Bright red poppies. Painted with Kobaien ink and watercolours on rice paper.
Symbolism notes: unlike Western culture, where (red) poppies symbolise death and remembrance, keshi no hana or keshi (ケシの花 ) - the Japanese poppies - are more light-hearted and they symbolise fun, love and passion. Poppies are a popular subject in Japanese art and poetry. These particular pieace is an exploration of greyish-bluish ink shades.
The painting is signed, sealed with artist's personal seal and wet-mounted on another sheet of backing paper. It is ready to be framed or mounted on a scroll. Please use acid-free materials when framing. It is manually cut, please leave a few mm error margin for dimensions. Note that colours may differ due to differences in devices.
Red poppies
Ink, watercolours, rice paper, backing paper.