Kaki (Persimmon) Sumi-e Scroll

This is a monochrome painting for a suiseki customer in Southern California. It is a beautiful simple scroll, that will go well with an informal
stone. I hope to see the final installation.

I did this in the Fukuro Hyougu style as it is the most simple for me based on what the customer wanted to present. It has a very dull grey/brown cloth that is nice for a fall feeling. It was painted by Mariusz Szmerdt, and he did an excellent job. The jikusaki is a lacquer that has a red orange tint, to help visually reinforce the painting's theme of a Kaki (persimmon). The suji surrounding the artwork and in the Ten and chi is a light gold, usukin. The hanging string is also an usukin.

Dimensions are as follows:

Name in Kanji	Name in English	Size in Bun	Size in Inches
天	Ten (upper)	70	8.35
天	Ten (Lower)	40	4.77
筋	Suji	1	0.12
紙本の幅さ	Artwork Width	155	18.49
紙本の長さ	Artwork Length	327	39.01
柱	Pillars	19	2.27
地	Chi (upper)	20	2.39
地	Chi (middle)	10	1.19
地	Chi (lower)	40	4.77
掛け軸の幅さ	Scroll Width	195	23.26
掛け軸の長さ	Scroll Length	512	61.08

Shrike for Art Exhibition

This Shrike was painted by Mariusz Szmerdt for an exhibition he plans on entering. I have titled it myself as, "In Anticipation of Spring" The bird looks chilled and the grasses are dried and withered, but there is a feeling of the spring to come in the near future.

To complement the title and feeling I had when first seeing the painting was to have the Ichimonji and Chumawashi to reflect fall with an orange and gold, while the light green Ten/Chi is the hint of spring. It is completed with a Nashichi Jikusaki and a Uguisu (Dark Green) hanging string.

Migrating Geese Kakejiku

Can you feel the cool Autumn Breeze with the moon in the distance?