Blossoming Painting

In Japan there are many milestones in a young girls life, for example, there is a national holiday named Shichi-Go-San (7-5-3), on this day all five year old boys and all three and seven year old girls will be dressed in traditional garb to pray at the local shrine or temple and receive blessings to ensure these children will blossom into healthy, successful young adults. If you look closely you’ll see that this particular sheet of washi (Japanese paper) is made with two different colors of Koozo fibers, I bought this paper in a tiny store in Mino, a little town in Gifu that is known worldwide for their high quality washi. Part of this has to do with the particularly high quality of the water in the river that flows through the town. The Koozo plants are placed in the river for weeks to soften and bleach them before they get processed. This mixed media painting on authentic, handmade Japanese Washi paper from Mino, it is created using a combination of image transfer and acrylic paints and mediums. The artwork is shipped unframed, rolled in a tube, it is signed on the front and has title, date, artist name on the back. It comes with a signed certificate of authenticity from the artist Be advised that colors and brightness depend on your monitor and the digital picture may be slightly different from the original work of art. The artist retains all reproduction and copyrights.