The Amazing Leaf Art Of Kazuo Akasaki
Last night, there was a TV show about Kazuo Akasaki, an artist who makes amazing paintings using fallen leaves. Here’s an excerpt from the program:
The excerpt starts with a dramatization of the time when Akasaki had just begun his career as an artist. Despite the fact that his household was in major debt and they had angry loan sharks banging on their doors, Akasaki continued to work on his art and his family supported him. When all hope seemed lost, they received a phone call informing them that the following painting had been awarded the “Salon de Paris” at the 1986 Fine-arts Paris Exhibition of Japan:
The prize launched Akasaki’s successful art career, allowing him to make large sums of money from the sale of his leaf paintings. He also wrote several instructional books on his art form and opened a school to teach people his techniques. The TV program shows us several examples of Akasaki’s amazing works, including a large painting that took him half a year to complete. The painting is of a magician conjuring up flying meat and fish, which draw the attention of a cat and dog sitting next to him. Just like all of Akasaki’s works it is constructed entirely of leaves, with no artificial coloring added.
Following the program, I did some searching for his works on the net and found the following leaf paintings, which I believe were all created by Akasaki [click to view larger images]:
Want to see more examples of leaf artwork? Check out this gallery, as well as this gallery of 2008 Olympic-themed works.
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wow! motel room art. but on leaves….whatevs
Go watch Inuyasha or something would ya?
Go back to your vanilla anime, you uncultured CACK. I think it’s amazing, the kinds of things people can do with the most unexpected things. Goes to show that art can come from anywhere and everywhere, and doesn’t require huge eyes, or some crude, random humor.
I would say the quality of his work was the key of success, not the idea of using fallen leaves itself.
I agree. It is not because of the leaves. It is because the qualitiy of his pictures. Just amazing!
Yeah, looking at some of those pictures, you can’t tell they were made with leaves!
If he’s not using paint, how is it a painting?
I am very impressed with these works of art. It’s amazing what some people are able to do that most people probably think of as annoyance in their garden.
magnificent work.