18cm x 38cm - Sumi-Ink on Bamboo-Paper I look forward... "I look forward to the day, when there is no need for sacred scriptures, or sutras. The dragonfly will be the Messiah" Masanobu Fukuoka

Digital painting - done with Procreate Thoughts about man-made and natural structures I have allways been fascinated by the thought that natural and arteficial are not fighting opposites, but two poles that can be brought into harmony. The Bonsai-Tree represents this idea perfectly: The tree stands for the "heaven" or the nature. The Vessel stands for the "earth" or the man-made. The harmony arises when those two elements dont fight each other, but complement themselfs. Whe

18cm x 34cm - Japanese Ink and Gouache on Bamboo-Paper Symbolism Tree with gate Trees has been the first things that I have painted. I love painting trees. They can symbolize worlds ( "world-tree" ) and also organic growth and structure. There is a certain order within trees, that unites with the chaos. Its unpredictable, and you cant put it in a box - but it is not chaotic either. Order with chaos in union.

Work in progress... Latest experiments with my own costumized textured blurring brushes for procreate...

Digital sketch for a future painting...

Finally I did it. This picture was a lot of work, even if it may not look so. There are lots and lots of layers of soft grey washes done here. It may not reach the hundred-mark, but I am sure there are about 60-80 layers. For those who are interested in, I managed to remind my self of taking some work in progress pictures... so here they are: Here you can see... almost nothing. But a thing you can notice is how fine chinese rice paper is. It really is nearly about transparent

After a while, not being able to paint, I decided to finish this pice : Like most pictures I do this time, there was no sketch for this one... Unfortunately, I did no earlier picture of this painting. I just forget about that, while I am painting :(   Have to think about next time… I did a rough and wet in wet wash, for getting some texture and than try to see the ready painting in this… After being so far, I found the yellow a little bit too light, and the moon to less in co