龍

​

龍は、神話・伝説の生きもので、西洋と東洋とでは、捉え方が違います。 東洋での龍は神聖な生き物で、古来神様として捉えられてきました。

　龍は、日本では山や海、湖に住んでいるといわれ、昔から絵画の対象とされてきました。北斎、海北友松、狩野芳崖など有名な日本画家が龍の名画を残しています。龍を描くには、心と体と技術が一つにならなければいけません。 描く際は精進潔斎（獣肉を口にせず、飲酒を避け、おこないを慎むことによって、心身を清浄な状態におくこと）を行います。 

ベースは油絵ですが、日本で昔から使われてきた画材も使用します。 素材である金箔や土、水は自然のものを直接山や川、滝から頂きます。

鱗の一枚一枚を丁寧に描き上げて制作しますので、何度も重ねて塗られた龍は、まるで陶器のような透明感を出します。 そして完成した龍の作品は実際にそこに存在しているかのようです。

私は今まで培ってきた絵画の技術と座禅によって得た精神力によって、巨匠たちを魅了してきた神聖な龍を描く準備が整ったところです。

​

 

The dragon is a legendary creature of myth. The general conception of the dragon is thought to be different in the 

East and West. The dragon in the East is considered sacred, and it has been treated as a creature of spirit.

It is said that dragons used to live in the mountains, in the sea, and in the lakes of Japan. These dragons have long 

been the subject of paintings. Famous Japanese painters such as Hokusai, Yusuyo Kaiho and Hogai Kanou have left us famous paintings of dragons.Painting dragons requires technical skill, mental strength, and good physical condition. When drawing dragons, we should avoid meat and alcohol, and should be mindful of our behavior. 

I usually paint in oils. 

 

I also use gold leaf, mud, and water, which are traditional materials in Japanese art. All of these come directly from places in nature such as the mountains, waterfalls, and rivers. 

I carefully draw the scales that cover the outer bodies of the dragon one scale at a time. After painting dragons many times, an artist can achieve an effect in which the dragon’s form appears transparent like the surface of painted ceramics. In the artist’s final production of the painting, the depiction of the dragon is very realistic, as if the dragon actually exists right in front of you.

 

However, there are very few painters who paint dragons nowadays. I’ve developed this painting skill over the course of many years of practice and through strengthening my powers of concentration through Zen Buddhism. Now, I am prepared to draw these sacred creatures, which have engaged the minds and spirits of painting masters from ancient times long since passed.