Unable to find flowers for today’s arrangement, to accompany the preparation of tea, I instead hung this scroll I painted of bamboo. I mounted this using Japanese silks in a Muramachi era Kake-mono style . The seal is one...
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Digging in the crates of hanging scrolls I made while living in Taiwan, I came across one of my first ink paintings I painted, while living in Tian MU. Two friends sit beneath a mountain peak by the water,...
I am thrilled to announce that my book “THE DAYS CRASH OVER ME” will be available shortly. It will be added to the shop soon. Here is a preview:
A light rain has come back, and the last flowers of winter have fallen, scattered across the river of rock, that runs by my house.
Here is an interview with Adam Bernard, from the 2016 Art Expo in New York.
Inspired by the lines: Scattered mountains, beyond clouds Echo clearly, in the autumn void I used a karatsu style serving bowl, with the image of a temple on the peak of a mountain, surrounded by pines, painted...
The rain and wind have come back, and winter seems to have returned. I awoke to find my Wisteria that was in full bloom the day before surrounded by a sea of fallen petals reminding me of this poem...
A late meditation session today, so I prepared the traditional “2 and one” light meal of the tea ceremony, 2 small dishes and a soup. I like to use mokuzuke dishes I have made to hold the wagashi Japanese...
When I was out strolling under the apple blossoms, I was lucky to come across the chance meeting with an old friend, a blue jay I have named “Teacher Meng”, in honor of my master who taught me the...
I made this dish earlier in the year, and have spent the past several months designing and making mokuzuke dishes; small dishes that were adapted for use in the tea ceremony in Japan during the Edo period. Originally they...