kami-no-chaya

460 x 460

painting on textured card and
watercolor paper, assemblage

cardboard box, watercolor paper, shade cloth
threads, twig, watercolor paints
acrylic paints, canvas board

This piece began as a watercolor study in the upper  garden (kami-no-chaya) of the Shugakuin Imperial Villa in Kyoto. I loved the pond with its border of perfectly rounded stones, and the way their forms were echoed in the carefully clipped azalea bushes.