雨男
@rewtoetzisan.bsky.social
Retired Scientist (Physics, Speech & Hearing). Occasionally paints (mostly watercolors). German resident of Massachusetts. Favorite countries: Japan, France, USA, Germany.
First name: Reiner. Nick name: 雨男 Ame Otoko (Rain Man).
First name: Reiner. Nick name: 雨男 Ame Otoko (Rain Man).
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雨男
@rewtoetzisan.bsky.social
· Dec 7
Trying out BlueSky. My first post.
This is an impression from the 88 temple tour in Shikoku, an island of Japan. I painted it in 2022. (watercolors, 24"x18").
This is an impression from the 88 temple tour in Shikoku, an island of Japan. I painted it in 2022. (watercolors, 24"x18").
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Long-neck twin girls
The custom will probably slowly die out in Thailand, but the influence of tourism and the income from tourists, may well keep the tradition alive for some generations to come.
#Thailand #slidefilm #tourism #skipping #twins #twingirls
#brassrings #longneckkaren #photography
The custom will probably slowly die out in Thailand, but the influence of tourism and the income from tourists, may well keep the tradition alive for some generations to come.
#Thailand #slidefilm #tourism #skipping #twins #twingirls
#brassrings #longneckkaren #photography
December 30, 2024 at 3:54 PM
Long-neck twin girls
The custom will probably slowly die out in Thailand, but the influence of tourism and the income from tourists, may well keep the tradition alive for some generations to come.
#Thailand #slidefilm #tourism #skipping #twins #twingirls
#brassrings #longneckkaren #photography
The custom will probably slowly die out in Thailand, but the influence of tourism and the income from tourists, may well keep the tradition alive for some generations to come.
#Thailand #slidefilm #tourism #skipping #twins #twingirls
#brassrings #longneckkaren #photography
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Detroit, Michigan, October 2024
December 29, 2024 at 10:01 PM
Detroit, Michigan, October 2024
Four of my paintings of the eruptions in 2021-22 of Cumbre Vieja, on La Palma, Spain. Watercolors and some tricks.
December 19, 2024 at 12:25 AM
Four of my paintings of the eruptions in 2021-22 of Cumbre Vieja, on La Palma, Spain. Watercolors and some tricks.
What would a German-Japanese fusion landscape look like?
December 14, 2024 at 9:14 PM
What would a German-Japanese fusion landscape look like?
Watercolors - most fun way to paint volcanic eruptions. Inspired by Iceland's many eruptions.
ReWT 2023.
ReWT 2023.
December 13, 2024 at 7:54 AM
Watercolors - most fun way to paint volcanic eruptions. Inspired by Iceland's many eruptions.
ReWT 2023.
ReWT 2023.
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Shoreline at Devil's Slide near San Francisco
December 13, 2024 at 12:57 AM
Shoreline at Devil's Slide near San Francisco
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I made a few improvements to my recently posted painting of the inside of a tower called Poet Seat in Greenfield Massachusetts.
It was lacking the usual Graphity. So here it is with my approved graffiti (not graphity :-)
I made a few improvements to my recently posted painting of the inside of a tower called Poet Seat in Greenfield Massachusetts.
It was lacking the usual Graphity. So here it is with my approved graffiti (not graphity :-)
December 12, 2024 at 10:14 PM
Repost/Correction:
I made a few improvements to my recently posted painting of the inside of a tower called Poet Seat in Greenfield Massachusetts.
It was lacking the usual Graphity. So here it is with my approved graffiti (not graphity :-)
I made a few improvements to my recently posted painting of the inside of a tower called Poet Seat in Greenfield Massachusetts.
It was lacking the usual Graphity. So here it is with my approved graffiti (not graphity :-)
Self portrait of a rugged tree. Watercolors 30"x22", ReW 1991.
December 12, 2024 at 5:59 AM
Self portrait of a rugged tree. Watercolors 30"x22", ReW 1991.
