GAKU
OKATA
Title: We are beautiful
These two paintings were painted on both sides of a wooden board.
Recently I became interested in human emotions that are suppressed by others or themselves. These paintings pursue visible reflections of aggression.
Layer by layer, images, colors and paint were applied on top of the other. Accumulating these layers of numerous expressions, I realised that intuitive painting was a method of mending inner emotions that are subtle and hard to perceive.
Vanitas
Oil on canvas, 410x318mm
In Japan, death has always been admired in some manner or form. In the media, death is even portrayed as a thing of beauty. This fantasy on death, I believe, is developed from human weakness and escapism. In this work, I attempted to combine beauty and flowers, still life and death, inspired by old vanitas paintings.
Title: Jesus
As a Christian, I have been always thinking that how the biblical figure can be painted in my style which is highly decollated and colorful. This work is experiment for the future series "Saints".
Title: I am still here
Intended as a pure reflection of my inner self, this work contains memory, emotion, thought, and intuition.
Painting instinctively, these figures and symbols appeared, extracted from memories and my daily sketches.
In a way, this work is a self portrait. A depiction of my identity.
Title: Pink Solitude
Acrylic on canvas 33.3x24.2cm
This painting began intuitively before a human-like figure emerged.