Photo diary | Asuka Hishiki

Asuka Hishiki

greenasas

Catching up with the last year’s homework…
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去年からの宿題を次々と…
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Pomegranate
ざくろ　柘榴
Punica granatum
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#watercolor #水彩 #pomegranate #柘榴　#ザクロ #workonprogress #detailed #細かい

Finally done! I grabbed the last leaf falling from

Finally done! I grabbed the last leaf falling from the tree and cut fresh twigs to complete the piece. Well, actually still thinking if it’s done or….Anyway, because of the strange weather this year, the persimmon tree was acting very strange. It should stay much longer to the late October, but all leaf was gone. The bare winter tree looks out of place under the summer like high blue sky.

ついに完成。なんとか最後の葉っぱを手に入れて、新しい枝を少し切って…でも、まだ少し考え中… しかし、今年はおかしな天気で柿の木もいつもとは全く違う様子。毎年10月の終わり頃までハラハラ葉っぱが落ちるのに、今年はすっかり丸裸。まだ真夏のような青い空の下で冬の姿の柿の木がなんだか間違いに見えます。

Thank you! I am so happy that my Wasabi will be ag

Thank you! I am so happy that my Wasabi will be again in the amazing SSG!

#Repost @shirleysherwoodcollection with @make_repost
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Coming soon to The Shirley Sherwood Gallery (alongside other fantastic works by Japanese, Thai and Chinese artists) is this piece by @greenasas, titled ‘Wasabi’. ⁠
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Inspired in her youth by the parks and gardens of Kyoto, Asuka would later become a globally exhibited artist. ‘Wasabi’ sits within an oeuvre alongside many other vegetable paintings – Asuka paints them with an honesty, bringing a special joy to the most ordinary of natural subjects. We’re particularly struck by her rendering of the wasabi roots, where each thread-like tendril is painted with studious patience and attention. ⁠
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📍 See this work in the flesh at ‘Elegant and Enchanting’, opening at The SSG this weekend! (Oct 16th) - tickets in bio! 🌿 ⁠
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Artwork: ⁠
▪️ Asuka Hishiki, ‘Wasabi’, 374 x 539 mm, watercolour on paper. ⁠
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#ShirleySherwoodCollection #BotanicalArt #BotanicalArtists #KewGardens #ShirleySherwoodGallery #ShirleySherwood

It’s getting more colorful…
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ますます色づく秋の空
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#watercolor

So, of course, I cut several brunches and worked o

So, of course, I cut several brunches and worked on it immediately. The persimmon can wait. Then, look! One of fruit was swollen. I checked and learned that it is a kind of gall. Someone is living there!
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そう、もちろん誘惑にあっさり負けました。特に、この肥大した実を見つけてしまったからには引き返せません。調べてみると、ムシコブのようです。大きな実を見つけて興奮してましたが、先客がいたとは。。。
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ノブドウ　野葡萄
Ampelopsis glandulosa var. heterophylla
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I do not the English name of the plant. Is anyone know??

On the way to a farmers market nearby, I found tha

On the way to a farmers market nearby, I found that one of my favorite plants are getting colorful! It should wait another week until I finish the persimmon piece… but it may be gone soon…Actually, it is growing on a kind of a busy street among anther tough weeds, and the area is cleaned up by the city maintenance department twice a year. This is the clean up season, and it will be tomorrow!
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近所のJAに野菜を買いに行く途中、ノブドウがいい色になっているのを発見。もう1週間ほどは柿の作品にかかりそうなのに、とんでもない誘惑が。しかし、待てばここは明日にも清掃されてしまうかもしれない。そう、道端に堂々と茂っていて、年に2回ほど行われる市による雑草の整備が迫っているのも事実。

Persimmon leaves. Catching up unfinished works…

Persimmon leaves. Catching up unfinished works… every season, I was chasing wonderful plants and vegetables, but often it was gone before I finish the piece. I just need a stem or one or two leaves…. But the season couldn’t wait for my slow processed artworks. This persimmon was particularly moody fruit, and it took me for a long time to catch its delicate skin. It is looking good. I need just a bit more of the twigs…..

