Jan 6
For #NationalBirdDay :
Sadao Watanabe (渡辺 禎雄, Watanabe Sadao; Japan, 1913-1996)
St. Francis Preaching to the #Birds, 3 versions, all stencil prints:
Red, 1981
Yellow, 1979
Blue, 1983
“Sadao Watanabe was a Japanese artist best known for melding biblical imagery with the traditional Japanese folk art known as mingei. Watanabe’s work portrays the Christian gospel with a distinctive use of traditional Japanese style using crumpled wet paper mixed with mineral pigments suspended in soy milk, known as katazome.” (info via The Abbey Art Collection)
