I call this set of images The Zodiac but Maki formally called them Animal Song + the animal name in kanji. The prints here are Animal Song. Red Lantern Gallery in Kyoto distributed them in 1968. In 1968 Haku Maki was commissioned by Red Lantern Gallery to produce the 12 animals of the Zodiac in a series entitled Animal Song. My Research Note 3 described the set briefly. This is an enhanced version. Maki did only 50 copies of each print; that was a normal run for him in that period...

Maki's Emanation series may well have been 100 different images. This is an early one. It shows a young man ready to grope a woman’s breasts. Who is the man and who is the woman? Adam and Eve? Maki and his wife? Maki and another woman? It measures 16" x 16". Here I show images of the current emanation and single images of other prints in the Emanation series. The last frame is Emanation 100.

This note is the fourth in the series of Research Notes.

This is an ANTIQUE OIL ON CANVAS depicting a CASTLE BY THE SEA on a Moonlit Night. Sailing Vessels to the right and a Horse drawn Carriage below the Castle. Circa 1875- early 1900's. Note the image does show reflected light when photographed... unsigned and unframed. 22.5" X 30" showing age and can be restored...selling as found

“California Sea Shacks” Watercolor 22” x 29 ½” unframed Laycox attended The University of California and California State University in San Francisco. He held a teaching degree from the latter. His early training and career were in engineering. However, before his death in 1985, he had devoted thirty five years of his time and energies entirely to the development of a natural artistic talent and a professional career in art...

This is a Pair of WATERCOLORS signed by the ARTIST: R.E. HOLMES. From a Maryland Estate, suburb of Washington, DC. Bio of the Artist: Born in Rosedale, B.C., Canada on March 6, 1917. After graduating from Chouinard Art Institute in 1940, Rosinda Sellers went to work in San Diego in an advertising agency. The following year she married artist Rexford Holmes and moved to San Francisco into Maynard Dixon's old studio (later the Melvin Belli office)...

This huge print Work 73-54 (Fish) is one of three unusually large prints Maki did. It measures 3ft x 6ft. Please see the research note that is included with the photos.

This note discusses new (in 2015)finds in the world of Haku Maki prints.

This is Daniel Tretiak's note about Maki huge print Poem-Woman, which is a horizontal print that measures 3ft x 6ft. His note is in the photos that are a part of this entry. Here he described photos that he was presenting along with his note. He said: Frame 8 is the same image but done with a yellow sun and purple moon. It is 33/50. This suggests many of the first 33 and then some were done this way; then Maki did not use these colors. I do not own this print...

In 1960 Maki did the image shown. It is called Symbol. In all the years of collecting Maki prints and images I have never seen this one again. It is quite large but seems cluttered. Forty years later he did it as a print and a post card even as one friend has suggested he did the print before 1999, the date on the print. The seals are authentic not printed, and they are original Maki seals from well-used chops.

In late 2011, I received several Maki prints of 1981. These all have leather-like surfaces. I thought this was a phenomenon of that year. I was wrong. Maki actually used this surface in 1971 for a few Persimmon prints and then not again until 1981. I show here copies from my Maki archives. When we filed those images a long time ago, they were not clear enough, are still not. But I think they are with that leather-like finish. Any views most gratefully received...

7" in diameter. Bo retablos. Mixed Media. Bo is an outsider artist who resides in the Western States.

In 1990 Haku Maki produced as many as 6 different images of famed Mt Fuji(Fuji-san). Here are three, each one printed from a different block.

Head Study of a Corgi. Incredible work by listed artist Margery Torrey. Working from her ranch near Lander, Wyoming, she begins her sculptures in the outdoors where she can observe up-close the subjects of her wildlife sculptures. Her terra cotta and bronze sculptures begin as sketches and small clay models that she creates while observing the animals in their natural habitats. This study is a large 17" high x 11" wide...

Size: 8 1/2" x 7". Bo retablos. Mixed media. Bo is an outsider artist who resides in the Western States.

This note is the fifth in Daniel Tretiak's series of research notes.

"Sun Set" Watercolor on paper, 18.5" x 12.5" This master artist was born in Belgium and lived in The Hague. He was the student of the famous romantic painter Anreas Schelfhout and is best known for his landscapes. His watercolors are rare and valuable. This piece is not only an exquisit example of Destree's talents as a watercolorist, it is an unusually large watercolor for Destree, adding to its value. The piece is approximately 150 years old and in excellent condition...

Maki Poem 616 earluy print still with single layer of paper. The image is of a Bird and Moon. This print has been fully restored