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✨THE GOLDEN PAVILION🔥
True beauty is something that attacks, overpowers, robs, & finally destroys.
-Mishima Yukio (三島由紀夫).
In 1950, almost bald of gold & having survived the citywide destruction of the Ōnin War, Kinkaku-ji was burnt to the ground by Hayashi Yōken, one of its own novice monks.
#京都
True beauty is something that attacks, overpowers, robs, & finally destroys.
-Mishima Yukio (三島由紀夫).
In 1950, almost bald of gold & having survived the citywide destruction of the Ōnin War, Kinkaku-ji was burnt to the ground by Hayashi Yōken, one of its own novice monks.
#京都
December 12, 2024 at 2:25 AM
✨THE GOLDEN PAVILION🔥
True beauty is something that attacks, overpowers, robs, & finally destroys.
-Mishima Yukio (三島由紀夫).
In 1950, almost bald of gold & having survived the citywide destruction of the Ōnin War, Kinkaku-ji was burnt to the ground by Hayashi Yōken, one of its own novice monks.
#京都
True beauty is something that attacks, overpowers, robs, & finally destroys.
-Mishima Yukio (三島由紀夫).
In 1950, almost bald of gold & having survived the citywide destruction of the Ōnin War, Kinkaku-ji was burnt to the ground by Hayashi Yōken, one of its own novice monks.
#京都
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Also from the temple tour in Shikoku, early morning mist in the Kamiyama region of Tokushima prefecture, Shikoku Japan.
December 10, 2024 at 10:31 PM
Also from the temple tour in Shikoku, early morning mist in the Kamiyama region of Tokushima prefecture, Shikoku Japan.
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December 10, 2024 at 10:27 PM
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The view from the surface of a Comet, an alien landscape captured by the Rosetta spacecraft during its visit to Comet 67P.
Credit: ESA/Rosetta/Jacint Roger Perez
Credit: ESA/Rosetta/Jacint Roger Perez
December 10, 2024 at 10:00 PM
The view from the surface of a Comet, an alien landscape captured by the Rosetta spacecraft during its visit to Comet 67P.
Credit: ESA/Rosetta/Jacint Roger Perez
Credit: ESA/Rosetta/Jacint Roger Perez
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This was shared with us and made us smile! 😊
December 10, 2024 at 9:35 PM
This was shared with us and made us smile! 😊
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Every morning I’ll catch a California sunrise from someone under the Bluesky.
Backlit autumn desert foliage at sunrise in the Owens River Valley, California.
December 10, 2024 at 4:20 PM
Every morning I’ll catch a California sunrise from someone under the Bluesky.
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For the ninth day of Art Advent Calendar, a recent drawing from my Objects from Films series, a payphone from John Carpenter’s 1976 movie Assault on Precinct 13
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December 9, 2024 at 10:26 PM
For the ninth day of Art Advent Calendar, a recent drawing from my Objects from Films series, a payphone from John Carpenter’s 1976 movie Assault on Precinct 13
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View from the Poet Seat tower in Greenfield, MA.
(Not quite dry yet :-)
Watercolors 24 in x 18 in. ReWT, Dec 2024.
(Not quite dry yet :-)
Watercolors 24 in x 18 in. ReWT, Dec 2024.
December 9, 2024 at 10:39 PM
View from the Poet Seat tower in Greenfield, MA.
(Not quite dry yet :-)
Watercolors 24 in x 18 in. ReWT, Dec 2024.
(Not quite dry yet :-)
Watercolors 24 in x 18 in. ReWT, Dec 2024.
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Toledo, Ohio, December 2022
February 23, 2024 at 3:51 AM
Toledo, Ohio, December 2022
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Ritchie Torres wants to talk to the pope manager
December 8, 2024 at 10:38 PM
Ritchie Torres wants to talk to the pope manager
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December 8, 2024 at 1:47 PM