Shoko Okumura

"Eastern Wind over Cherry Blossoms" landscape silver gold leaf paper hope floral

2022

Tree of Ipu is 2023 work of Maki Kuchida. It's a tribute to Hawaii, to its beautiful colors of nature. The painting contains so much elements of life - once can find tree, fruits, an...

In a Forest of Fishes is 2023 work of Maki Kuchida. Maki paints with natural mineral pigments on silk. The work is about the harmony of the sea world where all fish species can live ...

White Crow is a 2020 landscape work with a protagonist bird, the white crow by Maki Kuchida. This work demonstrates Maki's delicate painting skills with a lot of details in one work. She applied aluminum leaf on this work to create a perspective in the background. Maki combines the Japanese landscape painting technique with the Chinese one thus her landscape work is unique in its own way. White Crow is the bird of fortune and peace in the Japanese culture. On the bottom right, shadows of another mascot, coyote, can be seen. Coyote is one of Maki's favorite icons which can be found in many of her landscape paintings. The painted size of the work is approx. 27 x 18cm, while the framed size is approx. 47x38cm. It is framed with archival grade mount. There will be a certificate of authenticity issued with your acquisition. Maki's paintings may seem deceptively simple at first but indeed the colors and texture are achieved through a labor-intensive and time-consuming process as painting on silk for one color requires at least 8 layers of pigments. Maki paints using mineral pigments on silk...

The City is a signature landscape and figurative work by Maki combining Japanese and Chinese landscape painting style. It is framed with archival grade mount. There will be a certi...

The Seed is 2023 work of Maki Kuchida. Finding the seed is a life journey of discovery to look for one's true self. The painted size of the work is approx. 22 x 22cm, while the fram...

2000 Years Old is 2020 work of Maki Kuchida. It is a signature landscape work by Maki combining Japanese and Chinese landscape painting style. This works is a tribute to the mythical...

Ink, Japanese pigments, and golden leaves on Japanese paper mounted on wood, 38 cm × 45.5 cm. Sold framed (black shadow gap frame). Dimensions framed: 43,3 x 51 cm Square with Palac...

Pigments, India ink, gold leaf on panels mounted on Japanese paper. 65.2 × 100 cm. Sold unframed. Urban landscape II – Tokyo (2023) is a diptych painting by Paris-based Japanese arti...

Pines in the stars is a unique painting by contemporary artist Lumi Mizutani. The painting is made with Japanese pigments, Chinese painting, India ink and gold leaves, dimensions are...

Loneliness – Nijoujou Pine is a unique diptych painting by contemporary artist Lumi Mizutani. The painting is made with pigments, Indian ink and gold leaf on on Japanese paper mounte...

Magnificence II is a unique painting by contemporary artist Lumi Mizutani. The painting is made with pigments and gold leaves on Japanese paper mounted on panel, dimensions are 65.2 ...

Chatty Trees II, Pines and Migrant Birds is a unique painting by contemporary artist Lumi Mizutani. The painting is made with pigments, Indian ink and gold leaf on Japanese paper mou...