Recent plein air paintings

Outdoor paintings from April - June 2014

Hydrangea study on Oike dori in Kyoto - cloudy day on June 23, 2014

"Sakura Season" - 6" x 9" oil on canvas board - Sold

"Heian Jingu" - oil painting on 6" x 9" canvas board

"Kyoto Imperial Palace" - 9" x 13" oil on canvas board

Quick 15 minute study at a shrine near Kyoto Gosho.  A big truck decided to park right in front of it....  quick study!

8" x 10" oil painting at Honpo-ji 

quick study at Kyoto Imperial Palace Park 

Amaryllis study by the river

Stages of an early morning plein air painting near Nijo  dori.  I liked the composition as a square so I cropped it when I got home.

quick sakura (cherry blossom) study by the canal near my apartment

 "Early Morning at Kyoto Gosho" - 6" x 9" oil on canvas board

 "Burning Incense at Gyoganji Temple" - 6" x 9" oil on canvas board

Very honored to have been selected as a Finalist in the International Artist Magazine's "Favorite Subjects" competition.  Check out my full page article in the April/May 2014 International Artist Magazine!

Snowy en plein air

It rarely snows heavily in Kyoto, but when it did in mid-February this year, I grabbed my gear and went outdoors, attempting to stay warm and dry at the Imperial Palace park in Kyoto.  Luckily the palace is only about 5 minutes by bike from my apartment because after a couple of hours of heavy snowfall I was soaking wet and my fingers were numb.

"Winter in Kyoto" - 9" x 12" oil on linen canvas board

Makeshift umbrella holder.  Need a bigger umbrella as I still got soaked

End of February Figure Drawings

Nude figure drawings: 15 minute, 5 minute, 3 minute and 1 minute poses

More figure drawings

This week I was sick, but I managed to drag myself over to Osaka for another figure drawing session. These sessions were quick 1 minute, 3 minute and 5 minute gestures. Here are some of the highlights of my efforts from 2 different sessions over a 2 week period.

origin of the world - homage to Gustave Courbet

New Year's figure drawings

 Happy New Year!  Here are some quick 5-10 minute figure drawings I did in Osaka last week.

Autumn in Kyoto 2013

Great painting weather on the west bank of Kamogawa, the main river which runs through Kyoto.

"Autumn on the Banks of Kamogawa" - 9" x 12" oil on canvas board - Sold

Pagoda in Arashiyama

6" x 9" study on Nijo-dori in the early morning                                painting ginko leaves in Okazaki Park

quick study off Kamogawa

Arashiyama - southwest part of Kyoto.  The area was recovering from the river overflowing due to all the heavy rainfall

6" x 9" - Morning in Arashiyama - oil canvas board

"Autumn Morning" - 8" x 10" oil on linen

in the works at Shimogamo Shrine

"Kintano Tenman-gu" - 12" x 16" oil on linen

Furitsuhozukyo National Park on the outskirts of Kyoto

quick study

painting  progression