Hokusai Connections

“Hokusai Sketchbooks, Volume 14, (Hokusai Manga juyonhen)”, Woodblock printed books, ink on paper, black and white, 1849-78

David Orrin Smith, Process Work from “Lafcadio Project (The Wave)”, graphite, ink, Xerox on paper, 11 x 17”, 2020

Winslow Homer, 1836-1910, “Breaking Wave (Prout’s Neck)”, watercolor over graphite on paper, 1887

David Orrin Smith, “Plein Air Waves in Kona, Hawaii 1”, watercolor, 12 x 16”, 2021

David Orrin Smith, “Plein Air Waves in Kona, Hawaii 2”, watercolor, 12 x 16”, 2021

David Orrin Smith, “Hawaiian December Sunset”, watercolor, 12 x 16”, 2021

David Orrin Smith, “Plein Air at Alki, Luna Park, Waves and Rocks, Glare, 12-1pm, 1.29.23, Sunday, Watercolor, 22 x 30”, 2023

Katsushika Hokusai, “Rainstorm Beneath the Summit”, from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji, woodblock print (nishiki-e), ink and color on paper, 1830-31

David Orrin Smith, “Plein Air, Mt Rainier from 2400 South Hill St”, watercolor, 12 x 16”, 2021

Utagawa Hiroshige I, “Sudden Shower over Shin-Ohashi Bridge and Atake”, from the series One Hundred Famous Views of Edo, woodblock print (nishiki-e), ink and color on paper, 1857

David Orrin Smith, “Plein Air, 3 Cranes over I-5, From Eastern Ave and North Pacific Street”, watercolor and white gouache, 22 x 30”, 2022

David Orrin Smith, “6:30am, Sunday, Fishing at Mt. Baker Beach, 7.24.22”, gansai watercolor on paper, 12 x 16”, 2022.

David Orrin Smith, “Sun Setting on a girl at Mt Baker Beach before a date, 5-5:45pm, 9.24.21 Friday”, acrylic paint, marker, colored pencil on blue paper, 8 1/2 x 11”, 2021

Tobari Kogan, “The Great Bridge at Senju”, woodblock print, ink and color on paper, 1913

David Orrin Smith, “Under University Bridge, 5am”, watercolor over graphite, 14 x 20”, 2018

David Orrin Smith, “7.25 and 7.26.22, Plein Air, Under Aurora Bridge Near Fremont Bridge Bike Path, 9-11am”, gansai watercolor on paper, 18 x 24”, 2022

David Orrin Smith, “Plein Air, Under I-90, Afternoon, 11.5.19”, watercolor on paper, 18 x 24", 2019

David Orrin Smith, “Under I-5, Near Eastlake, 7.29.22, Friday, 5-6pm”, gansai watercolor on paper, 7 x 10“, 2022

Katsushika Hokusai, “The Hanging-cloud Bridge at Mount Gyodo near Ashikaga”, from the series Remarkable Views of Bridges in Various Provinces, woodblock print (nishiki-e), ink and color on paper, about 1834

David Orrin Smith, “Night City”, white and black ink on paper, 18 x 24”, 2018

Utagawa Hiroshige I, “Geese Flying across Full Moon”, woodblock print (nishiki-e), ink and color on paper, early 1830s

David Orrin Smith, “Plein Air Heron Studies, 4.29.23”, graphite, 9 x 12”, 2023

David Orrin Smith, “Flying Dinosaur Fantasy”, graphite, 9 x 12”, 2023

Utagawa Hiroshige I, “Geese Flying across Full Moon (detail)”, woodblock print (nishiki-e), ink and color on paper, early 1830s

David Orrin Smith, “Plein Air Geese Studies”, watercolor, 30 x 42”, 2023

David Orrin Smith, “Plein Air, 2 Geese, 1 Seagull, Ducks at Stan Sayres Boat Launch, 2.23.22, Weds, 11am”, Watercolor on paper, 18 x 24”, 2022

David Orrin Smith, “Plein Air Goose Portrait”, colored pencil, 9 x 12”, 2023

Katsushika Taito II, “Composite Picture (harimaze): Bats and Moon, Dragon in Clouds, Calligraphy (detail)”, woodblock print, ink and color on paper, about 1830s

David Orrin Smith, “Alien sketch 1”, based on H. R. Giger’s Creature design for the movie Alien, graphite, 9 x 12”, 2017

Katsushika Hokusai, “Laughing Demon”, from the series One Hudred Ghost Stories, woodblock print (nishiki-e), ink and color on paper, about 1831-32

David Orrin Smith, “Alien Sketch 2” (detail), based on H. R. Giger’s Creature design for the movie Alien, graphite, 9 x 12”, 2017

David Orrin Smith, “Alien Sketch 3, based on H. R. Giger’s Creature design for the movie Alien, and James Cameron’s Creature design for the movie Aliens, graphite, 9 x 12”, 2017

Manjiro Hokuga, “The Knowledge of Color (Saishiki tsu)”, ink and color on paper, mounted in paperbound album, 1856

David Orrin Smith, “Plein Air Sleeping Tiger Study”, ink and colored pencil on paper, 9 x 12”, 2020

Katsushika Hokusai, “Nichiren Shonin Writing on the Waves”, unmounted, ink on paper, about 1830s-early 1840s. From the museum exhibit plaque: “An especially amusing detail is Hokusai’s explanation of how to depict white flecks of spray in the finished painting: load a brush with white paint and then blow on it: “Pu! Pu! Pu!” He includes that may be a self-portrait showing how to do it.”

