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Painting Journey Home with Passionate Brushstrokes
10/13/2008 10:39:02 AM
by Keiko Tanabe - Comment on this
Topics: Japanese Landscapes | Kyoto Japan | Publications
My Journey Home series is a collection of streetscapes of my hometown, Kyoto, Japan. Kyoto is a popular international tourist destination, but this series is not about that aspect of this ancient city. It is about people who live there and how their daily life goes.
When I painted Journey Home I in 2005, I did not intend to make it a series. This painting is now included in the newly-published art book Splash 10: Passionate Brushstrokes (North Light Books). I wrote in the caption in it, "Living thousands of miles away from home, I sometimes find myself consumed by an overwhelming yearning to go back. I am fortunate to know painting is one way to cope with my strong emotions that arise at a time like this."
Three years later, I am currently working on Journey Home X (in progress). I hope to continue this series until I feel I’ve done enough. Will I ever feel that way? I don’t know.
-- Journey Home paintings are included in my Japanese Landscapes Collection.
When I painted Journey Home I in 2005, I did not intend to make it a series. This painting is now included in the newly-published art book Splash 10: Passionate Brushstrokes (North Light Books). I wrote in the caption in it, "Living thousands of miles away from home, I sometimes find myself consumed by an overwhelming yearning to go back. I am fortunate to know painting is one way to cope with my strong emotions that arise at a time like this."
Three years later, I am currently working on Journey Home X (in progress). I hope to continue this series until I feel I’ve done enough. Will I ever feel that way? I don’t know.
-- Journey Home paintings are included in my Japanese Landscapes Collection.
