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I would describe my work as surrealist painting which combines both figuration and abstraction. My current body of work depicts liminal landscapes in which I seek to reflect my emotions, conscious and subconscious.
I am an introvert. I enjoy meditating and am fascinated by art and books on the realms of the immaterial, such as psychoanalysis, particularly that relating to memories, the afterlife, and the sublime experience of both. My greatest influence is perhaps Jungian psychology and philosophy. My works also refer to a longstanding tradition of Japanese painting and drawing exploring the concept of Yūgen, 'an awareness of the Universe that triggers emotional responses too deep and powerful for words', manifested aesthetically in the inclusion of backgrounds left evolving from or dissolving into nothingness, a space of potentiality. This space of potentiality is represented in the abyss-like backgrounds of my works. Faced with this space, I hope to provoke my viewers to reflect upon themselves on a metaphysical level. Avant-garde instrumental music influences the hues and personal emotiveness of my works.
Before I start painting, I produce various sketches, not as a plan for the final painting, but rather as idea references. This allows me to work my canvas with greater creative freedom.
My works seek to create a space for viewers to explore inside themselves, their fears, dreams and desires, prompted by the metaphysical realms I create.
My art is my way of exploring and expressing myself. I spend most of my time in the clouds, imagining ways of transmitting my two-fold vision.
Although I start painting with a mental plan informed by the many idea sketches I do before starting work on a canvas, when I start painting, the plan will gradually disintegrate caused by uncontrollable intuitive and sensual impulses. Moreover, one can never foresee the final mood and effect these brushstrokes and unplanned decisions will set.
I think the biggest lesson I've learnt is never to be satisfied. There is always more research, meditation and experimentation to be done. I love learning, it makes me perceive myself and my surroundings in a more holistic way.
(My agent would prefer the question to be changed to: how would you summarize your style?) I would summarize my style as a combination of Japanese aesthetic and surrealism.
I wish I could spend more time in my studio. I struggle with lack of time, distracted by life admin.
It's my vocation, I can't imagine doing anything else. It's how I express my personhood.
Rene Magritte and Odilon Redon are two major artistic influences. I admire the way their works portray the depth of the inner self and the primacy of consciousness in the human experience. Redon's musical landscapes and Magritte's surreal objects and compositions are both dreamlike, and reflect the artists' states of mind. I appreciate the ways they depict the serene but emotionally enriched solitary landscapes.
I think technology is evermore useful to artists for research and references. It aids open our minds, by offering a wider-reaching view of the world and giving us more artistic choices. It also helps promote our creations to a wider audience.
I think different professions require different perspectives of the world. The artist's one is a particularly visual one, in which we are compelled to translate many of our thoughts into visual language.
I love travelling. So far, my favorite place has been Alaska. I went to the Arctic Circle and have never seen a more beautiful scene. Snow concealed everything, even the noise, only leaving white, dark and silence, with only the subtle sound of wind blowing. To me, it was the wonderland of isolation from reality. It was a dive into serenity in the brightness of the full moon and its reflection on the snow. I left my chaotic noisy life behind, and all I felt was total calm and solitariness.
My favorite book is Happy Death by Albert Camus, for its exploration of humanity.
I am preparing for my MA show in June 2023. I plan to make my painting more abstract.
(My agent says this question is already answered in the above answers.)
Genshi no Kakera by Dead End, a song about death and rebirth.
My works combine the Japanese tradition of portraying nature and water as a medium to spirituality, with illusions to death in the form of motifs, such as the centipede that feeds on dead organisms, and hues which remind myself, and hopefully the viewer, of nature's odors, including that of humidity and death. In a way, my paintings could be called 21st century 'vanitas' paintings. In reminding the viewer of death and the afterlife, and memories and fear associated with them, the viewer is called to explore their spiritual dimension in the face of their own death.
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