Katsushika Hokusai, “Nichiren Shonin Writing on the Waves (detail)”, unmounted, ink on paper, about 1830s-early 1840s. From the museum exhibit plaque: “An especially amusing detail is Hokusai’s explanation of how to depict white flecks of spray in the finished painting: load a brush with white paint and then blow on it: “Pu! Pu! Pu!” He includes that may be a self-portrait showing how to do it.”

David Orrin Smith, “Plein Air, My View in the Snow, Begun 12.20.22, Finished 2.22.23, ~8-9am”, Watercolor, White Gouache, 26 x 40”, 2022-2023

Utagawa Hiroshige I, “Marbled Rockfish, Chicken Grunt, and Ginger”, woodblock print (nishiki-e), ink and color on paper, about 1832-33

David Orrin Smith, “Aquarium Studies, Unicornfish, wrasse, butterflyfish”, ink on paper, 9 x 12”, 2021

Felix Bracquemond, “Fish”, preparatory etching for the Rousseau Service, 1866

David Orrin Smith, “Aquarium Studies, Stingrays”, ink on paper, 9 x 12”, 2021

David Orrin Smith, “Aquarium Studies, Epaulette Sharks and Horseshoe Crab”, ink on paper, 9 x 12”, 2021

David Orrin Smith, “Butterflyfish, angelfish, wrasse studies from memory, plein air crab studies”, ink on paper, 9 x 12”, 2021

David Orrin Smith, “Aquarium Studies, Sharks and Jacks”, ink on paper, 9 x 12”, 2021

David Orrin Smith, “Aquarium Studies, Epaulette Sharks, Stingrays, Horseshoe Crabs”, ink on paper, 9 x 12”, 2021

Felix Bracquemond, “Birds and Fish”, preparatory etching for the Rousseau Service, 1866

David Orrin Smith, “Plein Air Seagull Studies 1”, graphite, 18 x 24”, 2021-2022

David Orrin Smith, “Plein Air Seagull Studies 2”, graphite, 18 x 24”, 2022-2023

Teisai Hokuba, “Octopus Tentacle”, woodblock print (surimono), ink and color on paper, early 1800s

David Orrin Smith, “Underwater Fantasy with Shark, Manta Rays, Narwhal, Cuttlefish and Octopus”, red pencil on paper, 11 x 14”, 2019

David Orrin Smith, “Squid Fantasy”, red pencil and graphite on paper, 9 x 12”, 2023

David Orrin Smith, “Jellyfish Fantasy”, blue pencil and graphite on paper, 9 x 12”, 2023

Yashima Gakutei, “Shelter from the Rain at Tenpozan by the Aji River in Osaka”, from the series Fine Views of Tenpozan, a Famous Place in Naniwa”, woodblock print (nishiki-e), ink and color on paper, 1843

David Orrin Smith, “Lafcadio Project (the library)”, process work, ink and blue pencil on paper, 2021

David Orrin Smith, “Lafcadio Project (the shrine)”, process work, ink and blue and red pencil, digital elements, 2022

David Orrin Smith, “Lafcadio Project (the balcony)”, process work, watercolor, graphite, ink, digital elements, 2020

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, “The Former Emperor (Sutoku) from Sanuki Sends His Retainers to Rescue Tametomo”, woodblock print (nishiki-e), ink and color on paper, about 1851-52

David Orrin Smith, “The Fishermen”, ink, colored pencil, white chalk on ink-tinted paper, 9 x 12”, 2020

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, “The Former Emperor (Sutoku) from Sanuki Sends His Retainers to Rescue Tametomo (detail, first panel)”, woodblock print (nishiki-e), ink and color on paper, about 1851-52

David Orrin Smith, “Aquarium Studies, Moray Eel”, ink on paper, 9 x 12”, 2021

Katsushika Hokusai, “Zhong Kui (Shoki) the Demon Queller”, Hanging scroll, red ink on paper, 1811

Katsushika Hokusai, “Zhong Kui (Shoki) the Demon Queller (detail)”, Hanging scroll, red ink on paper, 1811

David Orrin Smith, “Suit of Armor”, graphite, 9 x 12”, 2023