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  • PAINTINGS 1
    • Skagit Landscape of the Mind: Full Moon at Midnight
    • Eggplant Harvest
    • Tomatoes & Wisteria Entwined
    • Waterfall
    • Night at Marymere Falls
    • The Frog Poet
    • 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
    • Foxgloves Reaching for the Sky
    • Bats' Lunar Playground
    • Plum Tree on a Snowy Night
    • 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
    • Crow on a Snowy Branch
    • Running the Waves
    • The Guardian
    • 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
    • Skagit Landscape of the Mind V: Winter's Cool
    • When the Salmon Run
    • Autumn Deer
    • 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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    • Paintings 5 >
      • 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
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        • Winter Screen: Eagle & Pine
        • Fall Screen: Canada Geese & Maples
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        • Summer Screen: Swallows & Willow
      • Frog's House Screen
      • Waterfall Screen
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  • Trees IV
  • Swimming with Sea Lions
  • Nuthatch & Wild Rose
  • Wagara Mountain
  • Heron Dream
  • Raven-White to Black
  • Anna's Home
  • Crows Know All
  • Ospreys Above the Channel
  • Solitary Seal
  • Falcon II
  • Northern Flicker II
  • Ocean People
  • Chickadees Among the Horsetails
  • Blue Heron
Picture
HORSE EMA
ACRYLICS ON CEDAR W/RED OAK FRAME
GARY & LEIGH GIOVANE
SPRING 2015
     I have recently been reading about Japanese Folk art and the Mingei Movement, which correspond philosophically with the Arts & Crafts Movement of Britain and the U.S.  Ever since I painted my Eagle Ema earlier this year, I have run across many more examples of Japanese ema, and they continue to catch my interest.  I discovered that the Japanese word ema literally means “horse picture”, and that ema are painted wooden plaques offered in prayer at Shinto shrines throughout Japan (at one time actual horses were presented as offerings, but were eventually replaced by painted plaques).  This fact presented itself as a perfect opportunity to collaborate with Leigh in designing a horse ema for my next project.  Leigh is our “horse expert” and has done wonderful pencil sketches of horses.  Leigh drew the outline of the horse for the bottom panel, and then I transformed it into my Northwest Coast-Celtic style.  She also helped with other design suggestions and advice. The Latin inscription “caeli mutant” means “the heavens change” and represents the three forms of weather shown in the top panel: sun, cloud, and rain. Leigh’s constant prayer in the spring and fall is for accurate weather predictions in order to know whether or not to blanket her horse!  The design for the frame came from an example of a contemporary Japanese ema in the shape of a shrine or temple.  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:          WIDTH:  22 inches
                                  HEIGHT:  16 ½ inches

                                                               PRICE $400

Picture
Gary Giovane
La Conner, WA
gioart13@yahoo.com
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