Hiroki Kawanabe - museum of art

Hiroki Kawanabe"I am Japanese painter. My paintings are ordinary scenes from the ordinary lives of ordinary people like me. So my paintings have the scenes that everyone is familiar with. Often people say to me "your painting is so simplistic". I think so too. That is because It is very important for me not to over do it. In this sense, I use subtraction, not addition, in my drawings. This can also be seen in the traditional Japanese sense of beauty. For example, in painting, Haiku, tea ceremony, architecture, garden design, Zen, and other traditional Japanese aesthetics, there is a simple, subtractive expression that require little explanation. This spirit is often referred to as "Wabi- Sabi. Paintings with little explanation leave room for the viewer's imagination. And what the viewer imagines in his or her mind when looking at the painting is what the artist really painted. If you look at my painting and you imagine something, or you think of a memorable scene, or even if it is just the movement of the heart ,then that is exactly what I have painted. So I would be happy to be a painter who can paint in your heart. I think so. It is a very magical feeling when I receive feedback on my paintings.It is like a miracle. That a picture I painted in Japan, a small island country in a corner of the world, can communicate with the hearts of people living in a foreign land where they don't even speak the same language. It is truly a miracle. There is a word "En" in Japanese. Simply put, it is an encounter or connection between you and someone or something. In japan we use the word "En", it does not just refer to an encounter or connection, but has a special nuances like precious, valuable, important, miraculous. I am very happy for the "En" with you. I'm gonna keep painting." Hiroki Kawanabe

30 km/h - Hiroki Kawanabe

3 lines - Hiroki Kawanabe

2nd floor - Hiroki Kawanabe

Above us - Hiroki Kawanabe

All along - Hiroki Kawanabe

An empty city - Hiroki Kawanabe

At noon - Hiroki Kawanabe

Avenue - Hiroki Kawanabe

Border - Hiroki Kawanabe

Brothers - Hiroki Kawanabe

Closed - Hiroki Kawanabe

Busy - Hiroki Kawanabe

Crossing - Hiroki Kawanabe

Floating - Hiroki Kawanabe

Friend - Hiroki Kawanabe

Full moon - Hiroki Kawanabe

Gas station - Hiroki Kawanabe

The next day - Hiroki Kawanabe

Invitation - Hiroki Kawanabe

Twilight - Hiroki Kawanabe

In the park - Hiroki Kawanabe

Leaves - Hiroki Kawanabe

Harvest moon - Hiroki Kawanabe

Many years pass - Hiroki Kawanabe

Olive oil - Hiroki Kawanabe

Liquor store - Hiroki Kawanabe

Hard rain - Hiroki Kawanabe

Nowhere - Hiroki Kawanabe

Philosyphy - Hiroki Kawanabe

Night bridge - Hiroki Kawanabe

On the bridge - Hiroki Kawanabe

Senry - Hiroki Kawanabe

Seaside park - Hiroki Kawanabe

Pool of sunshine - Hiroki Kawanabe

Shade of tree - Hiroki Kawanabe

Rainy city - Hiroki Kawanabe

Still hot - Hiroki Kawanabe

Light at night - Hiroki Kawanabe

Studio window - Hiroki Kawanabe

Sunset bicycle - Hiroki Kawanabe

Tea time - Hiroki Kawanabe

Taking the same car - Hiroki Kawanabe

The morning - Hiroki Kawanabe

Third floor - Hiroki Kawanabe

Two - Hiroki Kawanabe

Yellow street - Hiroki Kawanabe

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