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Haiga of Ron C. Moss

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The Haiku Foundation honors the work of contemporary masters of the dual art of haiga: visual image wedded to haiku. This month’s featured artist is Ron C. Moss.
 
 
 
Ron is a visual artist and poet from Tasmania, Australia. His haiku and related genres have won many international prizes and he has been published in numerous journals and anthologies including, Haiku in English: The First Hundred Years (ed. Jim Kacian et al., W. W. Norton & Company) and Where the River Goes: The Nature Tradition in English-Language Haiku (ed. Allan Burns, Snapshot Press). Ron won the prestigious Seashell Game in 2011 for his haiku “starry night”. Ron is a recipient of The Touchstone Awards for Individual Poems 2013 and The Touchstone Distinguished Books Award 2014 for his first collection, The Bone Carver (Snapshot Press). He is resident artist for the online journal A Hundred Gourds and also the annual Muttering Thunder. Ron is well known for his haiga paintings, illustration and design, and is an award-winning photographer.

 

bloodwood moon

bloodwood moon

text: bloodwood moon/a starving dingo paces/the rain shadow

media: original watercolour and design elements

date of execution: 2011

artist’s comment: from original watercolour with background design elements from part of the painting

caramel skies

caramel skies

text: caramel skies/a sandcastle leans/with the tide

media: original photographs, image making

date of execution: 2008

artist’s comment: photographs blended and toned in Photoshop using multiple techniques

curling to sleep

curling to sleep

text: curling to sleep/the day’s miles/again in my bones

media: watercolour, calligraphy and design

date of execution: 2011

artist’s comment: from original watercolour with background design elements

days down under

days down under

text: days down under/the scent of gum nuts/in summer rain

media: original photo and design elements including captured textures and toning

date of execution: 2004

artist’s comment: photographed on a shiny laptop lid with textures added

deep in the mountains

deep in the mountains

text: deep in the mountains the road I’m lost on

media: original photograph with design elements

date of execution: 2014

artist’s comment: B&W Conversion with artist’s seal and font on a white frame for maximum gallery feel 

first light

first light

text: first light/a hawk-dragonfly/beads with dew

media: sumi-e ink on paper

date of execution: 2006

artist’s comment: very early sumi-e painting

foraging for apples

foraging for apples

text: foraging for apples the taste of the moon

media: pencil drawing and mixed media

date of execution: 2015

artist’s comment: drawing digitised and processed with various textures, toning and glass plate scans

homecoming

homecoming

text: homecoming/hands held together/in a deep bow

media: original photograph with design elements

date of execution: 2010

artist’s comment: very enjoyable presentation elements , backgrounds were created from brushed ink abstracts. From the series “Mindfulness In Monochrome”

lost on a journey

lost on a journey

text: lost on a journey . . ./sliding my toes over/the curves of dark stone

media: original photo and design 

date of execution: 2010

artist’s comment: macro photography with font on surrounding frame with paper elements

moon drift

moon drift

text: heavy seas/out of a day moon/a diving tern

media: watercolour, calligraphy and design

date of execution: 2009

artist’s comment: original watercolour with design elements including the image digitised for a background

moonrise

moonrise

text: moonrise . . ./the last of me/letting go

media: original watercolour and design elements

date of execution: 2015

artist’s comment: watercolour and ink on a scroll

old windmill blades

old windmill blades

text: old windmill blades sweep past a shooting star

media: pencil drawing and mixed media

date of execution: 2015

artist’s comment: drawing digitised and processed with various textures, toning and glass plate scans

passing by

passing by

text: passing by/a single thought/in autumn gold

media: original photograph with design elements

date of execution: 2009

artist’s comment: Early morning photography on a foggy river in Tasmania. From the series “Slow Light”

sitting quietly

sitting quietly

text: sitting quietly . . ./sky and mountain/for a seat

media: original watercolour

date of execution: 2009

artist’s comment: large brush watercolour using wet on wet technique

starry night

starry night

text: starry night/what’s left of my life/is enough

media: pencil drawing inverted to a negative

date of execution: 2015

artist’s comment: a simple doodle . . .

the first dip

the first dip

text: the first dip/of my paddle/winter’s end

media: original photo and design elements

date of execution: 2006

artist’s comment: original photo processed as “high key” to reveal an ink-like image

the wind’s chill

the wind’s chill

text: the wind’s chill/whitening/the cracks

media: original photograph with design elements

date of execution: 2010

artist’s comment: very enjoyable presentation elements , backgrounds were created from brushed ink abstracts. From the series “Mindfulness In Monochrome”

tied to the shore

tied to the shore

text: tied to the shore/each thread/of sunlight

media: original photograph with design elements

date of execution: 2009

artist’s comment: Early morning photography on a foggy river in Tasmania. From the series “Slow Light

tired of this world

tired of this world

text: tired of this world . . ./suddenly moonlight/through my window

media: original pencil drawing with calligraphy

date of execution: 2005

artist’s comment: doodle-like pencil drawing – very enjoyable result

tomatoes ripen

tomatoes ripen

text: tomatoes ripen/in summer heat . . ./skin on skin

media: original photograph with design elements

date of execution: 2013

artist’s comment: pushing design elements with strong central composition and colour

valley mist

valley mist

text: valley mist/running my finger over/the curve of a twig

media: original photo and design elements

date of execution: 2004

artist’s comment: shape and texture capture with computer font on a surrounding frame

waiting

waiting

text: waiting /for a red moon/the glitter of frost

media: watercolour, calligraphy and design

date of execution: 2011

artist’s comment:
from original watercolour with background design elements including artist’s seal

walking until

walking until

text: walking until there’s only sky glow

media: original photograph and textures

date of execution: 2014

artist’s comment: capture processed with iPad apps

waning moon

waning moon

text: waning moon/the heaviness/in a dying moth’s wing

media: original photograph with design elements

date of execution: 2009

artist’s comment: Macro photography on textured paper

wing beats

wing beats

text: wing beats/the scent of jasmine/in paper skies

media: original photograph with design elements

date of execution: 2013

artist’s comment: black and silver theme

winter beach

winter beach

text: winter beach a wave breaks white on a long grey shore

media: original photograph with design elements

date of execution: 2014

artist’s comment: B&W Conversion with artist’s seal and font on a white frame for maximum gallery feel

years of drought

years of drought

text: years of drought the taste of rust on my fork

media: original photo and design elements including captured rust textures, toning and a 
glass plate frame

date of execution: 2008

artist’s comment: interesting mix of photographic elements to create a Wyeth-like farm scene

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