Japan - Paintings

Longing instant at dusk #15 is a unique painting by Japanese contemporary artist Shoko Okumura. This painting is made with pigments and silver leaf on Japanese paper mounted on wood ...

Damien Hirst (1965) Butterfly Spin Painting (2009) acrylic and metallic paint on paper 21 h × 27 w in (53 × 69 cm) Signed and stamped with Damien Hirst's studio's blindstamp; st...

This is a bull. I have chosen to paint this fine animal in a variety of colors to show the power of the beast as it roams the desert. The style is free flowing and riotous coloring. ...

A Hawaiian dancer tosses a lei into the sea in hopes of her friend returning to the islands. :: Painting :: Contemporary :: This piece comes with an offi...

Masaaki Yamada (1929–2010)
Work C.p 119-2, 1962
Oil on paper
38 × 26 cm
Signed and dated on the reverse

Provenance
Collection of the...

This is my yearly Christmas offering. In this painting we can see Santa pulling on his gloves in readiness to start his yearly ride when he notices that he still has one more bag to ...

This young lady with the hair matching the beautiful mane of her horse is competing in a rodeo in the barrel racing category. Here she goes around the barrel before letting her horse...

A two-masted topsail schooner under a spanker and sailing full appears to be rising out of the sea itself. The wind and waves are an exhilarating experience! This seascape has be...

A fragrant plumeria found on the tropical islands. I took the reference shot for this painting on a recent trip to Oahu, Hawaii. This painting has been created using professional gr...

The quintessential seascape painting of the lighthouse. The seafarer in your family would love to hang this piece in their man cave. A seascape painting of a telescope sitting in f...

An autumn basket of harvest goods including Indian corn, apples, and pumpkin. This seasonal painting has been created using only professional grade acrylics on a sheet of un-stretche...

A pair of sailing yachts are going full out in a race with the wind over the sea with their spinnakers fully extended for maximum effect. Very exciting ride!! This sailing painting h...

The fuchsia is a variety of hanging flowers which come in a variety of colors. Purple is the predominant coloring here. This painting has been created using professional grade acryli...

A cluster of frangipani in a tree. This tropical scene was captured on the island of Guam on my recent vacation there. These flowers are popular in Hawaii as well for making lei. Thi...

Phantom Petales is a unique painting by Japanese contemporary artist Shoko Okumura. This painting is made with pigments and silver leaf on Japanese paper mounted on wood panel, dimen...

Longing instant at dusk #7 is a unique painting by Japanese contemporary artist Shoko Okumura. This painting is made with pigments and silver leaf on Japanese paper mounted on wood p...

A young Hawaiian girl is saying good night to the sun as it sets over the water using a traditional dance. This painting has been crafted using professiona...

On the Pacific Northwest coast of Canada and America you can fine these magnificent birds. The blue coloring helps the bird blend in with the land and sea. This nature painting has b...

A Monarch butterfly has decided to visit a Frangipani flower. This natural world painting has been created using only professional grade acrylics on a sheet of un-stretched canvas. :...

A classic 1973 Ford Mustang Shelby GT at Monument Valley in America. This car is known as a pony car, thus the connection. :: Painting :: Contemporary :: ...

This young lady is minding her own business as she dances to the music from the two guitar players and doesn't notice the dangerous and unwanted attention she has gathered. This west...

As the sun sets low over the western desert a lone bull Bison walks across the landscape as purple, orange and yellow tint the sky. I love the desert and Buffalo or American Bison...

The Napa Valley is synonymous with wine and the growth of grapes for wine. These vines are bright with their autumn colors. This landscape has been created using only professional gr...

About 1000 years ago one of these Norse longboats appeared off the coast of North America. These people were searching for a new homeland. The area on the northernmost tip of the isl...

A pair of young ladies have taken their children for a short boat ride to have a picnic on the beach. The softly moving ripples allow you to see the sea life under the waves. This p...

I was thinking about a song by the Eagles called Hotel California when I was painting this western scene. The first line of the song goes,"On a dark,desert highway..." so I placed my...

One player has started to break away from the others as he makes for the opposing teams goal. Canada and the United States are featured as the two major ice hockey nations. This hockey painting...

Sadamasa Motonaga (1922–2011)
Untitled, 1981

Medium: oil on canvas
Dimensions: 41 × 31.8 cm

Prov...

These guys are having a game of hockey on a frozen pond. The puck is loose as the players fight to regain control of the puck. This sports painting has been created using profess...

During a friendly game of ice hockey on a frozen pond, three players fight to gain control of the puck. This sports painting has been created using professional grade acrylics on 11...

