I wish you all

a beautiful pleasant summer time!!

Rather than .....

to find the reason why we can not do 

- we'd better think about the reason why we can do...


I still have hopes

still have many dreams

and they are rich nutrition for my inspirations

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"キミノタメ　Only for your good"


Don't you worry

all the good things and bad things come around

only – because you need them

So don't worry.

大丈夫

良いことも　

悪いことも

必要な分だけしか　やってこないから

大丈夫

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キミノタメ　Only for your good
Japanese ink and Gouache on handmade paper, 70x90cm
2011
RIE TAKEDA

Limited Edition Fine Art Print A4 is available:
Here is the link to my atelier shop




This is one of the collections from 2011.





                            
 

鶴 Crane

The radical part shows  - to go and fly over the borders.

Yes,

cranes are the bird who fly high and go far away.

* 

To the pure sky

 To the sky like feathers

I keep flowing and dancing to the comfortable silence.

鶴天　

Tranquil sky, crane sky

To the clear sky

to the white sky

I dance and flow to the tranquillity.

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鶴天　Transquil sky, crane sky
Japanese ink and Gouache on handmade paper, 70x90cm
2011

Limited art print available : in 30x21cm

 

Here are other artworks from the same collection 2011

         

This is also from my latest collection.

The first layer is water dots and the comes wind brushing and
red/ crimson line-waves.
It has also a KIRIE effect at the end.

I always love the Bamboo motif,
maybe because my family name TAKEDA means Bamboo field.
maybe I am just attracted by their unique atmosphere.

Bamboos are strong, flexible, atmospheric, growing fast, creates nice sound,
fits to all seasons, poetic, eatable, has many usages
and great to paint either with colour or black ink.

They can grow 100m long and only straight ahead to the sunlight
- and need a lot of water.

There is a famous Zen proverb saying:
Flower for meaning
Bamboo for  feeling

Next time when you see bamboo, try to hear what they has to say to you?!

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竹ノ情　A bamboo sentiment


あなたには
竹の深い情がきこえますか。

Can you hear the sentiment of Bamboo love?!


A bamboo sentiment
Japanese ink and Gouache on handmade paper, 70x90cm
2011

 

FROM THE SAME COLLECTION 2011

 

UNSUI is a Zen word means being free and natural.
In fact it originally discribes free and natural spirit of travelling young monk
who lerned and meditated very hard in the monastry for a long
and just began to practise the teachings and to experience outside world.
How can they apply the teachings to reality?!

I put my all the time favourite - goldfish and
the visual movement and image of Unsui together.
And the shape of goldfish is created to have a KIRIE( Japanese cutting paper collage ) illusion.
This is one of the latest collections which I made 7 paintings all in a similar colour theme and motives. 

goldfish, water and clouds moving swimming and flowing.

Have a beautiful summer holiday.

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雲水金魚　Unsui Goldfish


自由にくるくる
自然にくるる
雲水金魚に生きていく

Swimming round free free
swimming round natural natural
Living freely naturally just like Unsui-Goldfish

雲水金魚　Unsui Goldfish
Japanese ink and Gouache on handmade paper, 70x90cm

2011

RIE TAKEDA

 

Limited art print is available: in 21x30cm

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UNSUI in SHO calligraphy 

Here is my calligraphy of UNSUI.
Clouds and water.....





* UNSUI *

SHO calligraphy 
Zen word : being free and natural
Japanese ink on paper, 40x50cm, 2011
160 EUR



shown at Basho-an in Freiburg

I combined the classic callgraphic Enso and a sense of celebrated life.

In the poem, I put my wish and hope

- more from us will have beautiful blossoms.


Enso is the circle

It symbolizes harmony, the absolute, enlightenment,
peace, strength, elegance, the Universe, and the void.

For me Enso symbolizes wholeness, togetherness and harmony –

that we can start to reach within ourselves first.

Enso can be said is like * the window of KOKORO *

( * Japanese word : mind, spirit, feeling, heart )

It seems to me the goal, the process and the beginning at the same time

as we try to reach a lay of SATORI - Enlightenment. 

Enso always reminds me of the essence of life.

 

 

ENSO - HANAZO

圓相花相

 

Enso is coming home with a big laugh

Enso is making blossoms out of a dry branch

Let every flower blossom, let everyone blossom

 

大きな笑顔で 入鄽垂手（にってんすいしゅ）

枯れ木に花をさかせましょう

みんなに花をさかせましょう

 

ENSO - HANAZO

圓相花相

Japanese ink and Gouache on handmade paper, 70x90cm

2010 Rie Takeda

 

 
Shown at London exhibition, SUSHI SAY
Art print 24x30cm is available.
Please send me a mail if you are interested.