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  • PAINTINGS 1
    • Waterfall
    • Skagit Landscape of the Mind III
    • Red Tail Soaring
    • The Frog Poet
    • Ginkgos & Waxwings
    • Eagle's Pride
    • Spring in Bloom
    • Flower Moon in May
    • Hiding in the Tall Grass
    • Snow on the Beach
    • It Only Takes One
    • Scattered Fans
    • White Circle of Silence
    • Northwest Rain Kosode
    • In the Spirit of Serizawa & Kubota
  • Paintings 2
    • Foxgloves Reaching for the Sky
    • Two Flickers
    • Plum Tree on a Snowy Night
    • Autumn Moon by the Sea
    • Chickadee in Snow
    • Down by the Stream on a Lazy Summer's Day
    • With Hope and Hard Work
    • 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
    • Small Skagit Landscapes
    • Dream Birds
    • Curious Crow
    • Hydrangea's Final Bloom
    • Pine Island
    • Maple Leaves in the Stream
    • Plum & Full Moon in Spring
    • Chickadee in the Quince
    • The Four Guardians
    • Circle About the Moon
    • Eelgrass Nursery Rhyme
    • Capercaillies Under Scots Pines
    • Cedar Green Man
    • Serizawa's Kimono
    • Cats United
  • Paintings 4
    • Blue Heron, Red Sky
    • As Autumn Approaches
    • Echizen Crows
    • The Spirit of Fallen Camellias
    • Temple Hawk
    • Blood Moon in January
    • Yellow Flags by the Pond
    • Falling Leaves--Washed Away
    • 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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      • Camellias in Bloom Woodblock Print
      • Hot Otter Love
      • č’u•? is Seal
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      • Hawk on a Pine 1
      • Elk Along the South Fork
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      • Lingcod Guardian
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      • Journey Home From Ozette Island
      • Tsooes Sunset
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      • The Four Seasons Screen Series >
        • Winter Screen: Eagle & Pine
        • Fall Screen: Canada Geese & Maples
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        • Summer Screen: Swallows & Willow
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WINTER SCREEN: EAGLE & PINE
ACRYLICS ON CEDAR W/RED OAK FRAMES
WINTER 2016

     Recently I have been studying Japanese screen painting and was interested in seeing several painted screens that focused on the changing of the seasons.  Folding screens, or byōbu, have a long tradition in Japan, and often six-panel screens were created in pairs to portray a scene.  I liked the parallel of the twelve individual screens with the twelve months and thought that they make a perfect way to show the seasons.  Thus I decided to do a series of four three-panel screens throughout the year, each representing a particular season.  The plan is to paint each screen during the season portrayed, beginning with winter.  Each screen will include a seasonal bird and tree as their focus.  Also, all four screens will have identically-painted back designs incorporating our “heron mon”, thus showing the screen’s inclusion in the series.
     The first in the series, the Winter Screen, depicts a bald eagle springing from the branch of a large pine tree on which it had been perched.  This winter has been a particularly excellent time to see bald eagles as they migrate through the Skagit Valley (adding to our resident bird population).  Maybe conditions upriver have not been as good, but regardless, the eagles seen locally by La Conner have been frequent and many.  Although pines are not as common in Western Washington, here in La Conner there are several fine mature trees that catch my eye.  In Japanese art, the pine tree is a seasonal motif for winter and symbolizes longevity.  I love painting pine needles and try to experiment with different techniques in depicting them.  A resource that was very helpful with this project is Miyeko Murase’s ©1990 book Masterpieces of Japanese Screen Painting.  Two inspirational screens from this book were Yamamoto Soken’s Flowers and Birds of the Twelve Months (see pages 49-54) and Soga Nichokuan’s Birds of Prey (see pages 25-29).  I made the frames for each panel 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 frames.  Brass folding screen hinges were used to connect the three panels.
 
DIMENSIONS:           EACH PANEL:     HEIGHT:  33 ½ inches                 WIDTH:  14 inches
                                    FULLY EXTENDED WIDTH:  43 inches


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Yamamoto Soken’s Flowers and Birds of the Twelve Months
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Soga Nichokuan’s Birds of Prey
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