柿の葉っぱ、去年仕上げられずに終わったものに再挑戦。どの季節も必死で追いかけているけど、結構な割合で「もうちょっと」のところでモデルが枯れてしまったり、季節外れになったり。この柿はこの上なくデリケートな肌合いでその表現を描くのにうんと時間がかかり、はたと気がつくと木はすっかり葉が落ちて冬の姿に。また秋が巡ってきたので、今年こそは！！今のところはいい感じです。あともうちょっと枝がいるかな。。。
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#watercolor #details #leaves #persimmon #botanical #naturetreasures #水彩 #葉っぱ #細かい #葉脈

Me, too! I am too excited to wait to repost this a

Me, too! I am too excited to wait to repost this announcement! The details will be up soon!
久しぶりに京都で展示の予定！興奮し過ぎでフライヤーができる前にフライング！

https://gallery.kcua.ac.jp/archives/2021/7245/

This is a three woman show with amazing artists, Sakiko Kurita @sakikokurita and Naomi Reis @naomikawanishireis !!
Please stay turned on for more information!
三人展で、私の大好きな作家の栗田咲子さん @sakikokurita とリース直美さん @naomikawanishireis !
コロナ禍で不安定な時ですが、感染対策はバッチリしておりますので、お近くにお越しのことがあればぜひお立ち寄り下さい。あ、まだだいぶ先でした…

Like a jewel, shining in rainbow color!
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虹色に輝く宝石のよう
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#watercolor #vellum #jewelbeetle #bug #水彩 #玉虫 #虫

SHISO (紫蘇/シソ) Perilla frutescens var. cr

SHISO (紫蘇/シソ)

Perilla frutescens var. crispa

Without any invitation SHISO is growing in our backyard. Of course, without any invitation, many many grasshoppers come and dine there.
Well, I used have one tiny seedling of Shiso once, but it dried out and had wilted quickly. Magically, next year new Shiso seedlings sprouted and grew. After that, every year it come back and grow biger, taller, and stranger without my help.
I have no complain. We love Shiso leaves. It is so good for Tofu and cold noodle. But I wonder… I heard Shiso is so easily mating with other plants, and I hope it is mint, not nettles….well, I am still alive.

ご招待した覚えはないのですが、庭には野生の紫蘇が立派に育っていて、ご招待した覚えはないのですが無数のチビバッタが紫蘇を食い散らかしに訪ねてきます。
確かに昔紫蘇の苗を植えた事があったけどすぐに枯れてしまった。しかし翌年不思議な事に何本もの紫蘇が芽を出し、それ以来毎年テリトリーを拡大するように生えてきます。豆腐におそうめん、紫蘇があって困ることはないけど…聞いた話だと紫蘇ってかなりの助平で、逞しく交雑して子孫を残すそうな。どうぞ、お相手はイラクサではなく、ミントでありますように… ま、一応まだお腹を壊したことはない。
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#watercolor #leaf #shiso #botanical #backyard #水彩 #青ジソ #紫蘇 #葉っぱ

虫の虫干し Giving my insect specimen airing.

虫の虫干し
Giving my insect specimen airing.
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My insect collections are mostly picked from our backyard or given from my dear friends. I do not collect alive insects, but do when they completed its life. Sometime I share the gift with ants or other insects, so the corpse are hollow. It is not I am against insects specimen, just I am lazy and very bad at maintaining them well. If it was worn out from the beginning, I do not need to be sorry if it gets damaged. My family and friends know well, so they bring me the corpses found in the garden or on the street. Thank you, my dear friends @yoshi.cyako @masahikohirooka @plantstani 😍

私のコレクションは庭で見つけたり、友人が広い集めてくれたもの。虫が命を全うして成仏してから集めます。時には蟻と分け前を割り分するので、中身がすっかり空っぽのものも。昆虫採集は憧れですが、単に邪魔くさがりで管理が悪い私に捕まえられる虫の身になると可哀想で。家族や友人たちもよく承知してくれれていて、虫が落ちているとわざわざ拾って持って帰ってきてくれたり、郵便で送ってくれます。ありがとう！

Well, who gonna be my next sitter?
さて、次はどなたをモデルにしようかな？

Before / After . A golden pupa of Large tree nymp

Before / After
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A golden pupa of Large tree nymph
/ オオゴマダラの金色の蛹

Sudden inspiration! I was checking my portfolio th

Sudden inspiration!
I was checking my portfolio thinking about my upcoming show, which works should be in the gallery…. I saw one on my carrot top pieces, then…. Yeah! Why don’t I have a butterfly laying eggs onto it. I have witnessed swallowtails doing so many times in early summer… funny how your memory works unexpectedly.

