Oil painting – Flying turtle

December 25, 2021.Reading time 2 minutes.

I love turtle. I want to paint a turtle but I don’t want to paint it in water. I guess every time when I see the word “turtle” I think […]

Japanese Yuzen style hexagon panels – 4 seasons

December 21, 2021.Reading time 3 minutes.

After finishing the bamboo garden I painted pumpkins. Once I put bamboo garden and pumpkins together on the wall, I realized that I can make them into a series, four […]

Oil painting – Frosty Stag

December 17, 2021.Reading time 2 minutes.

This painting is done in summer 2021 but it is good for winter season. A imaginary white stag with giant antlers stands in snowy forest. For one moment, you thought […]

Upcycle project #6 Old gods, painting with blue

October 21, 2021.Reading time 3 minutes.

When I made the hexagon panels for Japanese Yuzen style painting, there are some scrap pieces of linen canvas left. The leftover canvas pieces are generally triangle shape and hard […]

Revised Japanese Yuzen hexagon oil painting with frame

October 20, 2021.Reading time 6 minutes.

After the first experiment with Japanese Yuzen style hexagon painting, I don’t like the way it frames. It is flat as my planned but it is not easy to put […]

Trying out pink underpainting

October 19, 2021.Reading time 4 minutes.

I tried pink underpaintings with these four pieces. Finished paintings I often see artists laying out pink/magenta underpainting on canvas. They often leave some pink/magenta edges in the following layers. […]

Portrait painting for my little girl

October 18, 2021.Reading time 1 minute.

Last time when I took my little girl for 18 month check, we waited a while in the patient room. I tried to keep her in good mood and she […]

Experiments with gold paint pigment

October 17, 2021.Reading time 5 minutes.

After I finds out gold pigment for oil painting by Schmincke Oil Bronzed, I need to try them and test them. I got several wood sign boards from local crafts […]

Another portrait painting for my cat

October 15, 2021.Reading time 2 minutes.

It has been almost a year since Naomi came to our home. She likes the big window at staircase platform. In the afternoon the staircase platform is full of sunlight, […]

Pet portraits commissioned artworks

October 15, 2021.Reading time 3 minutes.

In September I got a commission work to paint two pet portraits. I am very grateful for this opportunity since one of the portraits is my largest commissioned artwork so […]