D-2.June.2005 Rythmic composition, reminiscent of the Lao-Tse series; wonderful color and texture combined with twisted paper stiching that also creates pattern on the reverse
D-23.Dec.2000 Animated, forms of red, painted, sensual shapes are interspersed by regular patterns of stiching - all on red ground; a lively and entrancing compostion
D-13.May.2005 It appears as if an image emenates, its soft contours rising from the light color of the background which is created by means of color, plaster and other materials
D-6.Apr.2001 Colors of white, black and red in a richly textured Work with stiching of twisted paper twine in varied vertical and horizontal pattern; a three-dimensional effect is created, shifing backwards and forwards
D-2 March 2005 richly textured painting with closely stiched pattern by means of twisted paper band, both on the front and the reverse; painted red square design anchors the composition and detail of this Work
The Striker at Baker's Beach Original, beautiful watercolor by Obata - a Fish jumping high above a wave; accompanied, as other works in this series, by a printed poem
Leaping Fish One of the Artist's outstanding images and a favorite subject of a leaping fish. rising over foaming water; an image of energy and action wonderfully portayed in this large painting
Winter Moonlight in the Redwoods Beautifully, subtle watercolor by Obata in which the moonlight is delicately implied; this is a part of a series of Printed Poems by the Artist, accompanied by original painting
Tree at the Shore Fine, large watercolor of a tree, its branches delicately outlined against the sky and reaching over the softly defined waves of the shore
Deer Beautiful original painting of a resting deer; its fine features and limbs delicately rendered in light and shade; green foliage, below and above the resting animal, balance the horizontal composition
Deer (2) In this lovely Watercolor a deer rests under a maple tree of Fall leaves; the colors harmonize, creating a wonderful composition of warm brown shades; a sprig of grass in contrasting, bright green lights up the foreground
Frosty Dawn near the Delta Fine Original Watercolor by the Artist, on a set of Poems; the poems, presumably by the Artist, are in type set, printed and the descriptive, original watercolor painted by Obata and sealed in red .
A Little Bird rises up into the rosy sky, above the reeds and foliage at the water's edge
Snow is Coming No. 6 Superb Print in wonderful gradation of greys and extremely fine detail. A farmhouse in a snow storm; a few persimmon remain on the tree.
