jasgp.org/cherryblossomfestival (as well as buy my prints — you know you want to).
Recently I finished the latest of 100 Famous Views of Philadelphia: Sunset at Independence Hall. I hope you enjoy it!
