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

Fierce Grace & Dream Chaser

 

 These scrolls were made as companion pieces. They are beautiful, done is a Sandan Hyougu (三段表具）style with some good contrasting elements for a very soothing feel. They are both written in a semi-cursive style, but the second was translated by Yoshimi. The first character is fierceness 猛（もう）or mou can be greatly energetic, fierce or ferocious and 優美（ゆうび）or yuubi can be read as grace or refinement. Fierce Grace.

The Ichimonji is a white on gold, and the purple Chuumawashi cloth has a simple pattern. The Bone colored cloth is a strong contrast with the purple and the Deep Brown stained wood jikusaki. The kakejiku is finished with the Takuboku hanging string.

Dimensions as Follows:

Name in Kanji Name in English Size in Bun (Inches)


天 Ten 132 (15.75)

上中廻し Ue Chuumawashi 49 (5.85)

上一文字 Ue Ichimonji 7 (0.84)

紙本の幅さ Artwork Width 41 (4.89)

紙本の長さ Artwork Length 128 (15.27)

柱 Pillars 10 (1.19)

下一文字 Shita Ichimonji 4 (0.48)

下中廻し Shita Chuumawashi 38 (4.53)

地 Chi 63 (7.52)

掛け軸の幅さ Scroll Width 61 (7.28)

掛け軸の長さ Scroll Length 414 (49.39)