Strata 2 P05690-P00549 it displays ethereal

it displays ethereal

Tabletop is 35"W

while expressive brushstrokes draw the eye upward to blue skies filled with doves

I’ve floated dozens of squares of thin vanilla glass

Surgical steel ear wires

Strata 2 P05690-P00549 it displays etherealThis painting is part of the artist's Nihonga collection. It was made using the traditional Japanese mineral pigment painting methods; a labor intensive process that involves making water based paints, binders, and glue using natural materials bought in Japan. Mineral pigments, pine soot (sumi), indigo, and oxidized Japanese silver leaf all play their part in this finely veiled, multi layered painting on Kumohadamashi washi paper stretched on hardwood