20 years ago I visited a temple on a hill in Nara above the big Buddha. I found some old wooden panels, painted on 1000 years ago. The paintings were done with sumi ink, but in 1000 years the wood had darkened to almost the same color as the ink that was painted on it. In a few spots the artist had used white. I expect when it was painted the white was nearly invisible, but now it stood out vividly. I have often wondered if the artist had known the wood would change so, and so much change the paintings. How could he not? But again, how could he expect that most of his lines would disappear?
Time and time.
This summer I have started to paint on wood from the Meiji Era, using sumi ink, seeing it when I paint it on and watching it almost disappear when it dries.
This is a painting I did last week of the Kokyo.
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| Kato-'s Gate 2012 |
One thing leads to another. this is a painting of a party at my house.
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| Saturday Night 2012 |
And after the party:
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| home alone 2012 |
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