Tag: japan
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“The Tales of Ise” on display in Tokyo from January 22
International ink painting exhibition announcement The 23rd International Art Exhibition (Art beyond boundaries) opens this week, on January 22 at the National Art Center Tokyo. This exhibition is, as usual, strongly focused on contemporary ink art. After “Night Rain at Kenrokuen” and “Returning Sails at Utasu Shrine“, two works from the “Eight Views of Kanazawa…
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Sometime Tokyo. A pop-up writings collection with holiday wishes.
A pop-up newsletter as art project, covering two weeks in Tokyo with ink painting artist and writer Mafalda Tenente
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“Returning Sails” on display in Tokyo from January 23
International ink painting exhibition announcement The 22nd International Art Exhibition (Art beyond boundaries) for ink artists from around the world is opening this week. From January 23 until February 2, you can see the latest in contemporary ink at the National Art Center Tokyo. After “Night Rain at Kenrokuen” in 2024, my contribution to this…
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The rice field by Kashima shrine at noon. Documenting with care.
It was only meant to be a few days away from this other mixed media painting, weeks at most. Yet, here we are on the first week of April and the Kashima shrine painting is still not complete. For a while I simply found it hard to paint a landscape set in Noto. Does this…
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The next painting in the “Kanazawa in Winter” series on display in Tokyo from January 25
International ink painting exhibition announcement The 21st International Art Exhibition (Art beyond boundaries) for ink artists from around the world is opening today. From January 25 until February 5, you can see the latest in contemporary ink at the National Art Center Tokyo. This year I bring a new piece from the Kanazawa in Winter…
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After the Rain in Suzu. On recognizing inspiration.
“Where to next?” That one question is always staring you in the face as an artist or writer. The minute you set down your brush after writing your signature on a painting – in this case “After the Rain in Suzu”. When you hit send on that email with the final “good for print” on…