Recently I was working on an editorial illustration and my friend read to me from a book my Makoto Fujimura.
It’s nice to be read to while painting, but then sometimes I start painting the words..
Fujimura paints using ancient Japanese Rimpa and Nihonga techniques; he uses a lot of gold metal leaf and his images have this sort of slow, tidal beauty to them. Have a look at his work and writing at www.makotofujimura.com.
