The fruit that could not get riped

The breathed petal that just withered away

The flower pillow and the night cherry blossom that have been celebrated

The pink tear drops and their sweet scent  

The blossomed dreams that got blasted without a word


Those are all genuine sweet feelings of SAKURA, the truth of cherry flower

Let it be  let those flowers be  and let those bamboos be 

Flower's reasons and Bamboo's heart 

*

 A SPRING TIME LETTER  〜　春のある詩 〜

あんなにも　優しく

懸命な恋を

こんなにも　ありがとう

Much tender and kind, 

such an earnest romance 

So much I thank you

 
A SPRING TIME LETTER
Japanese ink and Gouache on handmade paper, 56x76cm

2001-2008

RIE TAKEDA


 

Limited Edition Fine Art Print A4 is available here!!
↓

 A SPRING TIME LETTER on my Etsy shop 

Colour never fades away

The 7 colours always stay as transparent rainbow colour

Everyone stays love sick deeply sick

I'm honest I am proud of myself 

I blossom this beautiful flower of the moment over and over again 

 I keep guarding

And I keep cherishing

That's more than fine with me

 
that's the way I go to

*

 

                                                                                  RIETAKEDA

盲目な七色の恋　
BLIND LOVE, RAINBOW LOVE


僕は又

虹色の恋を 

さかす


I am about to let

a rainbow coloured flower blossom once again - 

called blind love

---

BLIND LOVE, RAINBOW LOVE
Japanese ink and Gouache on handmade paper, 70x90cm
2008 RIE TAKEDA




Original work is sold- thank you.

♧　Limited edition Fine Art 8,5x11" A4 is available at my atelier shop　♧
↓
https://www.etsy.com/listing/150203601/limited-edition-fine-art-print-85x11

The same post in Japanese is here　日本語版はこちらのブログへ　: Neo Japonism Atelier Blog in Jap

...rather small and tasty...

small and beautiful,

little but handmade,

tiny and luxurious,

light but detailed,

less than more,

.... and less is more.

*





小梅なモノ程

愛美あり

The small petit thing

like a plum has

more charm and spirit.

---

小粒な宝魂 THE SMALL TREASURE
Japanese ink and Gouache on handmade paper, 70x90cm
2008
RIE TAKEDA

The inspiration for my work is

everyday life’s living words and letters,

as well as living colours, lines, patterns and shapes

– I will never get bored with how they communicate with each other

and how they create a new form of endless impression.

And always - a passion to discover a continuity of time and spiritual existence.


Here is a tale of NOW and THEN.

*


 




" A TALE OF NOW AND THEN 昔話、未来話 "


 - Infinite future-


Once upon a time

the infinite future took us on board,

and

it will never leave you alone.


ミライエイゴウ

昔むかし

永遠に流れるという未來が

私たちを連れだして

これからは絶対に

ひとりにはさせないよって

伝えてくれた。

---

A TALE OF NOW AND THEN
Japanese ink and Gouache on handmade paper, 70x90cm
2008
RIE TAKEDA

Original work is at the moment shown in Atelier

♧Limited Edition Fine Art Print in 8,5 x11" A4 size available.♧
↓
Here is my Etsy shop

♧To have a look at this art work in the shop♧
↓
" A TALE OF NOW AND THEN 昔話、未来話 "

Share

sunsunsun
wanting to be the happiest
just because having nothing?!
come around to this side
take me to the other side

sunsunsun
roll over to this side
and roll to the other side
sunsunsun

Make a turn over here
make a turn over there
dance - turn - and dance around

sunsunsun
if you go there, come back again
turn around there
roll around here

Just go to the place where you feel the happiest
- where your spirit is simply just joyful.

*







HAPPY RETURNS
燦々三幸一番

sachi sachi sachi
Take me out from here
Take me to the other side

幸　幸　幸　
此処から　連れていって
あっちへ　連れていって


燦々三幸一番　SACHIx3 HAPPY RETURNS
Japanese ink and Gouache on handmade paper, 70x90cm
2008

 
RIE TAKEDA
_______________________________________________

shown in Freiburg Exhibition till the 16th.October

A lion at home
A Wagamama
A selfish one
An egoist

And
being in my pace, being myself and being Wagamama 　
　
Even if I am told that you are tired of me because I am Wagamama,
I actually think that there is no help for it.

" Am not I Wagamama "  anymore if I learn art of hiding selfishness properly?　　
" Am I still Wagamama "  even if I cure a kind of the selfishness then?

I only live in a harmony with my natural ego as much as possible.
Isn't a Wagamama a natural egoist?!

*



　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　©2010 RIE TAKEDA


PUKU PUKU – KINGYO　弐.　ぷくぷク金魚

ぷくぷくぷく
勝手　気ままに　
きらめいて
甘く　気長に　
追いかけて
ぷくぷく

Puku puku puku
Swimming floating swimming
Let me shine and
be just like a willful egoist
Let yourself be following me,
be just like a sweet and patient please.
Puku puku.


PUKU PUKU – GOLDFISH②
Japanese ink and Gouache on handmade paper, 70x90cm
2008
RIE TAKEDA



Original Art work is available in atelier at the moment.
It will be exhibited at the Regio Gallerie exhibition
in Freiburg from 2nd.September.

 
TAKEDA means Bamboo Field
Where I brought up was the north of northern island Hokkaido
So despite the name, I had never seen fresh bamboo growing from the earth.
When I was first time in Nara
I saw the green bamboos
a big bamboo forest
 tall bamboo heads pushing and looking up the sky
the sky seemed small and far away
I did not know how bamboo bends against the wind
such comforting sound it can make
It reminded me of a long past time

Apparently
Bamboo can live
straight
strong
high
and can change like
hard or soft
always preferred good humidity
never like an extreme dryness 


*



                                                         ©RIE TAKEDA

BAMBOO SPRING　　竹ノ情水

 

君のため

深く　温かい　泉となる

 

For you

I shall become a deep and warm oasis

 

Bamboo Spring　竹ノ情水
Japanese ink and Gouache on handmade paper, 70x90cm
2008 
RIE TAKEDA

 

 

I love this painting

Soft, intimate and dreamy

Slow, floating and a sweet nostalgia

When I painted it
I was thinking of my Japanese friend called AOI who I came across in London while I was still studying English

She later went back to Japan, and we went to our own ways.
We lost contacts over the years but last year she replayed a mail to my card after a long silence

I enclosed this painting, and wrote that I missed her

*

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　©RIE TAKEDA

AOI あおい


ゆらゆら　夢見　
心旅
僕に　
君の笑顔を

Swing swing in a dreamy mind trip
Let me see your smiling face again

AOI
Japanese ink and Gouache on handmade paper, 70x90cm
2008
RIE TAKEDA