Waterfall on Silk

This scroll was purchased in an auction and was remounted by myself

. I used the concepts of 寒色・暖色 (Kanshoku/Danshoku), which means cool colors/warm colors respectively. The waterfall is a summer theme motif in Japanese art. In mounting, a common technique is to use colors of the opposite season. So if it is hot in summer, you want to use cool colors to affect the viewer positively with the opposite feeling of the color.

What I love with this painting is the small birds flying across the waterfall. It really brings this painting to life.

Sometimes I have had difficulty with uki after applying the urauchi while working with silk paintings. However this one turned out close to perfect.

This scroll is for sale for $250.00 and will include a Paper box. For inquiries of purchase please contact to sales@customjapanesecalligraphy.com.

Yosemite Waterfall Sumie

This was painted by Polish artist Mariusz Szmerdt. It is his vision of a photograph of a waterfall in Yosemite National Park. I am taking this to the Golden State Bonsai Federation this week, and intended to sell that there, but think it will be difficult because of the large tree in the painting creating redundancy in display.

The scroll is made with a Benberugu cloth, a shitan jikusaki and an Usukincha hanging string. The reason I ultimately selected this cloth was to help subtely accentuate the vertical lines of the cliff and falls. Dimensions are posted as follows:

Name in Kanji	Name in English	Size in Bun	Size in Inches
天	Ten	123	14.67
紙本の幅さ	Artwork Width	126	15.03
紙本の長さ	Artwork Length	279	33.28
柱	Pillars	2.5	0.30
地	Chi	70	8.35
掛け軸の幅さ	Scroll Width	131	15.63
掛け軸の長さ	Scroll Length	472	56.31

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Waterfall Sumie #2 - Maru Hyougu

This was another variation on the waterfall. It was completed by Mariusz Szmerdt, polish artist. He can be reached at http://sumi-e.home.pl/contact/ This waterfall has more detail than the previous one, but it still focuses on the detail in the water rolling off the rocks, but I purposefully asked the artist to not add other vegetation to compete with a bonsai or Sanyasou in a display. This has a little higher quality cloth silk with a beautiful flower arabesque. When looking from far away it melds together like flowing water. It is completed with the Shibucha stained wood jikusaki and a Kodai San Iro kakehimo.

Dimensions as Follows:

Name in Kanji	Name in English	Size in Bun	Size in Inches
天	Ten	117	13.96
上一文字	Ue Ichimonji	14	1.67
紙本の幅さ	Artwork Width	74	8.83
紙本の長さ	Artwork Length	127	15.15
柱	Pillars	17	2.03
下一文字	Shita Ichimonji	10	1.19
地	Chi	75	8.95
掛け軸の幅さ	Scroll Width	108	12.88
掛け軸の長さ	Scroll Length	343	40.92

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Waterfall Scroll Sandan Hyougu Kakejiku

This Kakejiku was part of a commission that the person buying wished for something else. However, as I look at this, this is definitely what a bonsai waterfall scroll should be. Simple, minimal and helping to place the bonsai in the natural setting.

This painting was done by a Polish artist. I have great appreciation for his talents. He is also a diligent and inspired worker. You will see this as we go through 3 sets of waterfall/rill paintings until the final was decided upon. This one I think is actually the best for bonsai display because it is very subdued to the eye, but still clearly conveys the water gushing down the cliffside.

The scroll is done in a Sandan Hyougu styling. I selected the Ichimonji (Flower Arabesque) to blend into the Chuumawashi (blue cloth) and provide the imagery for the water of the waterfall. Next I selected the a goldenrod to represent the sun. It is completed with a 9 Bun plastic ivory jikusaki and Kodai Saniro Kanging string.  

Dimensions as follows:

Name in Kanji	Name in English	Size in Bun	Size in Inches
天	Ten	147	17.54
上中廻し	Ue Chuumawashi	53	6.32
上一文字	Ue Ichimonji	11	1.31
紙本の幅さ	Artwork Width	75	8.95
紙本の長さ	Artwork Length	132	15.75
柱	Pillars	10	1.19
下一文字	Shita Ichimonji	7	0.84
下中廻し	Shita Chuumawashi	34	4.06
地	Chi	94	11.21
掛け軸の幅さ	Scroll Width	95	11.33
掛け軸の長さ	Scroll Length	467	55.71

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