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A Return to my Kohaku Series.
The idea for the Kohaku begun in January 2013 while sitting with my friend, the poet Jack McCarthy while he was on his death bed. One of the things we talked about was eastern philosophy. I mentioned I was fascinated by the use of red and white in Japanese architecture. The combination of red and white has its own color combination name: Kohaku. When used independently of each other red or white have their own names). I find this combination meditative, which is the goal of Japanese architects.
The red compels one's eyes to travel inward and through the subject of the painting. This I hope, creates a quiet and meditative experience.
I see this as a fusion between east and west.
During 2014 and 2015 I painted 60 or 70 Kohaku. And another 30+ Scattered between 2016 and 2021. It has probably been my most popular series in terms of comments and sales. Of the 118 have painted so far, I believe I have sold 30+.
I'm glad you are embracing them.
I have and plan to continue my more emotional paintings. Face, hands, and body posture speak to the human condition.
A life of blindness and an echo of gunshots was all that remained.
$175
Slowly becoming whole.
$300
Slowly becoming whole II
$300
Slowly becoming whole III
$300
Slowly becoming whole IV
$300
Slowly becoming whole V
$300
Slowly becoming whole VI
$300
Uncomfortable conversations at night
$150
Singing a sad song of remembrance
$150
Dreaming of becoming
$300
Dreaming of becoming II
$300
Discarded but still dreaming of becoming
$300
Discarded but still dreaming of becoming II
$300
He stepped from the darkness, asking himself, "Where did I come from?"
$300
Contemplating his Tanka.
$150
Running from an unseen noise.
$150
Waiting for their meeting... but unsure.
$150
Contemplating the unknown future.
$150
As worlds collide
$300
Searching for that which they witnessed falling from the sky.
$300
Alone and missing that which no longer exists
$150
Alone with his thoughts.
$150
Dreaming of being whole.
$300
Longing as night falls.
$300
Remembering yesterdays passion.
$150
Peacefulness within the isolation of the desert.
$150
Locked in a prison of his own making, he longs to touch the soft petals.
$300
Uncertainty
$300
Kohaku #152
$300
Their goodbye transformed the busy city around them into an empty wasteland.
$150
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