http://gekkeijyu.com/gallery/main.php/v/sky/ en-us Gallery 2 RSS Module, version 1.1.7 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 19:48:25 -0500 120 http://gekkeijyu.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=172 http://gekkeijyu.com/gallery/main.php/v/sky/ http://gekkeijyu.com/gallery/main.php/v/sky/September18.jpg.html http://gekkeijyu.com/gallery/main.php/v/sky/September18.jpg.html ]]> admin photo Fri, 17 Jul 2009 11:05:46 -0400 http://gekkeijyu.com/gallery/main.php/v/sky/september.html http://gekkeijyu.com/gallery/main.php/v/sky/september.html
Four canvases together frame a view of a bright blue sky through the trees, as if looking through a window. The silhouette effect of crisp, dark leaves and branches against a smooth, distant blue sky achieves the illusion of realism. This is in tension with the painterly treatment of the trees, with energetic brush strokes.

Size (inches): 31 1/2 x 39 1/2
Size (cm): 80 x 100
Quadriptych (four canvases)
Medium: Oil on canvas
Price: $650]]> admin photo Tue, 26 Aug 2008 22:19:54 -0400 http://gekkeijyu.com/gallery/main.php/v/sky/Sky-kanashihana.jpg.html http://gekkeijyu.com/gallery/main.php/v/sky/Sky-kanashihana.jpg.html
This painting casts the dark bark of the plum tree against a gloomy sky, which no matter how dark, still creates a silouette effect. Yet the pink and white flowers glow, creating a surreal effect. The use of subdued colors veering close to monochromatic suggests nostalgia.
"Kanashii hana" means "sad flowers" in Japanese, and is taken from an old song.

Medium: Oil on canvas
Size (inches): 23 5/8 x 28 5/8
Size (cm): 60 x 73
Price: $450]]> g-user photo Wed, 16 Jul 2008 21:56:42 -0400 http://gekkeijyu.com/gallery/main.php/v/sky/Sky-flight_001.jpg.html http://gekkeijyu.com/gallery/main.php/v/sky/Sky-flight_001.jpg.html
A bird launches off a telephone wire, blurring against the dark sky in a Tokyo suburb. This series explores the simplicty of form created by certain lighting situations. Looking up creates a sense of reflection, of stopping to look at the world around us.

Size (inches): 28 5/8 x 36 1/8
Size (cm): 73 x 92
Medium: Oil on canvas
Price: $550

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A palm tree silhouetted against a cloudy, sepia-toned sky. The title is a reference to a notation made on an old photograph found in a Tokyo flea market. It is apparently a reference to 1938 Singapore, which was at the time under Japanese occupation. This is a painting of tropical tranquility that is the calm before the storm.

Size (inches): 36 1/8 x 28 5/8
Size (cm): 92 x 73
Medium: Oil on canvas
Price: $700
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