Gray starling in storm by Ohara Koson, 1900 Finish:Framed art print thoughtful gift for a friend

thoughtful gift for a friend

By charting both lines and terminals

The quiet suggestion of abandonment—hinted at by scattered debris

or lounged by a desert pool

or to celebrate someone returning from Tunisia or North Africa—an evocative keepsake that brings a luminous street and a pivotal moment in art history into the home

Gray starling in storm by Ohara Koson, 1900 Finish:Framed art print thoughtful gift for a friendGray starling in storm by Ohara Koson (18771945) is a lyrical Japanese woodblock print from around 1900 that captures a single bird bracing itself against wind and rain. A master of shin hanga working in the ukiyo e woodblock tradition, Koson is renowned for his kach ebird and flower subjects rendered with exquisite observation and an evocative sense of atmosphere. Here, a storm tossed starling clings to a bending branch, its feathers ruffled and beak