each colour impression to be on a flat block which matches each of the others, a few tries at it tells you this. So when I painted this study, based on a Ukiyo e print by Utamaro, I reworked the form.
oil on shaped canvas 25 by 25 cm (approx)
The shaped canvas is almost sculptural and echoes the concept that there is more than one artist in a Ukiyo e print, the darwing maker, the block carver and the block inker. Sadly I did not have a team and had to do it all myself…
to show its form
