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The Foreigners Making 'Japanese' Art

As an artist working with strong Japanese influences, I sometimes get asked about my justification for this cultural 'appropriation'....

Foujita's Feline Friends

Foujita is most famous for his paintings of nudes and cats. Indeed, it's his paintings of cats that drew me to him the most. My other...

In Search of Foujita: An Artist's Pilgrimage (Part 4)

On a sunny Saturday, Vicky (my fellow pilgrim) and I made the journey to the Holy Grail of the Foujita trail: Foujita's house and studio...

In Search of Foujita: An Artist's Pilgrimage (Part 2)

On Thursday 18th August, I arrived at my second stop of the Foujita trail: the Musee D'Art Moderne De Paris, which is interestingly...

In Search of Foujita: An Artist's Pilgrimage (Part 1)

People go to Paris to see the Eiffel tower, the Louvre, Notre Dame cathedral etc...but I went this time with a very different purpose in...

Noh Performance and Ogata Korin's Painting

I recently had the opportunity to see Noh being performed in London. Noh is one of the oldest continous forms of theatre in the world...

The Mystery of Foujita's White

Foujita (1886-1968) is an artist I have come to appreciate more and more over time; not just his depiction of cats and nudes, but also...

Playing with Ink: 'Pomo' and 'Tarashikomi' Techniques

In my studies of the Rinpa school in Japan and their techniques for my own paintings, I suddenly realised something that I didn't think...

Of Gods and Cats

I recently painted two cats on gold leaf with mineral pigment. In composition I wanted them to mirror each other like the Gods of Wind...

Learning from Hokusai

The influence of Hokusai on subsequent artists is truly huge; ranging from Degas, Van Gogh, Klimt, Picasso (he loved the octopus and...

Painting Cats: Foujita, Goyo, and Me

There are two main artistic influences on my cat paintings: Hashiguchi Goyo (1880-1921) and Tsuguharu Foujita (1886-1968). In this post,...