Dee Teller Sumie #18 - Artists paintbrush

 This was the final scroll done for Dee Teller's solo art exhibition. It is a painting of a peacock feather titled Artists Paintbrush. I really liked the design, but had some health issues while finishing it. Particularly, some areas on the mimiori did not go perfectly. However, I really liked the design we worked out for this wallscroll. I wanted to accent the purple and gold that makes this painting so beautiful. So I wanted to use this purple gold purple pattern in a Sandan Hyougu (3 Step) style kakejiku to accentuate these colors. I finished it with a Nashi Chi Jikusaki that has a gold/red glitter look to it, whcih I felt was good for the overall design. For the Kakehimo I used a deep purple with a gold pattern in it..

Dimensions as follows:

Name in Kanji	Name in English	Size in Bun	Size in Inches
天	Ten	125	14.91
上中廻し	Ue Chuumawashi	43	5.13
上一文字	Ue Ichimonji	13	1.55
紙本の幅さ	Artwork Width	70	8.35
紙本の長さ	Artwork Length	223	26.60
柱	Pillars	15	1.79
下一文字	Shita Ichimonji	9	1.07
下中廻し	Shita Chuumawashi	24	2.86
地	Chi	85	10.14
掛け軸の幅さ	Scroll Width	100	11.93
掛け軸の長さ	Scroll Length	509	60.72

Cloudy Moon Scroll

 This is similar to a scroll posted back in April. Both of these kakejiku are already sold. It is the same cloudy moon by Polish Artist Mariusz Szmerdt, but the moon is more obscure and the painting is a little darker. The difference with this scroll is it is done in a three step style called Sandan Hyogu (三段表具）

I used a ginran 銀襴 instead of a kinran 金襴 for the ichimonji bordering the     artwork. This means that this cloth is made with silver filament thread instead of the gold filament thread. It is very beautiful. I used a silver for the chuumawashi of this cloth as well, but the difference is that it has a smaller Karakusa (arabesque) pattern in the cloth. For the Ten/Chi I used a gray/slate colored cloth that has a hint of blue.

The Ichimonji for this scroll has a black lacquer with gold/silver fleck in it. It really adds some extra character to the scroll.

Dimensions as follows:

Name in Kanji	Name in English	Size in Bun	Size in Inches
天	Ten	93	11.09
上中廻し	Ue Chuumawashi	40	4.77
上一文字	Ue Ichimonji	13	1.55
紙本の幅さ	Artwork Width	115	13.72
紙本の長さ	Artwork Length	285	34.00
柱	Pillars	23	2.74
下一文字	Shita Ichimonji	8	0.95
下中廻し	Shita Chuumawashi	30	3.58
地	Chi	62	7.40
掛け軸の幅さ	Scroll Width	161	19.21
掛け軸の長さ	Scroll Length	518	61.79

登龍門Touryuumon

This is the phrase I chose as the theme for my　床の間 Toko no Ma display, which will be exhibited at the Clark Center for Japanese Art and Culture. This museum is located in Hanford, California.

This is going to be a beautiful display. There is a story behind the phrase Touryuumon, and will explain it at a later date. Just be aware that the scroll is done in a Sandan hyougu (Three Step) style. It is hard to see in this picture but the Chuumawashi cloth looks like red with tinted dragon scales. The white in the chi represents the mists on the water and the white in the ten represents the sky to which the dragon will ascend....

More coming after the competition.