This is a series of drawings that are produced sporadically and are a parallel idea to the collage series ON THE WAY TO FUJIYAMA where you can find the background story.
SHINKO'S DILEMMA. NOV 2022.
A remix of a drawing done with Urban Sketchers Brisbane in Feb 2021.
SHINAGAWA. JUNE 2021.
A reworking of an earlier hybrid drawing using recent photos.
The images below give some background to the story and to the making of the recent photo/drawing collage.
DARMODIENNE REMIX. FEB 2021.
A hybrid drawing created from a sketch with Urban Sketchers Brisbane.
The photo of the girl in the gable is from an old postcard bought at Empire Revival antiques.
KUROSAWA REMIX. DEC 2019.
A hybrid drawing created from a sketch done with Urban Sketchers Brisbane in Nov 2017.
The facade of the office building reflects my interest in 1960s cinema and the films of Kurosawa.
WITCHING HOUR. FEB 2019.
A hybrid drawing created from a sketch with Urban Sketchers Brisbane.
A scene at the South Bank Wheel where S&H watch a fight between Zatoichi and Yojimbo under the watchful eye of Le Samourai.
FOLIO B. FEB 2019.
A hybrid drawing created from a sketch with Urban Sketchers Brisbane. The photo was taken in Nov 2022.
I was once a frequent visitor to FB but they closed a year or so ago and the shop is still vacant.
AHA. JUNE 2018.
A hybrid drawing created from a sketch with Urban Sketchers Brisbane.
Detail was added to the book shop and tea shop buildings in Nov 2022.
SHINKO + HIROKO. NOV 2017. TOKAIDO. NOV 2017.
A hybrid drawing created from a sketch with Urban Sketchers Brisbane. The first image marked the beginning of the S+H series where the old photo of geishas was inserted into a digitally edited sketch of the Bonsai House at Mt Coot-Tha Botanic Gardens. The work was subsequently modified [image 2] to include the artwork of Hokusai. Which geisha is Shinko and which is Hiroko is which has never been identified.
