2007 Sodoten Exhibition / ２００７年蒼土展

In the fall of 2007, the Beppu drawing group Sodokai held their annual painting exhibition at the Oite Prefectural Museum in Oita City. This is the one painting I submitted. It's called "hozuki" in Japanese, what Wikipedia translates as a Chinese or Japanese lantern plant, or a bladder cherry. In this case, I ripped off one of the "fruits," placed it upside-down on a cardboard box and pointed a flashlight at it's base. The shininess of the base surface is due to the box being covered by a glossy white paper (it's not exposed cardboard). Size F50 (117 x 91 cm), oil on canvas. The Sodokai group awarded me the New Member's Award for the painting.

２００７年の秋に大分県芸術会館で開かれた蒼土展に出品した作品です。これは「ほおずき」と題して、ほおずきの実を茎からちぎって段ボール箱の上に逆さまに置いて懐中電灯を当てて描いた作品です。油彩で、F50号。初めての蒼土展出品だったので、この絵で蒼土会新人賞を受賞しました。