Abstract and Fantasy.
Initial thoughts The idea of “Angel and demon” appears at the moment I found this reference photo. Two tigers fight. One could be white with angel wings, the other could be black with demon snake tail. The feathered wings come from mythical creature Griffin. And the snake tail comes from another mythical creature Chimera. Interesting […]
Read MoreInitial thoughts The author of sci-fiction “Three Body Problem”, Liu, Cixin (刘慈欣) also has written many other fictions. One of them mentioned a miniature Pegasus that was created by a biologist. The miniature Pegasus could run on a desk and ate fruits. I like this idea. It has been over a decade since the first […]
Read MoreInitial thoughts The general idea of bear and wolf meeting each other started with movie “The Call of The Wild (2020)”. When Buck (the dog) became the leader of the wolf pack, he scared away the brown bear which used to terrify the wolves. It was a nice scene and I saved a screenshot. ⬇ […]
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Previous post 2023 RELAXATION SMALL OIL PAINTING SERIES (1) Snowy stream This one can be considered as another landscape study. I like the color of reflection on water surface. But I try not to paint every tiny branches of those trees. Fig salads I love fig. I’ve heard “fig” fruit since I was little. But […]
Read MoreInitial thoughts I was thinking something about ram skull. I painted it before in 2018 and loved it. However this time I didn’t want to do the still life again. I was looking for something unusual but also peaceful. Although the skull was from a dead creature, it didn’t have to be gloomy or desperate. […]
Read MoreInitial thoughts This concept started with eggs. I wanted to paint some golden eggs. Then I thought glowing golden eggs could be more interesting. Next, eggs should be in nest. To make a story scene I prepared a snake around the nest so it had some tension between these two parties. However, I was not […]
Read MoreInitial thoughts There are pair of white swan and pair of black swan. Why not one white swan and one black swan? In “Swan lake”, white swan is princess and black swan is evil. Why black swan has to be evil all the time? I am going to give the black swan a royal crown […]
Read MoreInitial thoughts When I planned my fantasy art sketches, I also planned several smaller size paintings in order to balance the fatigue of larger size oil paintings. The goal for these smaller size paintings is relaxation. The color palette is simple. The brush stroke is loose and details are limited. I prepared five of them. […]
Read MoreInitial thoughts The idea comes from Bug hotel. Although I am not a fan of bugs, I think this idea is cute and brilliant. So I made a house for bees. The house has no perfect straight-line. It looks crooked, unregulated. It is made of clay and wood pieces. The bee house only has windows, […]
Read MoreBackground In 2002, animation version of <The Twelve Kingdoms> began to broadcast. At that time, I was not so interested in this story because the author, Fuyumi Ono (小野不由美) clearly borrowed almost entire mythology concept from ancient Chinese tales and history. The landscape, the names, the mystery creatures, the buildings and many many things are […]
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