I love Italy! The buildings that crowd the sea in their beautiful array of colours are eye catching for me and I have to paint them. A beautiful, young lady in Edwardian clothin...

In an ancient ceremony a young Hawaiian man offer homage to the gods through a dance of fire. This cultural painting has been created using only professio...

In 1615 Osaka Castle was attacked by warring Samurai and burned to the ground. It has been rebuilt since then and stands today. The samurai on horseback in this painting has the col...

During a golf tournament a player has lost his ball in the rough and is searching for it but the course marshall is counting the time for him to drop a new2 ball so play can continue...

The Pacific northwest of North America does tend to get a lot of rain and gloomy skies in winter but that leads into amazing spring and summer weathe...

As winter settles in on the land and food becomes scarce for the animals on the farm the farmer has to dip into his supply of hay in the loft of the barn to tide the stock over until...

A classic convertible known as a Woody sits on a tropical beach at sunset as the honeymoon couple wait on the pier for the boat to take them to their paradise retreat. This paintin...

This painting depicts a scene from the 1930's of a car pulling off the highway to fill up with gasoline at a filling station and maybe have a beer with lunch. The price of 5cents per...

In 1733 the Spanish gold fleet called La Plata sailed from Mexico laded with gold for the King of Spain when a sudden typhoon destroyed the fleet. Many ships sank while others were b...

A young lady is searching for her husband in the 1930s and with the help of a boy she finds him in a roadside bar known as a Honky Tonk or Juke Joint. This humorous painting has been...

A cowboy is taking a rest for himself and his mount. The horse is enjoying the friendly ear scratch. This western themed painting has been created using professional grade acrylic on...

The great days of sail and fighting ships! This painting shows the lower gun deck onboard HMS Victory,Admiral Nelson's flagship at the battle of Trafalgar...

A pelican painting is not unusual but add a naval officers hat and decorate said hat with an odd assortment of sea related paraphernalia and you have ...

A red vintage woodie station wagon is parked by a beach house, with a person standing beside it looking at the sea. Another individual is sitting on the sand nearby, and surfboards a...

This painting depicts two roosters in a battle. These birds are bred to fight, sometimes to the death. This is an explosive scene as you would find at such a match. The painting is 1...

A night festival in Japan complete with stalls selling fried squid. :: Painting :: Contemporary :: This piece comes with an official certificate of auth...

Waves are everywhere! In this painting I am working on a word play. The people are waving from the boats to the shore and the sea is making waves.It's not brilliant but it really was...

Masaaki Yamada Work B.042, 1958 Oil on canvas 27 × 22 cm (framed: 41 × 36 cm) Painted in 1958, this canvas belongs to Yamada’s early abstract phase, when he was developing his singu...

This piece is called Jam Session as it encompasses two different types of musicians, country and Latin, together for a go at a new sound. I have incorporated a textured background to...

Imagine,if you will, you enter a dark and smoky club where you hears the plaintive wail of Jazz coming from the stage. The lights are low and the music pulls you inside.This musicall...

A portable surf shack waits on a beach to serve its surfing public in need of a board as the relaxed owner takes a nap in the sun on the tailgate of her cla...

8 Seconds may seem like a very short time to you but, when you are straddling an 800 pound bull and he doesn't want you there, it can seem like an eternity. This western themed painting is dedicated to those fun loving cowboys in the bull riding...

A rather angry gorilla is depicted in this painting. The lowered brow and glowering eyes makes for an uncomfortable scene. This wildlife painting has been created using only professi...

An interior view of a balcony. The juxtaposition of the stone and wood make an interesting parallel to the land and water externally viewed. The architecture appears to be Mediterran...

Not so long ago; golf was a sport for men only but, thankfully women now enjoy the sport. This scene depicts one of those early days of the ladies initiation ...

An Edwardian scene depicting fashionable ladies having lunch i a seaside restaurant. :: Painting :: Contemporary :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity sign...

At sunrise the mist still clings to the ground while the rising sun reveals a family of deer foraging in the forest. This scene has been created using professional grade acrylics on ...

The top leader of all the Samurai in Japan was referred to as the Shogun. Here he sits astride his war horse in spring as the cherry blossoms are in full bloom and the snow melts from the top of Mount Fuji. This cultural painting...

Off the coast of Okinawa, Japan as well as many other places around the world you can find Sea Turtles. These two are enjoying the azure blue warm waters. This seascape painting has ...

A 16X20 inch or 40X50 cm acrylics on canvas paper painting of a group of local musicians having a jam session on the beach under a full moon. :: Painting :: Impressionist :: This pie...