Hiroki Morinoue is an American artist of Japanese descent who has helped to pioneer in the United States the fusion of western Impressionism with modern Japanese design. Morinoue was born in Kealakekua and raised near Holualoa, formerly a major coffee plantation town in the mountains above Kailua-Kona on the Big Island of Hawaii. Japanese workers were brought from Japan at the turn of the 20th century to Hawaii to work the plantations. Although the coffee plantations are gone, Holualoa remains a major producer and exporter of Kona coffee from a cooperative of private growers. In addition, a large artist colony has taken hold in the town itself. Morinoue studied at the California College of Arts and Crafts in Oakland, California, where he received his BFA degree. Later, while in Japan, Morinoue studied with a master sumi-e artist and a master of woodblock printing. Morinoue still has his home in Holualoa, on the Big Island of Hawaii. It was Morinoue's seemingly abstract paintings of calm water on textured wood or woodblock prints that propelled him to prominence. The play of light on pebbles at the bottom of a creek or pond, bubbles, ripples, or the reflection on the surface of water are combined with a Japanese sense of balance and design in intense shades of aqua, black and blue creating art of refined, serene elegance. Subsequent works show a trend towards abstract art, experimentation in warmer palettes, rougher strokes, various subject matters and media such as ceramics and photography. Hiroki Morinoue can be seen in several public and private collections in the USA (particularly in Hawaii) and Japan.
Lotus
By Hiroki Morinoue
Located in Lyons, CO
Color woodcut, Edition 30. Lotus is a twenty-six color woodcut from seven woodblocks printed in an edition of 30, plus proofs, on white Thai Mulberry paper. In this print, a compe...
Woodcut
Earth Cycle
By Hiroki Morinoue
Located in Lyons, CO
Color woodcut, Edition 30. In all of Morinoue's work there is a compelling sense of place--the ocean shoreline, lava flows and Japanese gardens. He is a patient observer of nature...
Woodcut
Edge of the Pond
By Hiroki Morinoue
Located in Lyons, CO
Color woodcut/lithograph, Edition 30. In this print Morinoue creates an evocative sense of place. He captures the reflections on a pond’s surface and the play of light on the ston...
Woodcut
"Incoming Tide, " Woodblock Print signed by Hiroki Morinoue
By Hiroki Morinoue
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Incoming Tide" is an original woodblock print by Hiroki Morinoue. it is signed and dated in the lower right, titled lower center, and editioned (48/120) in the lower left. This prin...
Woodcut
Earth Watch
By Hiroki Morinoue
Located in Lyons, CO
Color woodcut, Edition 30. In all of Morinoue's work there is a compelling sense of place--the ocean shoreline, lava flows and Japanese gardens. He is a patient observer of nature...
Woodcut
High Tide
By Hiroki Morinoue
Located in Lyons, CO
Color woodcut, Edition 30 The left panel of High Tide captures the reflections of the edge of a pond and surrounding trees and hills. The right panel depi...
Woodcut
Low Tide
By Hiroki Morinoue
Located in Lyons, CO
Color woodcut, Edition 30 The left panel of Low Tide captures the play of light on water with abstracted colorful reflections. The right panel depicts a tr...
Woodcut
Dragonfly Pond
By Hiroki Morinoue
Located in Lyons, CO
Color woodcut with pochoir, Edition 30 In all of Morinoue's work there is a compelling sense of place--the ocean shoreline, lava flows and Japanese gardens. He is a patient observ...
Woodcut
Brazilian Rainforest
By Hiroki Morinoue
Located in Lyons, CO
Color woodcut, Edition 25. Morinoue first observed the Brazilian rainforest in 1997 when the exhibition he designed, The Kona Coffee Story: Along the Hawai'i Belt Road, was shown in...
Woodcut
Pure Water
By Hiroki Morinoue
Located in Lyons, CO
Color woodcut, Edition 30. In this print Morinoue uses symbolic, stylized and realistic images to evoke the play of light on water. In each of the four panels we see the reflectio...
Woodcut
$200
H 9.5 in W 7.25 in
"Portalito", Abstract Patterns, Geometric Abstraction, Woodcut Monoprint
By Alexis Nutini
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "Portalito" is an original piece by Alexis Nutini and is made from a woodcut monoprint mounted on panel. This piece measures 7.25"h x 9.5"w. Born in Mexico City, ...
Panel, Monoprint, Woodcut
$158Sale Price|20% Off
H 5.52 in W 3.55 in
Constellation - XXI Century, Contemporary Linocut & Woodcut Print, Abstract
By Maria Stelmaszczyk
Located in Warsaw, PL
MARIA STELMASZCZYK (born in 1983) Studies at the Faculty of Graphic Arts and Painting Laboratory of Woodcut Techniques and Artistic Book at the Academy of Fine Arts Władysław Strzemi...
