99 Paintings for Sanmu

Sanmu 013, the finished watercolor — Sanmu 013

Source updated August 31, 2026 · English edition October 9, 2026

Photographs and paintings

Sanmu's original photographs and finished paintings are shown side by side, in numbered order. To preserve each complete composition, there is no comparison slider and no forced crop to a matching aspect ratio.

From a photograph to a watercolor

Twenty-one pairs show the starting image beside the watercolor. These are hand-painted studies, with each comparison kept intact.

Sanmu 001

Source photograph for Sanmu watercolor 001 — Source photograph

Sanmu 002

Source photograph for Sanmu watercolor 002 — Source photograph

Sanmu 003

Source photograph for Sanmu watercolor 003 — Source photograph

Sanmu 004

Source photograph for Sanmu watercolor 004 — Source photograph

Sanmu 005

Source photograph for Sanmu watercolor 005 — Source photograph

Sanmu 006

Source photograph for Sanmu watercolor 006 — Source photograph

Sanmu 007

Source photograph for Sanmu watercolor 007 — Source photograph

Sanmu 008

Source photograph for Sanmu watercolor 008 — Source photograph

Sanmu 009

Source photograph for Sanmu watercolor 009 — Source photograph

Sanmu 011

Source photograph for Sanmu watercolor 011 — Source photograph

Sanmu 012

Source photograph for Sanmu watercolor 012 — Source photograph

Sanmu 013

Source photograph for Sanmu watercolor 013 — Source photograph

Sanmu 014

Source photograph for Sanmu watercolor 014 — Source photograph

Sanmu 015

Source photograph for Sanmu watercolor 015 — Source photograph

Sanmu 016

Source photograph for Sanmu watercolor 016 — Source photograph

Sanmu 017

Source photograph for Sanmu watercolor 017 — Source photograph

Sanmu 018

Source photograph for Sanmu watercolor 018 — Source photograph

Sanmu 019

Source photograph for Sanmu watercolor 019 — Source photograph

Sanmu 020

Source photograph for Sanmu watercolor 020 — Source photograph

Sanmu 021

Source photograph for Sanmu watercolor 021 — Source photograph

Sanmu 022

Source photograph for Sanmu watercolor 022 — Source photograph

Only 21 pairs with enough detail for web display are included here. Low-resolution source photos have not been enlarged to fill gaps in the numbering.

About the series

This is my ongoing Sanmu series. Each new stylized commission is created individually from photographs and a conversation, rather than fitted into a fixed template.