whitworth, beneath the great wave
- Ten Thousand Acre Plain of Susaki at Fukagawa, Utagawa Hiroshige. - bird - The Moon Pine on the Hill at Ueno in japan, pine trees are especially revered for their longevity. trees & mythology look into - Blocking of colours & shapes. - look up woodblocking printing w different colours usually see monochromatic ones, w lines for shading. so interesting to see these blocks/shapes of colour, like a collage? Mattisse - Why in galleries never see the woodblocks used to print? just prints, what sort of ink/paint or paper? The Sea at Salla in Suruga Province. - info cards in galleries, overly 'protentious'? telling us how to interpret it, rather than encouraging thought & interpretation? -Sudden Shower over Shin-Ohashi Bridge and Atake, Utagawa Hiroshige - immediacy captured - Van Gogh 'covered'/did a version Hokusai , sketchbooks, like the framing/squared off from the centre of the book Midono -labourers, van gogh field workers paintings.. painting & wor...