Paper, Linocut, Woodcut
$1,295Sale Price|21% Off
H 29 in W 19.25 in D 1.25 in
Edward Marecak Mid Century Abstract Geometric Woodcut Color Print Fine Art
By Edward Marecak
Located in Denver, CO
This original mid-century woodcut print by Edward Marecak demonstrates the artist’s interest in bold geometry, structured composition, and strong color relationships. The work reflec...
Woodcut
$1,450
H 21.5 in W 18 in D 0.1 in
Stanton Macdonald-Wright "Departing Spring" Woodblock Print c.1966
By Stanton MacDonald-Wright
Located in San Francisco, CA
Stanton Macdonald-Wright Woodblock on Laid Paper 1966-67 Departing Spring Hesitates Appears to be an artist proof. The pencil text and signature a...
Woodcut
$475
H 16 in W 20.63 in
"A Game of Lacrosse": A Hand-colored 19th Century Woodcut Engraving by Hall
Located in Alamo, CA
A colorful and attractive hand-colored 19th century woodcut engraving entitled "A Game of Lacrosse" after a drawing by W. H. Hall. It was published in New York in Harper's Weekly on May 10, 1884. It depicts a scene from an intense lacrosse game. This hand-colored woodcut engraving is presented in a red mat that measures 16" high x 20.63" wide. The sheet measures 10.63" high x 15.88" wide. There is a central fold, as issued. The print is in excellent condition. Lacrosse is the oldest sport in North America, possibly originating as far back as the 1400's. The sport was first invented by Native Americans, who originally played it as a means to toughen braves for war or to settle tribal disputes. It was played by between 100 and 1,000 participants at a time. There were no strict boundaries and the game could cover miles and take days to complete. It was very violent with many injuries, which were sometimes fatal. The game was unknown to whites until the 17th century when a Jesuit priest observed Heron Indians playing it. He thought the stick and netting resembled the "crosier" carried by bishops during religious ceremonies, This led to the name "la crosse". A Canadian dentist standardized the rules of the game in 1867 and the 1st college team was created at New York University in 1877. The game gained national attention and popularity in 1956 when the Hall-of-Fame football player Jim Brown...
Woodcut
$250
H 22 in W 17.5 in
Vintage Rene Ricard Mal de Fin: Paintings 1989-1990 poster with poetry and ocean
By Rene Ricard
Located in New York, NY
Original poster commemorating Rene Ricard's 1990 exhibition Mal de Fin: Paintings 1989-1990 at the Petersburg Press Gallery, New York. The image reproduces his painting, Mal de Fin, ...
Lithograph, Offset
Green Column/Figure
By Robert Mangold
Located in New York, NY
Associated with the Minimalist art movement of the 1960s, Mangold developed a reductive vocabulary based on geometric forms, monochromatic color, and an emphasis on the flatness of t...
Etching, Woodcut
$2,750
H 40 in W 26.5 in
Michele Maria: bright yellow red Maria Callas opera artist portrait with poetry
By Rene Ricard
Located in New York, NY
Touched by the influence of Andy Warhol, champion of a young Jean-Michel Basquiat, Rene Ricard served as enfant terrible of the 1980s New York art scene. In this bright yellow, red, ...
Lithograph, Screen, Woodcut
$12,655
H 23.63 in W 31.5 in
Untitled by Donald Judd, Woodcut, Abstract, Orange, Cadmium Yellow
By Donald Judd
Located in Köln, DE
Woodcut in cadmium Yellow Deep by Donald Judd. "No Title" from "Set of 6 woodcuts printed in Cadmium Yellow Light, Cadmium Yellow and Cadmium Yellow Deep" Sheet 6 1988-1990 60 x 80...
Woodcut
Poem 71-25 (Me)
By Haku Maki
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Poem 71-25 (Me) Color woodcut with cement mold embossing, 1971 Signed, titled and numbered in pencil (see photos) Edition 100 (55/100) (see photo) Signed with the artist's stamp lowe...
Woodcut
$900
H 30 in W 22 in
Summer Sky, limited edition lithograph, landscape, desert, turquoise, orange
By Dan Namingha
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Summer Sky, limited edition lithograph, landscape, desert, turquoise, orange
Lithograph
$4,000
H 21.75 in W 15.5 in
Joel Shapiro - Woodcut on laid paper, published by PACE Editions Signed/N Framed
By Joel Shapiro
Located in New York, NY
Joel Shapiro Woodcut (butternet and cherry) on Crown & Sceptre laid paper, 1987 Pencil signed and numbered 18 of 27 on the front Published by PACE Editions, NY (with original label v...
Laid Paper, Woodcut