Thursday, May 17, 2012

hiroshige

Because ranting about politics and personal lifeness and such gets old after awhile, here's some beauty. One of my first drawings as a kid was drawing my own version of a Hiroshige composition on the chalkboard in the basement of my parents' first house.



When I took printmaking, I was awestruck by the incredible attention to detail that I saw in these at the art museum. I know it's kitschy, but I have a calendar of this stuff in my kitchen.



6 comments:

  1. That's not as kitschy as a calendar of Paris, which I don't have.

    You should eventually try doing a glaze of something like these. *That* would be swanky.

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  2. It has come to my attention that free alcoholic beverages are not served to the movers and shakers at the Space Casino.

    WTF? says I???

    Also, for your amusement...Sad trombone (re:Wheelers Island)
    ~

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  3. Randal,
    That would be quite swanky.

    If,
    That was priceless, and I just passed it onto a friend of mine who's writing a RustBelt novel. She was also quite appreciative!

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  4. hey are you writing a RustBlet novel?

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  5. http://www.kwls.org/podcasts/junot_diaz_january_18_2008/

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  6. dmf,
    I keep trying to start one and it never goes anywhere! I just keep on chipping away though in hopes that the writer's block eventually clears.

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