{"id":911,"date":"2026-08-21T19:47:13","date_gmt":"2026-08-21T23:47:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fregeau-art.com\/?page_id=911"},"modified":"2026-08-30T17:34:04","modified_gmt":"2026-08-30T21:34:04","slug":"tanjiro-the-genesis","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/fregeau-art.com\/en\/tanjiro-the-genesis\/","title":{"rendered":"Tanjiro: The Genesis"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"margin-right:0;margin-left:0;padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);grid-template-columns:38% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"3604\" height=\"4537\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fregeau-art.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/tanjiro.jpeg?resize=3604%2C4537&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-264 size-full\"\/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Tanjiro: The Genesis<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Subject :<\/strong> Manga<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Dimensions :<\/strong> 16 x 20 in. (40 x 50 cm)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Medium: <\/strong>Oil on canvas board<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Year: <\/strong>2024<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Unframed: 600$<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Framed: 700 $<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-left is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-9e715dee wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div style=\"--wp--block-button--width: 70;\" class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline has-custom-width wp-block-button__width is-style-outline--1\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/fregeau-art.com\/contact\/\">Contact me about this artwork<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignfull is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:47%\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-cormorant-font-family\"><strong>In the Studio<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading has-cormorant-font-family\" style=\"font-size:clamp(14px, 0.875rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 0.357), 20px);\">Time-lapse of the painting process<\/h6>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video aligncenter\"><video height=\"1080\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1920 \/ 1080;\" width=\"1920\" controls src=\"https:\/\/fregeau-art.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/tanjiro.mp4\"><\/video><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:53%\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-cormorant-font-family\"><strong>Excerpt from the Studio Journal<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading has-cormorant-font-family\" style=\"font-size:clamp(14px, 0.875rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 0.357), 20px);\">Reflections and notes from the creative process<\/h6>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-josefin-sans-font-family wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:clamp(14px, 0.875rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 0.119), 16px);\"><em>\u00ab\u00a0<\/em>I first became interested in painting as a teenager. My art teacher, perhaps sensing some hidden potential (or simply a student in need of direction), suggested to my mother that she enroll me in painting classes. She enthusiastically recommended Sister Rachel Bonin of the Dominican Missionary Adorers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-josefin-sans-font-family wp-block-paragraph\">And so began my training in drawing. I was not allowed to pick up a paintbrush until I had endured eighteen months of painstaking drawing exercises under the watchful\u2014and fearsomely critical\u2014eye of the good sister. Needless to say, I was not yet free to choose my own subjects: they were assigned, scrutinized, and corrected with almost monastic rigor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-josefin-sans-font-family wp-block-paragraph\">In short, my early experience of painting was somewhat frustrating, and I eventually gave it up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-josefin-sans-font-family wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:clamp(14px, 0.875rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 0.119), 16px);\">Many years later, quite unexpectedly, painting found its way back into my life. At the insistence of my younger son, I started drawing manga characters for him to color. My young patron\u2019s commissions soon became increasingly demanding, both technically and narratively. He was particularly impressed by a sketch of Tanjiro drawn according to his very precise instructions: \u201cTanjiro jumping into the flames, sword held aloft.\u201d The verdict was enthusiastic approval\u2014and an immediate commission for a \u201cbig, full-color\u201d version.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-josefin-sans-font-family wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:clamp(14px, 0.875rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 0.119), 16px);\">Strangely enough, after all these years, whenever I paint today, I can still hear Sister Rachel\u2019s voice echoing in my head, sometimes in a tone that brings the Inquisition to mind: \u201cAre your vanishing lines correct? Is your perspective right? Do your values match what you see? 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