• Lantern Festival In Nagasaki 2009

    Lantern Festival In Nagasaki 2009

    Acrylic  on paper. Framed –  49,5×75 cm (private collection) From café Foglio, just a minute away from my apartment … A large window overlooks the river … Through the green foliage, the glimpse of an eye belonging to the famous Spectacle Bridge. Orange lanterns hang, reminding me of the festival to come … Soon, it…

  • First O-Kunchi in Nagasaki. 2008

    First O-Kunchi in Nagasaki. 2008

      Acrylic on paper – Framed  56×75 cm. (private collection) The town celebrates O-Kunchi. From my balcony I watch mothers all dressed-up  walking towards the elementary school and children waiting for the dragon to  come and dance for them, followed by the heavy portable shrine shaped like a  boat that will soon roll by.