Homage Da Vinci #2
The Ikebana series is an art project started by Japanese artist Maki Kawakita. She has been presenting her own versions of ‘Color Theory & Mona Lisa’ in which she paints over the original da Vinci’s masterpiece with traditional Japanese patterns. The result is absolutely stunning and breath-taking. Now, recently, she did the same thing but with the paintings of renowned Japanese Ukiyo-e artist Utagawa Kuniyoshi.
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Sea life diptych
The painting is part of a series inspired by the Japanese tradition of Ikebana flower arrangement. In this case, each painting is from a different point of view, however both views work together as one composition. In past times, the sacred art of flower arrangement was reserved only for temples and the aristocracy who were able to enjoy its beauty…
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Sailing Maui
Sailing Maui’s waters on a sunny day, I couldn’t help but notice the tropical plants decorating the isles. Big leafy plants and blooming flowers were everywhere, making me crave for some gardening back home. One of those plants caught my eye as it is a native flower to Hawaii: ohia lehua (Metrosideros polymorpha). It looks so interesting with its relatively…
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DNA hand
The painting that I’m presenting this time is ” DNA hand “. I am very happy if the paintings that I draw always show an image of a pattern. It has been several years since my father passed away, and there was no particular reason to remember him on Father’s Day, but for some reason during this year’s commemoration of…
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Map with green sand
The map is surrounded by green sand, with a big rock to the east and a small one to the west. There’s also two more rocks on each side of these. The map has several chests: on the beach there’s a chest with ghillie suit and second chest with bandage; inside one of the rocks there’s a third chest with…