Lake Chuzenji by Takahashi Shōtei Size:L - 70 x 100.0cm every typographic element and color

every typographic element and color boundary is rendered with sharp

where every line and shape was treated as carrying its own weight and direction

Owen Jones's "Leaves from Nature" series

confident brushwork and unguarded look at his subject that set him apart from both academic tradition and the Impressionists he inspired

There is a tenderness in this mode of looking: the bird given its full dignity

Lake Chuzenji by Takahashi Shōtei Size:L - 70 x 100.0cm every typographic element and colorLake Chuzenji by Hiroaki Takahashi known as Shtei presents a scene of still mountain water framed by dense forest, rendered in the refined language of the shin hanga movement. Shtei composes with a careful balance of near and far: the immediate shoreline vegetation gives the eye a foothold before opening into the mirror like expanse of the lake and the layered hills beyond. His palette is cool and precise greens hold their individuality, water tones