Spooky Kelmscott Tree

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Balinese shadow puppet, Cotswolds, geisha, Kelmscott, Oxfordshire, twisted tree

Photo by Candia Dixon-Stuart

Reminded me of a sinister Balinese shadow puppet. Or a geisha stretching

out her kimona sleeves to dance.

Geisha

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acrylics, art in lockdown, geisha

Acrylics by Candia Dixon-Stuart

Sew Far; So Good

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geisha, Prisma, sewing, watercolour and ink

Original drawing by Candia.  Colourway by Prisma

Funky Geisha

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geisha, pen and ink, Prisma, watercolour

 

Artwork by Candia Dixon-Stuart, assisted by Prisma colouration.

 

Latest Geisha

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geisha, Pitt Pastel drawing with ink

Sewing Geisha

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geisha, pen ink drawing

After Utamaro II

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geisha, Japanese woodcut, Utamaro

 

Do you prefer it in black and white?  (See yesterday’s post.)

Thirty Six Views of Mt Fuji Post 1

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Asakusa, Buddha, cranes, Custom Pine, Enoshima, geisha, Meguro, Mount Fuji, pagoda, Sazai Hall, shogun, Suma, The Great Wave

 

 

They won’t be engulfed

as the wave is not constant,

unlike Mount Fuji.

 

Though clouds surround it,

they condense on Mount Fuji;

collide and stream down.

 

 

Incoming rainstorm

darkens one flank of Fuji;

its opposite basks.

 

 

The bridge dominates

until you see the mountain,

framed by its supports.

 

 

Everyone ignores

what the weather is up there:

noses to grindstone.

 

 

Compared to Fuji,

the Custom Pine seems bigger.

That’s an illusion.

 

 

Tending to your horse;

casting your line in the lake:

Fuji’s your backdrop.

 

 

Some will go ahead.

I look after the horses.

Fuji protects me.

 

 

The cycle of work…

you turn your back on Nature,

but you have to eat.

 

 

The wind buffets here;

we are unable to stand.

Imagine up there!

 

 

No one flies a kite

from the summit of Fuji:

they would disappear.

 

The mountain reflects

the vicissitudes of life

down at our level.

 

 

See, from Sazai Hall,

an excellent view is had

over the still lake.

 

 

Snowed in, the geisha

take delight in bird-watching

and white-capped Fuji.

 

 

Farmers, falconers

below Meguro work hard:

Fuji their shogun.

 

 

The water wheel turns

because melted snow flows down

from Fuji’s cold slopes.

 

 

Sails, roofs, pagoda

of Enoshima echo

conical Fuji.

 

 

Part 2 – next 18 views on following post.

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