突然ひらめいた！
ポートフォリオを見ながら次の展示に並べる作品の構想を練っていた時、はたと昔の人参の「切り落とし盆栽風」の作品を見ていたときに、キアゲハが産卵する姿が舞い降りてきた。たしかに今年はよく庭の蜜柑に産卵するアゲハを見たんだった。記憶って不思議な形で蘇ってくるもんだなぁ、と思いつつ…
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#watercolor #butterfly #layingeggs #detailedwork #水彩　#キアゲハ #蝶々 #産卵

Drunk beetles…the rotten tomatoes are probably s

Drunk beetles…the rotten tomatoes are probably smelling so good to the insects. My backyard is now turned into a bar for the bugs. They are putting their head into a tomato and won’t move even I poked their butts, having a good time!
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酔いどれハナムグリ。虫にとってはすごい良い匂いがするらしく、腐ったトマトに頭から突っ込んで動きません。試しにお尻をツンツンしてみましたが、一向に動く気配なし。よっぽどいい具合に発酵しているのでしょうか…絵のモデルにつかまえてみたらあまりにもあっさり確保、野生の緊張感が一切感じられない。
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#watercolor #heirloomtomato #tomatoes #bug #drunk #水彩 #エアルームトマト　#庭の野菜 #虫 #むし #カナブン

Summer is back. And, I got the second vaccine sho

Summer is back.
And, I got the second vaccine shot today, hoping things going back to normal soon… sooner…
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暑い夏が戻ってきた
本日二回目のワクチン接種、感染拡大が少しでも早く収まるようにと、祈るような気持ちです

It was NOT easy to capture an ant in one to one sc

It was NOT easy to capture an ant in one to one scale! Yet, it was also NOT possible to pass this predatory ant hunting the fruit fly maggots. What a battle in a Teeny-weeny scale.
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蟻さんを実物大で…は、ちょっと無理があったかとも思ったのですが、小蝿の幼虫を狩る蟻を逃すわけにもいかず。ものすごい小さいスケールですが、かなりのバトルでした！

After unseasonal, long, heavy rain, most of tomato

After unseasonal, long, heavy rain, most of tomatoes in my backyard are cracked open or rotten and fell on the ground…. Well, it looks fun to depict, so I did. I must be extra careful since those tomatoes will be fallen onto my paper in any moment!
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季節外れの長雨で庭のトマトはほぼほぼ割れてしまうか、地面に落ちてしまいました。でもなかなか優美な姿なので早速モデルに。ただすごく気をつけないと何かの拍子でぽろっと簡単に落ちてしまう。ああ、紙の上には落ちませんように…
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There are many, small temples and shrines everywhe

There are many, small temples and shrines everywhere In Kyoto, even in the busy street of the town. On the way for running errands, I stopped by one of them just to pay appreciation and prayers for peace, like I did so with my grandma when I was small.

京都の街角には小さなお寺さんや神社さんがたくさんあります。用事のついでにその一つにふらりとお参り。子供の頃はよくおばあちゃんに連れられて近所のお地蔵様に手を合わせたなあ、とじんわりした気分になります。

Show extended! If you are happen to be in Poland o

Show extended!
If you are happen to be in Poland or in a safe-travel distance, the show is extended until September 26th. Also right now, Ohara Koson is on the view. I wish I could see that!
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ポーランドでの展示が9月26日まで延期されることに決まりました。現在は小原古邨さんの作品も展示中です。見に行きたかった。。。でも今旅に出るのはなかなかの遠い夢、せめて作品だけでも旅ができるありがたさ。
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EXPLORING BOTANY

Manggha Museum of Japanese Art and Technology, Poland @mangghamuseum
Now until 26th September
Curators: PhD Anna Król, Sylvia Peter
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Installation photo by Rafał Sosin

Well, keep working on… . 粛々と… . . . . #w

Well, keep working on…
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粛々と…
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#watercolor #beetle #insects #虫 #アオドウガネ #backyardgarden #naturewonder #自然と暮らす

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