These are small painting studies that mark the changes through the countryside over the course of the year. Inspired by an old tradition of identifying smaller micro-seasons. Prior to the Gregorian calendar; farmers in China and Japan broke each year down into 24 sekki or ‘small seasons’. These seasons didn’t use hard dates to mark the changes, but instead divided up the year by closely observing the natural environment.
These artworks hope to celebrate the variety of colour and the ever shifting weather patterns across the landscape…
I hope wherever you read this from that you’ve enjoyed some Spring sunshine. I have been marking the changing of the seasons closely with some new little painting studies. In Asia they have a tradition of marking smaller micro-seasons; and we’re currently experiencing Rikka (立夏) the ‘Songs of Summer’. It […]
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I love the idea of measuring the year in smaller seasons. Prior to the Gregorian calendar, farmers in China and Japan broke each year down into 24 sekki or “small seasons.” These seasons didn’t use dates to mark seasons, but instead, they divided up the year by natural phenomena. To […]
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