Japanese Yuzen style painting for year of tiger 2022

Japanese Yuzen style hexagon painting Year of Tiger 2022

After the four seasons series I have one panel left. So I thought to celebrate the new year. 2022 is year of tiger. Japanese people celebrate the new year as the calendar we use now (Gregorian calendar). On the other hand Chinese people celebrate their new year as Lunar calendar. It will be Feb 1st, 2022.
According to internet, people born in a year of the Tiger are brave, competitive, unpredictable, and confident. They are very charming and well-liked by others. But sometimes they are likely to be impetuous, irritable, and overindulgent.
With stubborn personalities and tough judgment, Tigers work actively and express themselves boldly, doing things in a high-handed manner. They are authoritative and never go back on what they have said.
With great confidence and indomitable fortitude, they can be competent leaders. They will not make preparations for anything, but can handle anything that comes along.

The golden Kanji character means “Tiger”. 😀

I hope we all become more brave and confident in year of tiger.

Happy New Year~! ❤

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My paintings are an outlet to express the imagination I have inside my head that I can not put into words. After trying many mediums, I always find myself coming back to paint and brushes. In my current artistic practice, I use oil paint and mainly create portraits of mythical creatures and animals transfixed in the shifting colours of seascapes and landscapes. There is a natural spirit and magic to these creatures and their energy draws me in. Choosing to paint these creatures as real living wildlife rather than abstractions, I use bold and vivid colours to express the imaginary intertwined with reality, finding magic between the seams. Using a saturated colour palette, I create bold and striking imagery, contrasted between foreground and background, subject and landscape, and light and darkness. Weaving their bodies and the surface of the landscape into each other through organic forms and flowing brush strokes, I find beauty, strength and innocence in these creatures that reflect my inner world.