Original artwork description:

Color sumi paints on handmade Nepal paper , 19.5 x 13.5 in, 49 x 34 cm.
Classic signs can makes such good paintings … and this one also goes back a while!
Part of a series of paintings I did when I was living on Galiano Island on Canada’s west coast back in the early 1990’s.
My approach to painting at that time involved working on location… in this case in front of the rural island’s then famous grocery store. No preliminary sketches here, just paint on a blank page.
The paper is a parchment paper, strong yet pliable, which I got in Nepal oh so long ago. There it is often used in print making there. Paper is unbleached. The inks are from ink sticks which I would grind on a wet stone on location, a very contemplative activity. After so many years the paint looks as fresh as when I first made the painting!
Close up picture gives a better feel for the texture and brush stroke.
Interested to have your idea painted in this style? Maybe a storyboard collage from a recent travel or event, portrait? Contact me.

Materials used:

Colour sumi inks on Nepal handmade paper

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