Landscape and still life in Akashi - Nishi Ku '

Sudden Shower over Awaji

Reworked with acrylic painting with oil and wax on wooden board

91 cm h x 117 cm w

Recent paintings and drawings exhibited at Gallery Aijisai 

Kobe - Japan

 

Storm Waves 

Oil on canvas

60 cm x 73 cm w

Awaji Wave I

Oil, wax on wooden canvas.

19 cm h x 33 cm 

Two Sake Bottles and Cups

Pen and ink, charcoal on 300 g paper

Sake cup and Bottle 

Pen and ink, charcoal on 300 g paper

18.5 cm h x 20 cm w

Sake Cups and Bottles 2023

Pen and ink, charcoal

Classic watercolour paper natural 300 g

24 cm h x 33 cm w

Painting Study - Sake Cup 3

(5 years delay) 2018 -23

Oil on wood

Self Portraits in Japan

Pen and ink coloured pencil

On 330 h paper 

Postcard size

This self portrait series hopefully will reveal some aspects of aging. One thing for sure I don’t think humans will ever be able to reverse aging, they may be able to slow it but its a commonality all humans share to there grave.

I’m happy drawing myself, for me the years of sun on my skin in Australia  has scared my face in an interesting but  also in a dangerous way as I have had several serious skin cancer removed (Keep Out of the Sun). Nonetheless it does make my face interesting to draw even if it looks like a mess. And better still I don’t complain if I do draw my own face as a mess, that’s how it is now weathered and old.

Pen and ink coloured pencil

300 g paper 

Postcard size

Pencil on coloured pencil on paper

FO

Pencil and coloured pencil, pastel on paper

Postcard size

FO

Pencil and coloured pencil, pastel on paper

Postcard size

FO