$2,000–$15,000. Snow and night scenes tend to command premium prices for this artist. Key value factors: As a living artist continuing the shin-hanga tradition, Binnie's prints are investment-quality. Limited editions and larger formats are most valued.
From the Four Seasons series, Winter (Fuyu) presents the season's spare beauty through Binnie's characteristic [bokashi](/glossary/bokashi) gradations — the blue-white atmosphere of a cold, clear day or the diffuse gray of falling snow. Japanese winter aesthetics celebrate the way cold strips the landscape to its essential elements: bare branches, still water, the compression of light into short days. Binnie's woodblock technique is particularly suited to the tonal restraint that a convincing winter scene requires.
Woodblock print
c. 1832/38
Color woodblock print; oban
Yuki no Miyajima
1929
Color woodblock print; oban
1932
Woodblock print
Four Seasons: Winter (Shiki: Fuyu) was created by Paul Binnie.
Four Seasons: Winter (Shiki: Fuyu) uses Bokashi, on woodblock print.
Four Seasons: Winter (Shiki: Fuyu) depicts snow scenes and winter.
