Christopher Kovacs

@cskovacs

Endocrinologist, scientist, artist, writer. mun.ca/medicine/facul…

St. John's Joined November 2012

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My new watercolour painting “Through the Torii” depicts a vibrant scene of the torii (gate) and komainu (statues) that guard the Daizen-Jinja Shinto shrine on Sado Island in Japan.

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In this colorful scene on Sado Island in Japan, we are looking through two gray-colored guardian statues (komainu), which are poised one to each side in front of a large red gate (torii), toward the ancient Daizen-Jinja Shinto shrine. The foreground is backlit with dark green foliage to either side, emphasizing the brightly lit shrine in the distance. The sky is a bright blue with scattered clouds.

Komainu are guardian lions or dogs that ward off evil and protect the Buddha, the gods, and sacred places. At the base of these two statues is the inscription Hōnō (奉納) which means to offer or dedicate something to a Buddhist or Shinto deity.

Torii is a traditional Japanese gate that marks the transition from the everyday, mundane world to the sacred space of a Shinto shrine. This one has the classical structure of two vertical pillars (hashira) topped by two horizontal crossbeams (the upper kasagi and lower nuki).

Christopher Kovacs @cskovacs Sep 28

In a change of pace from the typical Newfoundland scenes, my newest watercolour painting depicts the iconic Brian Johnson and Angus Young of AC/DC in concert!

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This watercolour painting features Brian Johnson on the left, wearing black clothes and his typical newsboy flat hat while holding a microphone up to his mouth. To the right is Angus Young, wearing a red schoolboy's outfit with striped tie and white shirt. He's in the midst of a power cord, making typical ecstatic expressions with his mouth as he does so. The background is dramatic blues and black with white spotlights.

Christopher Kovacs @cskovacs Aug 18

My latest watercolour painting "Front Row Seats" depicts another colourful outdoor scene in the Newfoundland outport village of Happy Adventure, which bears the unlikely name of the flagship of a notorious pirate's fleet!

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In the foreground there are two front row seats, a yellow-orange Adirondack chair on the right and an orange-brown wooden bench on the left. These are poised on a deck of aging wood, looking out at a waterfront scene with forest in the distance, a rocky shore, and white fluffy clouds overhead in a blue sky. Also in the foreground on both sides there is a lot of greenery and clusters of pink, mauve, and white flowers.

Christopher Kovacs @cskovacs Aug 3

My latest watercolour painting "Happy Adventure" depicts a peaceful Newfoundland scene but is named after a famous 17th century pirate ship! How is that possible? You'll have to read the full text on the painting's webpage to find out.

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This colourful watercolour scene features a blue sky with a few white clouds, a yellow house with covered porch in the background framed by evergreens, a flagpole with the Canadian and Newfoundland flags at rest, an expansive green lawn, a wooden bench in the foreground to rest upon, and a firepit lined by colourful bricks and covered with a rusty mesh top. It's a very peaceful setting in the outport village of Happy Adventure, named after the pirate ship of the infamous Peter Easton.

Christopher Kovacs @cskovacs Jul 5

My newest watercolour painting "Pop's Last Boots" was done on request as a wedding present. These are the bride's grandfather's last work boots, immortalized by her nan as a planter for flowers in the garden.

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A colourful watercolour painting, the centrepiece of which is a pair of white boots with pink flowers growing out of them. The boots are atop a black mound and encircled by colourful rocks, with rich green grass and clover surrounding that. In the background is a light green Adirondack chair, a blue container with geraniums, more flowers, plus the house and shed of the grandparents' home. Sunlight has created yellow highlights on the side of the shed and house.