Welcome to Reeds: Contemporary Haiga,
an online
anthology
of fine art inspired by the Japanese genre known
as haiga or
haiku painting. Here you will find the best of haiga, articles, and
interviews from past years of our companion annual hardcopy
anthology as well as new work by leading haiga artists. It is our sincere wish that you return to these pages
many times for both entertainment and inspiration from a form that
is attracting new interest among contemporary poet-painters world
wide.
Announcing
"The
Turning Point" --a new exhibition
by Raffael de Gruttola and Peggy McClure and featuring the
ground-breaking use of photographic manipulation in haiga.
Also, explore the many ways white space and imagination
work
in haiga in
"Starlit Mountain"
-- an interview with
Jeanne Emrich.