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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
  • Dream Birds
  • Realm of the Whales
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FALLING LEAVES--WASHED AWAY
ACRYLICS ON CEDAR W/RED OAK FRAME
FALL 2017

     The first good, fall storms recently passed through the Skagit Valley, after a long stretch of dry weather and sunny skies.  We were due for a more typical bluster and downpour, and as if on cue, the winds and rain came.  Many local trees suffered from the storms with limbs down and sadly with a few not surviving the elements.  The wind acted to clear the trees of many of their leaves, covering the ground with a carpet of color.  Of all the trees, the maples continue to paint nature’s most vivid pictures of autumn splendor.  Their brilliant colors in shades of red, orange and yellow fill the autumn scene.  To commemorate this special time of the year, I painted falling maple leaves being swept away by a rushing, water-filled stream below.  Once again, inspiration for my designs came from the Japanese Rimpa School.  Ogata Korin’s famous screen Red and White Plum Blossoms is the inspiratiom for my flowing water.  Additionally, many Rimpa artists from Sakai Hoitsu to Suzuki Kiitsu painted maple trees and they all indirectly inspired my work.  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:  14 5/8 inches
                                    WIDTH:  26 7/8 inches

                                                                   PRICE $500
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Sakai Hoitsu maple scroll
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Suzuki Kiitsu maple fan
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Ogata Korin Red and White Plum Blossoms
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