Spirited Away Chihiro

Description

Sen and Chihiro's Spiriting Away (千と千尋の神隠し,
Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi.
written and directed by famed animator Hayao Miyazaki.

Chihiro Ogino/Sen (荻野千尋, Ogino Chihiro?)
Chihiro is the 10-year old protagonist of the movie. Chihiro is in the process of moving to a new town when her family stumbles upon the entrance to the spirit world. During her adventure she matures from a whiny, self-centered, and pessimistic child to a hard-working, responsible, optimistic young girl who has learned to care for others. She is renamed "Sen" (千, sen?, lit. "a thousand") by the proprietor of the bathhouse, Yubaba. In Japanese orthography, "Sen" is an alternative pronunciation of "Chi", the first kanji in her name "Chihiro", which roughly translates as "a thousand fathoms". The movie ends with Chihiro retaining her new inner strength. It is implied that someday she will meet Haku again.

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This canvas was done for a Movie themed art show.
The rules of the show were to paint your favorite movie scene or character. This is my version of chihiro.
Painted with watercolors and acrylics on canvas.

The canvas dimensions are
16 x 20

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Added on Oct 23, 2009