Tokyo
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Working on new city themed artist’s film
In the last couple of weeks, or certainly since the last heavier snows, I’ve been putting together a strange new film piece taking in lots of city and infrastructure footage, […]
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Night and Day Wanderin’ in Tokyo – some collected images
Day Cafe Tabacco – thankfully passing by this one. Heading towards Chiba Ken. Making some marks, looking out above rooftops, past a few scrapers and Honmonji Koen… Smiley Daikokuten god […]
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Drawing and photographing from Edo Gawa River to Yokohama
Transparent green watersBelow red iron and grey blue cracked concrete –Winter sunshine fades quickly across Edogawa. High, looking along the TamagawaHanging over a balconyPhotographing in the cobalt Pacific sky
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Tokyo and Toyama Washoku (Japanese Food) Excerpts
From the quirky dishes of the lively Izakayas in the East side of Tokyo to Toyama’s famous salty Black Ramen and fish for sushi and sashimi from the rough seas […]
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Season’s Greetings 2012
Have a great 2013 and all the very best wishes! Image: “Wandering Shibuya” 14 x 12 cm, mixed media on Japanese shikishi board sunlight drifts through autumn rain I try […]
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Journey skywards – Tokyo Skytree and Umihotaru Sea Station
grey-white-grey no rust steady waymarker visitor blanketed platforms contained taiyaki and colonel saunders ready for christmas deep blue negatives and folding darknesses drawing looking up straining higher shards segmented triangulated […]
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Tokyo Art Exhibitions – MOT and David Lynch at LAFORET
During my show in Omotesando I was delighted to see David Lynch had an exhibtion on at the Laforet Department Store’s Gallery, just down the road at the Harajuku crossing. […]
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Recent artworks formed in and around Shibuya and Omotesando…
Using calligraphy boards, pens and mixed media I’ve made a series of around thirty new pieces, which I’m planning to continue. The local environment was an excellent area for creativity […]
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Journey to Tokyo from Glasgow by jumbo jet and shinkansen
After arriving in Japan I had a couple of weeks to prepare the works, organise mounting, liaise with Gallery 80 and develop my self-styled ‘black box’ multimedia construction. Time was […]