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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.
Rivers
$300
Somewhere within.
$800
Seeking axway through the maze.
$200
Microscopic life believes themselves giants upon discovering subatomic life.
$300
Birth
$300
Glimpses of white.
$800
Walking within the glass city.
$800
Interaction of emotions
$450
Dazed but not confused.
$450
Dance of the concubine in white.
$450
Spider lurks with its chaotic web.
$450
Drifting feathers in free fall.
$450
Emotional movement while listening to Beth Gibbons
$450
Rips in the intersection
$800
Brush fires.
$200
To gently fade away.
$200
Metamorphosis
$300
Emerging from its sheltering egg.
$300
Emerging into a green world.
$300
The microscopic world.
$300
Swirling through time and space.
$450
Contemplating the nature of stillness
$300
Balancing.
$300
Staring into nights possibilities
$300
Reflections within puddles.
$300
The emergence of the Grey Man.
$300
Falling through time.
$300
Portals floating in the cosmos
$300
Sunrise
$300
A Gathering of Onlookers.
$800
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