THE WORLD IN BRUSH & PEN
Sketching the Colourful World ,
Near and Far
Hiroshi Shimazaki Words and Watercolours
Perceiving life as a journey is an invitation to a life enriched with the opportunity to welcome each day with curiosity and excitement .
For nearly sixty years , watercolour landscape sketching — and its extension , landscape painting — has been my research tool , and the world , my studio . My brush is guided by a geographer ’ s mind ’ s eye , an artist ’ s skill , and a free spirit . Learning resources abound , but my teacher for landscape painting is the landscape itself .
Constantly changing in appearance , it is always there to appreciate its attributes and learn from them . For me , landscape painting elicits appreciation of natural processes , reflection on the past , awareness of the potentialities of human action , and a venue for emotional release .
news & views readers were introduced to Hiroshi Shimazaki in the spring 2024 issue when his first The World in Brush & Pen was featured .
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