Japan
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Remembering the Tohoku Earthquake
All about light silver and cereleum spaces – from the distant spring cumulus two buzzards appear as dots, gently soaring boundlessly circling
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High Bridges – Walking Drawing Tokyo West from Naka Meguro
along suspended riverblocked by oncoming vertical flyovernanamemeeting high polished walls isolating the residential worldfloating gardens flowing into alloy platforms intertwined shafts, containers hummingneutral perimetersemerging and reshaping the ground and drawing out energy lines overlapping populous spacessuffusedabove a tandem rotor flying heavilyleaden quick descent and dark blue chill moving onundulating and avoiding trafficsoon underground in quiet
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Touchdown Tokyo 2013
I beamed down into Tokyo towards the end of last month, looking forward to unknown adventures… Halloween was close by and the megacity was dark early but brimming with energy as ever. In the crazy hustle and bustle, there was plenty of sideswerving various characters such as the one above, as well as good friends
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Exhibiting Drawings at Factory Hanbunko gallery, Takaoka, Japan
I’m really looking forward to exhibiting some drawings at the Factory Hanbunko Gallery in Takaoka, Japan, in November this year. The city is near the Japan Sea in a beautiful area of northern Japan. Looks like a interesting gallery space in a fantastic refurbished old building with contrasting interior whites and blacks and dark wooden
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Two years on from the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami
11th March 2011 Two years have now passed, and we wish to send our warmest wishes from Scotland, UK, to all those affected in Tohoku and around Japan. roaming sea-roads to far away coves lines fragmented, pens in motion on the Pacific edge 遠くの入り江まで海のそばをぶらつく とぎれとぎれの線, ペンが動く 太平洋の端っこで
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Working on new city themed artist’s film
In the last couple of weeks, or certainly since the last heavier snows, I’ve been putting together a strange new film piece taking in lots of city and infrastructure footage, mostly gathered in and around Tokyo, but also some from the UK. The previous artist film works I showed at the Omotesando exhibition last year
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Night and Day Wanderin’ in Tokyo – some collected images
Day Cafe Tabacco – thankfully passing by this one. Heading towards Chiba Ken. Making some marks, looking out above rooftops, past a few scrapers and Honmonji Koen… Smiley Daikokuten god of fortune and prosperity suddenly pops up into view at Yurakucho station. On into Cafe Tonga, and an excellent Soya Cappuccino in truly tonga (pointy)
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Drawing and photographing from Edo Gawa River to Yokohama
Transparent green watersBelow red iron and grey blue cracked concrete –Winter sunshine fades quickly across Edogawa. High, looking along the TamagawaHanging over a balconyPhotographing in the cobalt Pacific sky