Tag: japan
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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…
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Celebrating 10 years of Volumes Zurich in 2023. join us on November 18-19.
It’s already that time of the year again. The time when independent publishers come together in Zurich in the run up to Christmas to showcase their latest works in print at Volumes Zurich. This year I will be joining the 10 year celebration of Zurich’s independent art publishing fair. At the book fair table stand…
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On an autumn day at Hōmu
Two days ago I was in Basel for the opening of my Autumn-themed exhibition at Hōmu, Japanisch Wohnen in Basel. It was the opening weekend for the Basel Herbstmesse too, the sun kept peeking through the clouds on one of the balmiest autumn days so far. These are the nicest days, aren’t they? When the…
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Honourable Mention for “Winter Sunset at Kenrokuen”, On display at the Awagami International Print Exhibition in Tokushima from October 7 to November 11.
This winter in Japan was productive in so many ways. In addition to finding the inspiration for the next compositions in the Eight Views of Kanazawa in Winter series, I ended up painting the images that would become my contribution for the world’s largest show for prints on washi. The AIMPE takes place this October…
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On the Tōhaku trail (part 02)
There was only one must-do thing on my schedule for the first week in Japan. Yet, as it so often happens when I travel alone through Japan it was but the beginning of a journey within the journey…
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A month in Japan 2023 (part 01)
I have recently come back from nearly a month in Japan, my first time in the country since February 2020. For the first time in a long while I left my schedule nearly completely free ahead of the trip. It was hard to resist the temptation of making plans and cluttering the schedule, but this…