Akira Kusaka VII

 

Restore the stary skies and winter, illustration by Akira Kusaka 

Akira Kusaka

 

Celestial musings by Japanese illustrator Akira Kusaka, soft dreamy works that remind me of the winter nights and how the moon becomes a dominant feature of the day.

日下 明 Akira Kusaka III

Subtle and delicate as always to celebrate the coming of blossom, Akira Kusaka.

Akira Kusaka IV

A tiny illustration that holds the phases of the moon by Akira Kusaka. It is the stillness of Akira's work that holds me like a breath on a frosty snow-covered morning.

Akira Kusaka III

Akira Kusaka creates poetically beautiful, textured illustrations. I adore this appreciative polar bear enjoying a trumpet solo with a celestial cup of tea.

Akira Kusaka II

Akira Kusaka is a Japanese illustrator from Osaka.I have selected some of his musical illustrations which have a gentle mottled printed surface and feel melodious and peaceful. Sundays are for playing music and finding peace.

Akira Kusaka

I choose this image for today because I think it is magical, the moon has a stone like quality and so ties in nicely with Beata's stone books and we are entering the time of the moon. By this I mean that here in Scotland the clocks change tonight and more and more it is moon light not sun light that we bathe in. 
As I write these posts for you the moon is my silent companion. That strange rock with its worried face has a pull and a power and because it is the light in a dark Scottish winter it needs contemplated. 
So here is Japanese illustrator Akira Kusaka's wonderful moon to celebrate the arrival of winter.