Portfolio > Bell Paintings (2015)

High Clouds Over the Vineyards' Bells
ink, acrylic and tempera on paper
35" x 47"
February 2015
detail #1 -"High Clouds Over the Vineyards' Bells"
ink, acrylic and tempera on paper
35" x 47"
February 2015
detail #2 -"High Clouds Over the Vineyards' Bells
ink, acrylic and tempera on paper
35" x 47"
February 2015
detail #3 - "High Clouds Over the Vineyards' Bells"
ink, acrylic and tempera on paper
35" x 47"
February 2015
First Guardian Bell
ink, acrylic and tempera on paper
47" x 37"
February 2015
detail # 1 -"First Guardian Bell"
ink, acrylic and tempera on paper
47" x 37"
February 2015
detail # 2 -"First Guardian Bell"
ink, acrylic and tempera on paper
47" x 37"
February 2015
detail # 3 - "First Guardian Bell"
ink, acrylic and tempera on paper
47" x 37"
February 2015
Warming Warning Bell
ink, acrylic and tempera on paper
47" x 37"
February 2015
detail #1 - "Warming Warning Bell"
ink, acrylic and tempera on paper
47" x 37"
February 2015
detail #2 - "Warming Warning Bell"
ink, acrylic and tempera on paper
47" x 37"
February 2015
Suspended Heart Bell
ink, acrylic and tempera on paper
47" x 37"
February 2015
detail - "Suspended Heart Bell"
ink, acrylic and tempera on paper
47" x 37"
February 2015
Stone Bell in the Rain
ink, acrylic and tempera on paper
35" x 48"
February 2015
detail #1 - "Stone Bell in the Rain"
ink, acrylic and tempera on paper
35" x 48"
February 2015
detail #2 - "Stone Bell in the Rain"
ink, acrylic and tempera on paper
35" x 48"
February 2015
Bell in the Heart of Winter
ink, acrylic and tempera on paper
47" x 37"
February 2015
detail - "Bell in the Heart of Winter"
ink, acrylic and tempera on paper
47" x 37"
February 2015
Last Bell (Hart Crane)
ink and acrylic on paper
35" x 18"
February 2015
Evening Bell Across a Field
ink, acrylic and tempera on paper
35" x 48"
February 2015
detail #1 - "Evening Bell Across a Field"
ink, acrylic and tempera on paper
35" x 48"
February 2015
detail #2 - "Evening Bell Across a Field"
ink, acrylic and tempera on paper
35" x 48"
February 2015
detail #3 - "Evening Bell Across the Field"
ink, acrylic and tempera on paper
35" x 48"
February 2015
Ocean Night Bell
ink and acrylic on paper
37" x 47"
January 2015
detail #1 - Ocean Night Bell
ink and acrylic on paper
47" x 37"
January 2015
detail #2 - Ocean Night Bell
ink and acrylic on paper
47" x 37"
January 2015
detail # 3 - Ocean Night Bell
ink and acrylic on paper
47" x 37"
January 2015
Three Ancient Bells
ink and acrylic on paper
37" x 47"
January 2015
detail #2 - Three Ancient Bells
ink and acrylic on paper
37" x 47"
January 2015
detail #3 - Three Ancient Bells
ink and acrylic on paper
37" x 47"
January 2015
Two Bells in the Night Sea
ink and acrylic on paper
37" x 47"
January 2015
detail # 1 - Two Bells in the Night Sea
ink and acrylic on paper
37" x 47"
January 2015
detail #2 - Two Bells in the Night Sea
ink and acrylic on paper
37" x 47"
January 2015
detail # 3 - Two Bells in the Night Sea
ink and acrylic on paper
37" x 47"
January 2015
Casting the Bell
ink and acrylic on paper
47" x 37"
January 2015
detail #1 - Casting the Bell
ink and acrylic on paper
47" x 37"
January 2015
detail #2 - Casting the Bell
ink and acrylic on paper
47" x 37"
January 2015
detail #3 - Casting the Bell
ink and acrylic on paper
47" x 37"
January 2015
Spring Bell
ink and acrylic on paper
28" x 42"
January 2015
detail #1 - Spring Bell
ink and acrylic on paper
28" x 42"
January 2015
detail #2 - Spring Bell
ink and acrylic on paper
28" x 42"
January 2015

Waves Lapping to the Shore

Long ago
in a place called this world
a bell up on the mountain caught my ear.
Now, at dawn, I hear the waves
lapping the shore, carried by the breeze.
I have the feeling that for a long time
I was listening to the waves’ voices in the sound of the bell.

- Ooka Makoto
from “Songs of the Eternal Autumn”
(adaptations of the poems of Fujiwara Shunzei (1114 – 1204)