Keiko Tanabe - Blog: Korean Landscapes

Kitchen (Seoul, Korea) II, Interior Painting

11/2/2011 2:23:09 AM

As soon as I sat down in this restaurant, I couldn't help noticing cooking flare-ups from the partially open kitchen (Click here to see another painting of the kitchen). It didn't take long before my curiosity got the better of me and I peeked inside. One of the cooks was heating up black stone pots or what they call dolsot in Korean. Dolsot bibimbap must be one of the most popular Korean dishes. Several kinds of colorful, tastefully-prepared ingredients neatly arranged on top of cooked rice, the dish is foremost a visual delight. When it's served in a piping hot dolsot, the [...]

Kitchen (Seoul, Korea) I, Interior Painting

10/31/2011 10:39:12 AM

One thing I like about eating Korean food is the wide variety of soups and stews in their cuisine. They can be pretty much a main dish as a bowl of rice and many side dishes are usually served together. From a simple cup of miso broth to a hearty meat-and-vegetable stew and anything in between, choices are usually many it is not easy to decide especially if you are a fan of delicious (and often spicy) soupy dishes. In this busy kitchen, a couple of cooks were churning out all kinds of sizzling hot bowls of soups and stews every few [...]

More Paintings of Seoul, Korea

10/29/2011 2:41:05 AM

How do you cope with a strange feeling of waking up in a foreign land after a long air travel? For me there's nothing like a brisk walk in the morning for some fresh air. As someone who's always curious about other cultures, it is really fun for me to get a glimpse of daily life of local people as a new day just begins to unfold. That's the best cure for a jetlag for me. Early Sunday morning, I stepped outside in downtown Seoul, Korea and enjoyed a walk towards Dongdaemun Gate. The street in this painting, running through the city's [...]

Gwanghwamun, Seoul, Korean Landscape Painting

10/23/2011 11:40:27 PM

The 20th Exhibition of Asian Watercolour Confederation came to a close on 23 October. For 9 days, about 110 watercolor paintings from 11 Asian nations graced the walls of the bright and sleek Han Jeon Art Center located in "new Seoul," the southside of the Han River. I was honored to be an invited artist for this special exhibition, perhaps the last one presented by the Asian Watercolour Confederation (AWC). AWC will undergo some changes and will be soon launched as a new organization which will spearhead the efforts to promote the watermedia in the entire Asian region. I was very happy [...]