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  • PAINTINGS 1
    • Waterfall
    • The Frog Poet
    • Ginkgos & Waxwings
    • Eagle's Pride
    • Spring in Bloom
    • Flower Moon in May
    • Northwest Rain Kosode
    • Snow on the Beach
    • It Only Takes One
    • Scattered Fans
    • White Circle of Silence
    • In the Spirit of Serizawa & Kubota
  • Paintings 2
    • Autumn Introspection
    • Bats' Lunar Playground
    • Foxgloves Reaching for the Sky
    • Plum Tree on a Snowy Night
    • Autumn Moon by the Sea
    • Chickadee in the Snow
    • Down by the Stream on a Lazy Summer's Day
    • Towhee & Currant in Spring
    • Sparrow's Spring
    • Autumn Grasses (Oribe Tribute)
    • A Tribute to Itchiku Kubota: Ozette Sunset
    • Cathedral of the Trees
    • Baillie Scott Trinity
    • Raven's Forest
    • Eagle Embraces Her
  • Paintings 3
    • The Guardian
    • Crows at Sunset
    • Cormorants
    • Skagit Scene
    • Dream Birds
    • Curious Crow
    • Hydrangea's Final Bloom
    • Pine Island
    • The Four Guardians
    • Circle About the Moon
    • Eelgrass Nursery Rhyme
    • Cedar Green Man
    • Serizawa's Kimono
    • Cats United
  • Paintings 4
    • Dance to the Moon
    • As Autumn Approaches
    • Echizen Crows
    • The Spirit of Fallen Camellias
    • Temple Hawk
    • Goldfinch Dream
    • Autumn Carpet
    • An Eala Bahn (The White Swan)
    • Horse Ema
    • Lucia's Maple
    • Eagles Spring Dance
    • Watts Chapel Tribute Memorial
    • Voysey's tree
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      • Cedar Waxwing
      • Spotted Towhee
      • Stellar's Jay
      • Evening Grossbeak
      • Red Breasted Nuthatch
      • Black-Capped Chickadee
      • Cardinal
      • Camellias in Bloom Woodblock Print
      • Hot Otter Love
      • č’u•? is Seal
      • Loons & Horses
      • Hawk on a Pine 1
      • Elk Along the South Fork
      • Spirits of Ozette
      • Lingcod Guardian
      • Plum Blossoms in Spring
      • Journey Home From Ozette Island
      • Tsooes Sunset
    • Boxes >
      • Rose Tree Box
      • Celtic Bread Box
      • Creature of the Box
      • Kells Cats Chest
      • Miyamoto's Rice Box
    • Trays >
      • Dragonfly Tray
      • Kaiseki Tray
    • Karakami Square Series >
      • Karakami Square #1: Cherry Tree
    • Screens >
      • Eagles 2-Panel Folding Screen
      • The Four Seasons Screen Series >
        • Winter Screen: Eagle & Pine
        • Fall Screen: Canada Geese & Maples
        • Spring Screen: Cherry Trees & Finches
        • Summer Screen: Swallows & Willow
      • Frog's House Screen
      • Waterfall Screen
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  • Night at Marymere Falls
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  • Eggplant Harvest
  • Tomatoes & Wisteria Entwined
  • Running the Waves
  • When the Salmon Run
  • Autumn Deer
  • Dunlin Flight
  • The Fox Spirit (kitsune)
  • Crow on a Snowy Branch
  • Skagit Landscape of the Mind V: Winter's Cool
  • Trees IV
  • Water Rabbit
  • Swimming with Sea Lions
  • Ravens Watch
  • Sun-a-do
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AUTUMN GRASSES (ORIBE TRIBUTE)
ACRYLICS ON CEDAR W/RED OAK FRAME
FALL 2017
     I have loved stoneware pottery since the 1970’s and even today am especially drawn to those pots created under the influence of Bernard Leach and Shoji Hamada.  With my interests in the British Arts & Crafts Movement it is only fitting that I’ve gravitated towards these Mingei potters.  My recent interests in the creative works of Japanese Momoyama Period Art has only magnified my appreciation of Japanese stoneware and has introduced me to the vibrant, innovative tea master Furuta Oribe.  Oribe had a profound influence on tea ceremony ceramics and the pottery produced at that time in the Seto-Mino region were amazing, not only then but now.  Yellow Seto, e shino, nezumi shino, and especially oribe dinnerware made for the kaiseki meal which preceded the tea ceremony interest me the most.  They inspired me to paint a tribute to the wonderful designs found on oribe ware.  Currently the miscanthus grass is at its peak of ripeness and recreates a common theme found on both shino and oribe dishes. The textile pattern in the upper region was inspired by a sometsuke design on a piece of Kutani porcelain.  One of the interesting characteristics of the Momoyama Period was the integration of the arts and this blending of ceramics, brush-painting, and textile designs made oribe ware so outstanding.  Both the grasses and the textile designs were painted in a monochrome color representative of the iron-oxide underglaze slip used by the potters.  I attempted to show how the oribe-trademark copper-oxide green glaze dripped upon firing with my paint, with only limited success.  I made the frame out of red oak using pegged, hand-joined, mortise-and-tenon construction methods.   I used the Japanese technique (shou-sugi-ban) of charring and oiling the oak to finish the frame.
 
DIMENSIONS:           HEIGHT:  16 inches
                                    WIDTH:  20 ¾ inches

                                                                     PRICE: $425

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Narumi Oribe Dish
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Nezumi E Shino Plate
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Kutani Shonzui Sometsuke
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