ジュスティーヌのアムステルダム便り 2019年 08月 06日

We are painting together in Amsterdam, still-lives, like in Olhão.
We want to have new work for the exhibition in Hamburg.
This was the first idea, a seagull looking at the mirror, with all soft colours.

アムステルダムに戻っている、ジュスチーヌとエドウィン・・・ハンブルグの展覧会に向けて、毎日絵を描いているようです。

きれいな色ですねぇ。

You remember the fan with the fish, we bought on the market in Japan?

団扇は、日本の市で買ったものです。




Then we change little things, like a different background, for more contrast.
But we are never sure, is it really better, or worse?
Let’s start a new one. More peaceful, traditional, silent, like this.

絵を描いているところは見たことがないので、興味深いです。





I begin with the tablecloth and Edwin paints the fish. The flowers we do together.
(the fish is dried and smoked, the cherry-blossom is plastic, we don’t have to hurry)

題材を選ぶのも大切な仕事なのですね。




In the end we changed the blue background into a softer colour, I like the result.

薫製の魚と桜・・・





Last week I was in a second hand clothes shop, in Amsterdam.
I found they sell nice kimono’s. My sister took this foto.

古着屋で、日本の着物を見つけたようです。





People outside Japan love the bright colours. Me too.

この色が気に入ったようです。




When I go to the dressing room I was surprised to see the curtains.
They are made from old traditional black kimono’s, like the one you gave us.
We have it on the wall in our Japanese room.
I think this shop in Holland does not sell so many black kimono’s.
We like the coloured ones, with happy flowers, which are light and easy to wear.
That is why the shop uses the heavy black ones for the dressing room.

留袖のカーテン・・・なるほど。

北陸の花嫁のれんとは、ちょっと違ったセンス・・・いいアイデアです。

I think it is a nice idea, it looks very pretty. What do you think, Mitsuko?
Don’t worry about your kimono. I will not cut it to make curtains! I prefer it how is.
I want to ask, what do Japanese people think about this?
I know in Japan you like to re-cycle good materials.
But maybe this is insulting Japanese culture? I hope not!

彼女からすると、とても大胆なことに思えたのでしょう。
北陸の "花嫁のれん" の写真をたくさん送りました。
昔々、問いも美しいものを見た記憶があるのですが・・・華美すぎ、土産物化して、あまりいいものはありませんでした。
"花嫁のれん列車" などというものもあり、びっくりしました。
う〜ん・・・困ったな・・・と、思いました。