A set of ink paintings, 2017.
Inspired by ukiyo-e, shades of mystical purple, samurai armor, long winter nights, trip to Japan, sumi ink paintings, calligraphy and dark tales.
Wind Has Changed
A silent observer feels the change of air.
Enter a dark valley, traveler.
Acrylic and Chinese traditional ink, sumi brush on Hahnemühle watercolor paper.
Framed in lightweight wood frames with anti glare glass.
size: 51.5 x 12,5 x 1.2 cm
It Is Time
It’s been a long way to see the Plane of Causality from up here.
Many cycles have passed. Many yet will.
It is time to begin a new turn.
Time to focus. Time for a journey.
All your tomorrows start here.
Acrylic and Chinese traditional ink, sumi brush on Hahnemühle watercolor paper.
Framed in lightweight wood frames with anti glare glass.
size: 51.5 x 34 x 1.2 cm
Kumiko
“She seems so cool, so focused, so quiet, yet her eyes remain fixed upon the horizon. You think you know all there is to know about her immediately upon meeting her, but everything you think you know is wrong. Passion flows through her like a river of blood.
She only looked away for a moment, and the mask slipped, and you fell. All your tomorrows start here.”
― Neil Gaiman, Fragile Things: Short Fictions and Wonders
Acrylic ink, sumi brush on Hahnemühle watercolor paper.
Framed in lightweight wood frames with anti glare glass.
size: 22.5 x 51.5 x 1.2 cm
Celerity
“When the speed of rushing water reaches the point when it can move boulders, this is the force of momentum. When the speed of a hawk is such that it can strike and kill, this is precision. So it is with skillful warriors – their force is swift, their precision is close. Their force is like drawing a catapult, their precision is like releasing the trigger. “
― Master Sun Tzu
Acrylic ink, sumi brush on Hahnemühle watercolor paper.
Framed in lightweight wood frames with anti glare glass.
size: 34 x 51.5 x 1.2 cm
Silent Intervention Over Midnight Bay
Many consider Silence being “nothing”.
Yet a pause in music or blank space in visual arts are as important as sound and image. Most of the time being the Dark Matter of the genre keeping the pieces together.
Acrylic ink, sumi brush on Hahnemühle watercolor paper.
Framed in lightweight wood frames with anti glare glass.
size: 17.7 x 51.5 x 1.2 cm x 2 (diptych)