Pufferfish

About this work

A pufferfish rendered in mineral pigments on washi paper holds the viewer's gaze with what the artist terms a 'neutral eye'—a restrained, emotionless orb that nonetheless arrests attention. The rounded volume of the body is built through layered mineral particles, their granular texture shifting subtly across the surface. The modest scale of the work distills the creature's presence into a concentrated encounter between viewer and subject, grounding the mystery of living form in material specificity.