Scott Plumbe

     These drawings are from a trip to Japan in Winter 2009. My partner and I spent a week on foot walking between all four corners of Kyoto. Revisiting favourite locations from past trips as well as discovering new areas. Even after three trips to Kyoto over as many years I still feel like I've only scratched the surface. Each return visit offers fresh insight into previously overlooked characteristics of the city. These drawings reveal just a few of the many captivating details that make it one of the most inspiring cities I know. I generally work in oil paints, but these recent graphite drawings have been hugely invigorating to my process and returning to the simplicity of these basic tools seems very appropriate given the sophistication and subtlety of the this subject matter.