Hazy National Route in the Afternoon Sun (2023) Original Watercolour by Masato Watanabe

This watercolour painting depicts a bustling scene on a major national route in Japan, looking down a long, sloping urban street. Bathed in the strong afternoon backlight, the distant high-rise buildings blur into a soft haze, creating a dramatic contrast with the sharp silhouettes of vehicles and tangled power lines in the foreground. I wanted to capture the unique energy of a Japanese city—where the busy movement of daily traffic coexists with a fleeting, poetic sense of light and atmosphere.

Materials used:

Watercolor on Paper

Details:

• Watercolour on Paper
• One of a kind artwork
• Size: 30 x 40 x 0.01cm (unframed) / 30 x 40cm (actual image size)
• Signed on the front
• Style: Impressionistic
• Subject: Architecture and cityscapes