Hime Moso Bamboo Monoprint #2 by Ron Reekers, showing a dense bamboo forest with autumn-colored leaves against a fiery red, gold, pink, and blue textured background.
Hime Moso Bamboo Monoprint #2 displayed on a gray wall above a wooden console with a cactus and decorative white vase, illustrating the artwork in a contemporary interior.

Hime Moso Bamboo Monoprint #2 – Original Mixed Media Woodblock Print

$299.00

Hime Moso Bamboo Monoprint #2 celebrates the resilience of nature through a vibrant interplay of rhythmic bamboo foliage and a fiery, textured background. Inspired by Sanzo Wada’s harmonious color combinations, this original mixed media woodblock monoprint explores the relationship between environmental forces and the enduring strength of a bamboo forest. Rich autumn colors, expressive Gelli printing textures, and bold graphic forms create a dynamic composition filled with energy and life.

  • Original woodblock monoprint
  • Unique, one-of-a-kind artwork
  • Mounted on panel and sold unframed
  • Free shipping

Exhibition Notice: On display at the Japanese Friendship Garden & Museum, San Diego, October 30, 2026 – January 24, 2027. Available for purchase now, with delivery beginning February 2027.

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Hime Moso Bamboo Monoprint #2 – Resilience in Nature

Original Mixed Media Woodblock Monoprint

Hime Moso Bamboo Monoprint #2 captures the fiery energy of nature and the quiet determination of a bamboo forest standing resilient within its environment. The composition presents a compelling relationship between the rhythmic order of the bamboo foliage and the expressive, almost turbulent atmosphere surrounding it.

The bamboo leaves, transformed into the warm greens, golds, and oranges of autumn, intertwine in a dense, rhythmic arrangement. Their dark silhouettes create a powerful visual structure, suggesting a forest that bends and responds to the elements yet remains firmly rooted. There is a stubborn resistance within this imagery, a celebration of nature’s ability to endure, adapt, and thrive.

The richly textured background, created through a Gelli printing process, radiates with saturated reds, warm pinks, golden yellows, and deep blues. These energetic colors suggest both the challenges and the life-giving forces of the natural environment. The forest does not exist apart from these elements but draws its vitality and strength from them.

The color relationships are inspired by the remarkable combinations developed by Japanese color theorist Sanzo Wada. His sophisticated understanding of color harmony provides an expressive foundation for this composition, allowing contrasting hues to coexist in a dynamic yet unified visual experience.

The strong graphic qualities of the hand-carved woodblock, combined with the spontaneous textures of monoprinting and additional painted passages, create an artwork that balances intention with discovery. The modest, elongated container anchors the composition, allowing the forest and its surrounding atmosphere to become the central expression.

For me, this artwork is a reflection on resilience, transformation, and the interconnected forces of nature. The bamboo forest stands strong, not in opposition to its environment, but because of its relationship with the very elements that challenge and sustain it.

Each monoprint is a unique original artwork, combining a common hand-carved woodblock image with an individually developed background, color arrangement, and expressive mark-making.

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Dimensions 9.75 × 7.75 in

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