I am moving on with my Orientalism fantasy paintings to Japan influenced by my relatively recent love of Japanese Shin Hanga prints. It started from seeing some posted on Facebook and then I bought a book of my favourite artist Yoshida Hiroshi and then more recently my friend Rory Walker dropped off three more books of this work including a monograph of Kawase Hasui who is my other favourite artist from this period and indeed it is the rainy landscapes by him that are the influence behind this painting. I don't know a lot about Japanese culture so I'm taking it slowly at the moment but am hoping to paint a few more particularly if they look as though they might sell as well as the Middle Eastern subjects have; at the moment I have no idea if this subject matter is of interest to my usual (or new) buyers....
I based it on a muted yellow/violet colour complementary which I think has gave it an interesting atmosphere.
I will either post this on Beyond The Every Day or I will show it at IX in Reading PA in October.
Oil on linen 22" x 16"
There is a step-by-step progress through this painting including what colours I used in previous posts on this blog.
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