Tag: sumi-e
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Closing the circle on the season of fresh leaves – “The spring fifer”.
The boundaries between process and meaning. Before I left for the season of fresh green leaves in Japan I fell under the spell of this white blossom branch on a late spring rainy day and started a new painting in “The bookbinder’s world” series. It was the week of Zurich’s Spring festival, and I had…
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Keeping the link between ink, nature and poetry alive.
In between lotus painting sessions I painted a postcard view from another well-known Zurich garden – the Rietberg Park.
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Paint the lotus season. Rinse. Repeat.
I have been meaning to do this for a while, but somehow I was always in the wrong place at the right time of year. Recording the development of the lotus season from a single place in Zurich – the small pond of the Old Botanical Garden.
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A rainy day, at level with the treecreeper behind brushed green clouds.
I have to admit, as much as I love the warmth of spring blossoms, there is something special about the musical rhythm of a garden or park on a rainy day. Have you noticed it too?
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All I did was sit at my desk and pick up a brush pen.
“All I did was go to the library to pick up a book.” Murakami Haruki in „The Strange Library“ This sentence by Murakami, or the variation in today’s title really describes best how a new painting idea slowly takes form on paper, or in this case, bookbinder’s board. Books or walks are the seed, but…
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All that lies in a single cherry tree branch.
All the cherry blossom petals are gone and more and more green leaves are visible every day. All that was left to paint on this year’s cherry blossom composition were the connecting branches. There is always a small fear creeping up at this stage in any painting. What if that one missing element comes out…