Spring shower
雨に濡れて黒く光った木の幹のまわりを、新緑の葉が小さな粒のように漂う。
野生の白いハナミズキの花が森の奥でほころびはじめ、
黒と薄緑色の雨の森の中でそこだけ陽がさしたように明るく輝く。
そんな景色の中を走り抜けてアトリエに着き、
描きかけの作品の前に座りもう一度その色や光を思い浮かべる。
When it rains, the barks of trees get dark and shiny.
Young leaves float around those black barks like small particles.
Wild dogwoods just started to bloom.
It looks as if the sun shines just onto those white blossoms in the forest of black and creamy green.
Driving through such a scenery, I arrived at the studio.
Sitting in front of an ongoing painting,
trying to remember the colors and the lights of the forest again.
