Into the Woods XXI Fallen Blossoms

With my limited art prints, I always offer a free gift sent to their address when they send me a picture of the art in their space.

Over the weekend, I got a picture of a framed “Into the Woods XXI: Fallen Blossoms” from Surrey, BC, Canada. I love seeing how my art lives in the collectors’ homes.

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Many of my friends, especially my caucasian ones, are mystified and frustrated over my drawn girls. The heads are the size of their torsos, and their absurdly large tea-cup eyes are about to fall off their faces. Most importantly, they cannot comprehend why a dot can be a nose. I have had so many friends who just take the liberty of drawing a mushroom-shaped nose, complete with its tip, bridge and nostrils, over my dot. Thank God my friends are sensitive enough to only do that when I doodle–not on my final drawings or paintings.

I recently finished Roland Kelt’s Japanamerica. Wow, I think it has got to be my favourite book since Don Thompson’s The $12 Million Stuffed Shark: The Curious Economics of Contemporary Art. (A must-read pageturner for art lovers and laypersons alike. A fascinating read on the economics of art.)

I shrieked in delight when I have read the following passage. I thought, that’s right! That’s why my girls look the way they do!

“Japanese expressionism is defined by subtraction.” Says Anime Style editor Hideko Ono. “A pretty or cute girl is drawn with huge eyes down to the eyelashes, and the hair is drawn to the fine details—every strand. But the ear is not shown. They only draw the parts they want. The eyes are big for sensitivity, the breasts are big, but no one wants to see nostrils, so you leave them out.” (page 214) (continue reading…)

E for Envy (Detail)

E for Envy (Detail)

I was painting and staring at this pretty little face. Wow, I wanted to kiss those lips! They just look very…kissable.

This is the first alphabet painting in which I am only showing a suggestion of the animal. If you want to see some completed ones, click here.

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Just Hanging Out—Special Japan Edition: Kyoto 遊戲人間--日本系列：京都

Just Hanging Out—Special Japan Edition: Kyoto II 遊戲人間--日本系列：京都 II

Just Hanging Out—Special Japan Edition: Shodoshima 遊戲人間--日本系列：小豆島

Just Hanging Out—Special Japan Edition: Nara 遊戲人間--日本系列：奈良

Just Hanging Out—Special Japan Edition: Osaka 遊戲人間--日本系列：大阪

When I travel, I drink life to the lees. I often don’t find enough time to sleep, let alone making art.(That sounds wrong, but is true.) (continue reading…)