Japanese Azaleas by Ogawa Kazumasa Utagawa Kuniyoshi while carefully considered colour relationships

while carefully considered colour relationships give it depth and a contemporary edge that sits naturally in modern interiors

saturated colour blocks

deliberate marks that suggest movement frozen in a single gesture

colour as energy

Japanese Azaleas by Ogawa Kazumasa Utagawa Kuniyoshi while carefully considered colour relationshipsOgawa Kazumasa's azalea photograph belongs to a celebrated series of botanical studies made during Japan's Meiji period, when photography and traditional aesthetic values met on a single plate. The image presents its subject with extraordinary care full faced blooms photographed at close range, colour hand applied with painstaking artistry, the composition balanced and still. Deep pinks dissolve into paler edges, and the arrangement carries a