Showcase demo. Kenta Mori is a fictional artist. The paintings are public-domain museum works, credited below.

Kenta Mori

Japanese ink painting — sumi-e, brush and ink on washi

I paint with ground ink on mulberry paper, in the tradition where a stroke cannot be taken back. Most of what I make is mountains and water — and the birds that live between them. The empty paper is part of every painting.

Sumi ink · ink stone · washi (mulberry paper) · bamboo and hake brushes

Selected work

Egret in Moonlight, 2026 — sumi ink on washi, 48 × 33 cm$640 · Inquire

Painted in one sitting after a week of failed attempts. The moon is the paper, untouched.

Pines in Morning Fog — sumi ink on washi, six-panel screen

Pines in Morning Fog, 2025 — sumi ink on washiSold — commission a similar study from $500

Wind Over Water, 2026 — sumi ink on washi, 41 × 58 cm$820 · Inquire

Plum Branch, First Bloom — sumi ink and light color on washi

Plum Branch, First Bloom, 2026 — sumi ink and light color on washi, 30 × 22 cm$380 · Inquire

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Commissions

A commissioned painting starts with a conversation about what the piece should hold: a place, a season, a person, a memory.

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