Exploring the nearby hills with a dose of imagination;
learning to live in a world of ruins.
Oil and Polyester resin on Plywood
885 x 902mm
2015
Works - Figure
Oil and Polyester resin on Plywood
885 x 902mm
2015
Oil and Polyester resin on Plywood
275 x 182mm
2015
Private collection
Oil and Polyester resin on Plywood
360 x 240mm
2015
Oil and Polyester resin on Plywood
360 x 240mm
2015
Private collection
Oil and Polyester resin on Plywood
865 x 895mm
2014
Private collection
Oil and Polyester resin on Plywood
862 x 896mm
2014
Private collection
Oil and Polyester resin on Plywood
355 x 240mm
2014
Private collection
Oil and Polyester resin on Plywood
300 x 182mm
2014
Private collection
Oil and Polyester resin on Plywood
1210 x 1685mm
2014
Oil and Polyester resin on Plywood
1560 x 2080mm
2014
Private collection
Oil and Polyester resin on Plywood
890 x 890mm
2014
Oil and Polyester resin on Plywood
875 x 895mm
2014
Oil and Polyester resin on Plywood
1970 x 3400mm
2013
Oil and Polyester resin on Plywood
1980 x 3400mm
2013
Oil and Polyester resin on Plywood
1185 x 2380mm
2013
Oil and Polyester resin on Plywood
870 x 890mm
2013
”Meoto Iwa (夫婦岩), or the Loved one-and-loved one Rocks,
are a couple of small rocky stacks in the sea off Futami, Mie, Japan. They
are joined by a shimenawa (a heavy rope of rice straw) and are considered
sacred by worshippers at the neighbouring Futami Okitama Shrine (Futami Okitama Jinja (二見興玉神社).
According to Shinto, the rocks represent the union of the creator of kami,
Izanagi and Izanami. The rocks, therefore, celebrate the union in marriage
of man and woman. The rope, which weighs over a ton, must be replaced several
times a year in a special ceremony. The larger rock, said to be male, has a small
torii at its peak.” (Wikipedia)
Oil and Polyester resin on Plywood
840 x 895mm
2013
Private collection
Honesty is the best policy.
La patience est amere. mais son fruit est doux.
Oil and Polyester resin on Plywood
843 x 900mm
2013
Private collection
"Kamishibai (紙芝居), literally "paper drama", is a form of
storytelling that originated in Japanese Buddhist temples in the 12th century,
where monks used emakimono (picture scrolls) to convey stories with moral
lessons to a mostly illiterate audience. "(Wikipedia)
Oil and Polyester resin on Plywood
880 x 890mm
2013
Private collection
Oil and Polyester resin on Plywood
980 x 900mm
2013
Oil and Polyester resin on Plywood
950 x 900mm
2013
Private collection
Shortly after the accident at the nuclear plant in Fukushima,
I left Tokyo for a friend's place in Itoshima, Fukuoka, while my parents stayed
on in Tokyo. The title of the painting, "It Escapes Me," comes from how I have gradually
forgotten the loneliness and fear that I felt at that time. The shape of my painting
surface--that of a billowing cloud--is a reference both to the images of the explosion
at the Fukushima power plant, as well as the indeterminancy of memory. This work is
an agglomeration of images from multiple registers: the black smoke of explosion is
the outcome of decades of overemphasis on infrastructural growth, but also a crystallization
of the loss of one's home and of nature, and a sign of the displacement I felt as I wandered
alone in the streets of Nagoya and Osaka when I left Tokyo.
Oil and Polyester resin on Plywood
1610 x 895mm
2012
Oil and Polyester resin on Plywood
1690 x 870mm
2012
Private collection
Oil and Polyester resin on Plywood
1790 x 900mm
2012
Private collection
Oil and Polyester resin on Plywood
780 x 450mm
2012
Private collection
Oil and Polyester resin on Plywood
809 x 415mm
2012
Oil and Polyester resin on Plywood
500 x 415mm
2012
Oil and Polyester resin on Plywood
1050 x 880mm
2012
Private collection
Oil and Polyester resin on Plywood
365 x 264mm
2012
Private collection
Oil and Polyester resin on Plywood
442 x 325mm
2012
Private collection
Oil and Polyester resin on Plywood
520 x 390mm
2012
Private collection