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.