I don’t remember exactly what first drew me to this painting. Could have been the bright blues, the motion, or the mountain.
I had already painted a couple of lockets with beaches or ocean views, so I wanted to try this wave at this angle, and I really love how it turned out.
I couldn’t quite fit in the three boats, but I knew I needed Fuji. Someday, somehow, I’m walking up Fuji and it will be awesome.
Francoise says:
I love the work of the old man crazy about painting (he named himself this way) I painted Hokusai’s wave on enamel with china paint long time ago, I can’t find the picture, it was about the size of yours
fran Zainal says:
I found the text he wrote about painting
‘From the age of six I was in the habit of drawing all kinds of things. Although I had produced numerous designs by my fiftieth year, none of my works done before my seventieth is really worth counting. At the age of seventy-three I have come to understand the true form of animals, insects, and fish, and the nature of plants and trees. Consequently, by the age of eighty I will have made more and more progress, and at ninety I will have got closer to the essence of art. At the age of one hundred I will have reached a magnificent level and at one hundred and ten each dot and each line will be alive. I would like to ask those who outlive me to observe that I have not spoken without reason’ – from The Old Man Mad About Drawing.