In front of a ruined temple, girls from the art club were putting together an ikebana. The plants they used were those that grew on their school’s campus – Japanese pampas grass and wild roses. In this world where modern civilization has been destroyed, these flowers represent an oasis of beauty. Just looking at them, I could feel my concerns and stress slowly fading away.
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Indian canyon #1, Palm Springs, CA.
In the early 1960s, art dealer Tita Kaye gave a solo exhibition of paintings by Agnes Martin to poet and publisher George Whitman. In addition to the show, she invited Whitman to visit her Palm Springs home, known as “Indian Canyon,” where–over glasses of wine–she suggested that he consider publishing a book by David McIntosh. Whitman readily agreed, and in…
No. Cal. Coastal Paradise
The painting is part of the second series made by Yoshimi Mise in Fukuoka, but it also seems to incorporate some elements from her earliest works. This period saw a flourishing of the Fauvism movement started by Matisse, to which Mise was exposed through Kondō Yoshijirō (近藤義次郎), an art dealer who was also her stepfather. The painting is done in…
Maui scape triptych
This is the second article in a series I plan to do on the art of Lyle Ritz. Ikebana #2 is one of my favorites. The triptych format seems only possible by mounting each panel on separate stretchers that are attached to each other. I think that the triptych format is very effective for this piece, It gives you a…
Nevada highway
The painting shows the smooth Nevada highway overlooking the sunset from the side. The scene was painted on the spot where there is a pullout area. The desert sands and a cooling breeze is shown with a cloudy evening sky in this painting.
