Life Study

Life study drawings of a gentleman named Lee.

Landscape

A landscape with boats in color.

Landscape

A sumi-e landscape with boats.

Clouds

Cloud study

Clouds

Another cloud study

Owls

Owls have been called the "tigers of the night."

Poinsettia

The natural Poinsettia is a long and stringy plant that can easily grow above a wall.

Window

Interiors are not a usual subject for sumi-e painting.

Sea Shore

Another painting drawn from Churia Obata.

Clouds

Clouds

River

River

Waterfall

Waterfall painted from an orignial painting by Chiura Obata.

Meadow

Landscape

Balboa Park

This sumi-e was painted from an aerial photograph of Balboa Park taken in 1915.

Eggplant

Eggplant

The eggplant is native to India and was introduced to the Western world about 1500 A.D.

Bell Peppers

Chrysanthemums

Cat

Leaves

Liquidamber leaves usually have seven points.

Chrysanthemum

Chrysanthemums under the Autumn moon.

Pointsettia

Lily

Beets

The beetroot is the common red/purple form of the beet that is usually grown in vegetable gardens.

Turnips

A little opaque white was used to paint the veins of the turnip leaves.

Turnips

The turnip root and the greens are all eatable.

Owls

A copy of an owl by the Japanese artist Ando Hiroshige.

Owls

Owls are generally solitary creatures; a group of owls are called a parliament.

Rabbits

Another rabbit study.

Rabbits

A rabbit study.

Rabbits

Rabbits

A mother rabbit and two babies.

Rabbits

Rabbits

Black and white bunnies.

Rabbits

One big fat bunny.

Temple Gate

Flowers

Flowers

Flowers in a basket.

Chrysanthemums

Chrysanthemums

The Chrysanthemum is one of the "four gentlemen."

Bok Choy

Bok Choy



Bok Choy

A Bok Choy cut into three pieces.

Bok Choy

Bok Choy is also known as Chinese cabbage or Napa cabbage.

Persimmons

A crow eyes a ripe Persimmons.

Persimmons

Persimmons

Persimmons can produce so much fruit that the branches will be made to droop.