സുധിർ/सुधीर/Sudhirさんのイラストまとめ

So lyrical..

“Cicada on Lychee Tree”
Zhao Shao'ang & He Qiyuan
1969
ink and colour on paper
Sotheby's

Such simplicity, such elegance..

"Pine Trees"
Hasegawa Tōhaku
Momoyama Period, late 16th century
Tokyo National Museum

Breathtaking!

"Kapok Blossoms"
Chao Shao-an
1982
Hong Kong Heritage Museum

How desolate our room
where once our pillows
lay so close together;
from dawn to darkness
the day is full of sorrow,
from dusk to day-break
I sob and sigh unsleeping,
and know not where
to turn to in my misery.
I'll love you ever
though I may never see you.
—Hitomaro ca.662–710

Happy Holi!
In the 1950s, there was an explosion of colors on canvas led by the Washington Color School with artists like Morris Louis leading it. Like Holi, it is a celebration of colors.

"Point of Tranquility"
Morris Louis
1959-1960
Acrylic resin on canvas
Hirshhorn Museum

@dpanikkar A very happy new year to you and your family as well.
May the new year be bountiful like Tanaka's persimmon tree, rising above the grays.

DAYS

What are days for?
Days are where we live.   
They come, they wake us   
Time and time over.
They are to be happy in:   
Where can we live but days?

Ah, solving that question
Brings the priest and the doctor   
In their long coats
Running over the fields.
—Philip Larkin

Mondrian, known for his colorful grids, painted about 150 portraits of flowers, mostly with just one flower at a time. I found this spellbinding - just notice how those lines turn into a ball of curling petals!

“Chrysanthemum”
Piet Mondrian
ca. 1908–09
Guggenheim

Yesterday it was raining, so we decided to do some non-field activities. One was to visit the Cape May Observatory, which has a great selection of nature books. In the used books section, I found a true gem — a signed copy of Salim Ali’s 1961 field guide with color plates!

Dürer's masterpiece. An unforgettable image.

"Left Wing of a Blue Roller"
Albrecht Dürer
c. 1500-1512
watercolor and gouache on vellum, heightened with white
Albertina, Vienna