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  • PAINTINGS 1
    • The Frog Poet
    • Ginkgos & Waxwings
    • Eagle's Pride
    • I Heard a Loon Calling
    • Spring in Bloom
    • Hiding in the Tall Grass
    • Flower Moon in May
    • When the Wisteria Blooms
    • Snow on the Beach
    • It Only Takes One
    • Scattered Fans
    • White Circle of Silence
    • Northwest Rain Kosode
    • In the Spirit of Serizawa & Kubota
    • On Eagle's Wings Ema
  • Paintings 2
    • Autumn Moon by the Sea
    • Down by the Stream on a Lazy Summer's Day
    • With Hope and Hard Work
    • Towhee & Currant in Spring
    • Sparrow's Hop Hideaway
    • Windswept Pine Near the Shore
    • Sparrow's Spring
    • Autumn Grasses (Oribe Tribute)
    • A Tribute to Itchiku Kubota: Ozette Sunset
    • Cathedral of the Trees
    • Tree of Life II
    • Baillie Scott Trinity
    • Raven's Forest
    • Eagle Embraces Her
  • Paintings 3
    • Curious Crow
    • Goldfinch & Thistles
    • Hydrangea's Final Bloom
    • Pine Island
    • Autumn Friends
    • Maple Leaves in the Stream
    • Plum & Full Moon in Spring
    • Chickadee in the Quince
    • The Four Guardians
    • Circle About the Moon
    • Eelgrass Nursery Rhyme
    • Bluebird & Bamboo
    • Capercaillies Under Scots Pines
    • Cedar Green Man
    • Cats United
    • Serizawa's Kimono
  • Paintings 4
    • Hummingbird & Fuchsia 4
    • Blood Moon in January
    • Yellow Flags by the Pond
    • Falling Leaves--Washed Away
    • Goldfinch Dream
    • Camellias in Bloom Woodblock Print
    • Autumn Carpet
    • An Eala Bahn (The White Swan)
    • Two Eagles Entwined
    • Horse Ema
    • Lucia's Maple
    • Eagles Spring Dance
    • Watts Chapel Tribute Memorial
    • Voysey's tree
    • Hot Otter Love
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    • Paintings 5 >
      • č’u•? is Seal
      • Loons & Horses
      • Elk Along the South Fork
      • Spirits of Ozette
      • Lingcod Guardian
      • Plum Blossoms in Spring
      • Hops & Butterflies
      • Journey Home From Ozette Island
      • Tsooes Sunset
    • Trays >
      • Dragonfly Tray
      • Kaiseki Tray
    • Boxes >
      • Rose Tree Box
      • Celtic Bread Box
      • Creature of the Box
      • Skagit Valley Chest
      • Kells Cats Chest
      • Miyamoto's Rice Box
    • Karakami Square Series >
      • Karakami Square #1: Cherry Tree
    • Screens >
      • Eagles 2-Panel Folding Screen
      • The Four Seasons Screen Series >
        • Fall Screen: Canada Geese & Maples
        • Winter Screen: Eagle & Pine
        • Spring Screen: Cherry Trees & Finches
        • Summer Screen: Swallows & Willow
      • Frog's House Screen
      • Waterfall Screen
    • Peacock Sconces
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  • Plum Tree on a Snowy Night
  • Bookend Swans
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FRONT OF SCREEN
EAGLES TWO-PANEL FOLDING SCREEN
ACRYLICS ON LODGEPOLE PINE
WINTER-SPRING 2018

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BACK OF SCREEN
     There is a special time of the year when winter slowly and begrudgingly gives way to spring.  Trees slowly begin to bud, giving a reddish blush to their surroundings and a few even begin to blossom.  Birds begin to migrate through the area on their way north.  It is a time of new growth and renewal, but at the same time, winter demands its full share and reminds us with cold rains and even some snow that spring is not yet fully in charge.  It is in this seasonal spirit that I painted my 2-panel folding screen.  The simple, decorative back refers to the last of the winter and the first blooms of the plum tree.  The more complex front emphasizes the migrating eagles as they perform their spring dance of locked talons.  Although the front is strongly influenced by the great Native artists of the Pacific Northwest, both front and back designs owe much from the inspiration of Japanese painters Tawaraya Sotatsu and Ito Jakuchu.  I wanted to paint the back in a simple color scheme of black with traces of gold.  This was in tribute to the great monochrome ink paintings of the Momoyama Period.  Jakachu’s Birds in a Blossoming Plum and White Plum Blossoms and the Moon were both sources of inspiration for my design.  For the front, Sotatsu’s masterpiece Dragons and Clouds set the tone for the composition, even though the end design resulted in a pair of eagles rather than dragons.  To emphasize the front, I used a common textile design called “scattered hemp leaf” for the border and executed it to resemble the iron-oxide underglaze painting from Japanese oribe ceramics.  In painting the details for the eagle feathers, the execution of the painting was done in the spirit of those nameless “unknown craftsmen” (using Yanagi Soetsu’s terms) who decorated countless pieces of pottery with their loose brushwork.  As this painting was designed as a free-standing, folding screen, no other frame was required.
 
DIMENSIONS:           HEIGHT: 48 inches
                                    WIDTH:  48 inches

                                                                 PRICE   $3,000
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TAWARAYA SOTATSU DRAGONS AND CLOUDS left 6-panel screen
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ITO JAKUCHU WHITE PLUM BLOSSOMS & THE MOON
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scattered hemp leaf textile pattern
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