A Rocky Mountain Scene. Here’s the deck I painted for the ‘Plywood for Good’ fund raiser. I thought the vertical shape was perfect for doing my take on a Kakemono. Kakemono are the long vertical scroll paintings that are mounted to silk and often hung in the tokonoma area of a home.
Help Japan. I’m really excited to be apart of this art auction to help relief efforts in Japan. 100% of the show’s proceeds go to supporting the rebuilding efforts going on right now. The show is being put on by Collective Good at Project One in San Francisco.
Come check it out this Thursday July 14th. It goes from 6:30 – 10 pm. There’s a $10 charitable donation at the door.
Green and White. Yamato Transport has the best shipping box I’ve ever seen. It’s my favorite. Each trip I take to Japan, I always buy one of these shipping van boxes to pack all my finds in to bring home. It’s so simple and fun. It always puts a smile on my face when I see it. The box below the van is another Yamato box too. I like the exploding box graphics on that too. I really liked the colors of the shipping boxes against this white area I found in this abandoned part of a big arcade style mall in Nakano.
Trees. I love trees and all the different shapes and sizes they grow in or are shaped in to. That’s one of the reasons why I love traveling to Japan in the Fall so much. Lots of amazing trees and beautiful colors. I took this shot early in the morning on a walk
to the morning markets along Miyagawa River in Takayama.
Texture. I bet this part of Yamanaka looks super green and lush right now. It was amazing in the Fall with all the bright colors layered into the jungle greens. I love the texture that all the layers of leaves and branches make. I wish I could be there right now.
