“883. Splashing” Oil painting by Mariko Irie

Let’s remind ourselves a part of universe.

Having healthy, positive, beautiful energy is very important for us and this universe.

Each positive energy cleanses ourselves and this universe.

Just imagine the world that billions people has healthy, positive, beautiful energy.

Let’s keep healthy, positive, beautiful energy inside of us always.

I get from the ocean, trees or the sky.

Let’s go out and breath deeply and feel the energy coming in our bodies.

And send it out as imagining our beautiful universe.

We will see sparkling around us.

“879. Walking down Mendocino Headlands” Oil painting by Mariko Irie

This location is Mendocino Headlands, CA.

I don’t know how many times I came to this place.

It’s my favor place to have a lunch.

I open my lunch box and just stare the ocean, waves coming and going.

It seems the earth breathing.

It’s really soothing.

“877. Whirlpool” Oil painting by Mariko Irie

I always love staring whirlpool since I was a little.

I don’t remember what I was thinking during staring whirlpool all the time.

I just fascinate colors and movement and just sucked into the world.

It’s sooooo beautiful, isn’t it.

“876. Secret Ocean” Oil painting by Mariko Irie

This location is in Little River, CA.

This place makes me feel in our special world. It’s a wonderful world isolated from the noisy one.

Peaceful, surrounded by green, feeling at secure and cheerful ocean view.

Whatelse do we want?

“875. Lifting the Curtain” Oil painting by Mariko Irie

It’s very exiting moment.

All day long heavy clouds were above our head.

Now end of the day, the heavy curtain is lifting.

The sun light is peeking out.

Our feelings are lifting up, our bodies started warmer with joyful smiles.

Let’s remember, whatever happened, the sun is always there.

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“874. Line of Light in Sky” Oil paining by Mariko Irie

A cloud does not know why it moves in just such a direction and at such a speed… It feels an impulsion… this is the place to go now. But the sky knows the reasons and the patterns behind all clouds, and you will know, too, when you lift yourself high enough to see beyond horizons. ~Richard Bach

After rainy and cloudy days, when we see a line of light in sky, if we can imagine beautiful joyful tomorrow, we will have beautiful joyful days.

What do you think?

“873. Sunset at the Beach ” Oil painting by Mariko Irie

Sunset is a magical time.

It gives us powerful positive energy.

The end of the day, let’s celebrate our being.

And pray for colorful, beautiful, happy and joyful feature.

Thanks for letting me living in a wonderful world.

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“778. Rainy Redwing” Oil painting by Mariko Irie

This bird is Red-winged Black bird.

One of the most abundant birds across North America, and one of the most boldly colored, the Red-winged Blackbird is a familiar sight atop cattails, along soggy roadsides, and on telephone wires. Glossy-black males have scarlet-and-yellow shoulder patches they can puff up or hide depending on how confident they feel. Females are a subdued, streaky brown, almost like a large, dark sparrow. In the North, their early arrival and tumbling song are happy indications of the return of spring:

https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Red-winged_Blackbird/id

I painted from the photo of my friend photographer/ Ron LeValley:

http://www.levalleyphoto.com/home/

I love to see this bird in person someday.

“851. Iris & Moon” Watercolor painting by Mariko Irie

I love Iris. This iris is Japanese one. They like water. Their shape is a kind of rectangular.

I love the moon. When I saw the moon in a dark, it gives me peace of mind. I feel I’m protected by it.

One of my customer, who is a Chinese e-mailed me sending a box of Mooncake.

So I Googled about Mooncake.

I just found out Chinese also celebrate the moon in September.

The family gets together and eating Mooncake. Do you know it?

In Japan, they celebrate the moon, called “Otukimi” on Full moon in September. We decorate Japanese pampas grass and Dango, which is a kind of dumpling, usually made of rice or wheat flour, where can see the moon, admire the moon as eating Dango.

The last night was a full moon. The air was moisture, so the moon had an umbrella.

Did you see the moon last night?

I was thinking what indicate Summer.

My friend who is a Japanese answered “Morning-Glory and Firework.”

Morning-Glory seeds were imported from China to Japan as a medicine in Nara period ( year 710 -7194) in Japan.

They had Morning-Glory booms twice in Edo period (Year 1603-1868).

People worked so hard for improvement of breed. They made exquisite variety Morning Glory as ornamental plants back then.

Artists painted Morning Glory in their paintings and made wood block prints. Probably you have seen them.

Now they have Morning Glory fairs in summer in Japan.

The most famous one is Iriya Morning Glory Fair.

At the fair, 120 Morning Glory dealers and 100 booths attend and around 400,000 people visit to the fair every year.

Firework is very popular in summer in Japan.

When I was a child, after hot & humid summer day neighbors got together to do a small firework party in the evening. It was so fun.

Of cause there are many big firework fairs.

They are so beautiful. Some of them are fantastic performance with firework with music.

“849. Morning Glory & Firework” Watercolor painting by Mariko Irie

This painting came from beautiful cheerful memories.

I hope that you like it.