Asako Morishita will hold her first solo exhibition in a year at Gallery Seek starting tomorrow, December 4 (Fri.).

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What is the theme of this exhibition?

“The whispering.”

It means “the voice of whispering”. I imagine the voices of small animals talking or talking to themselves.

I imagined each of the animals in their own stories, depicting them on their way to the promised land and surrounded by their favorite things. I drew the scenes where they go to the promised place and are surrounded by their favorite things.

In order to express the small world of small animals, I combined them with more detailed and delicate motifs to create a work that draws you into the animal’s world.

–In a previous interview, you told us about the concept behind your work, “In my small works, I use the theme of small creatures to express their loveliness and the beauty of their dignified lives from my own perspective.

How do you express “loveliness” and “dignified beauty of life”?

It’s a fine attention to detail, but we put a lot of love into the animals’ expressions and gestures.

I believe that the beauty of life is “luster”, so I wanted to emphasize the beauty by expressing the moisture in the eyes by putting light in the pupils, and by drawing the fur a little more neatly than it is in real life.

–You are also interested in the animals themselves, and it is because of your observations that you have been able to

Are there any animal characteristics you know?

It’s not a trait I’m the only one who knows about, but it’s always interesting to see the individual differences between animals.

If it’s a squirrel, its ears are bitten off, its tail is shortened. This is a symbol of their history.

Cats’ ears and tails are the same way. The interest is endless.

Sparrows seem to have a variety of facial features.

They have long faces, round faces, and so on. I’m glad that I was able to catch a glimpse of their inner selves.

I don’t express individual differences unless they are in line with the theme of the picture. I don’t express individual differences unless it is in line with the theme of the picture, but I am particular about the face in my own way.

I have children with long faces take on dignified expressions and children with young faces take on lovely expressions. face, and a child with a young face will have an adorable expression.

We hope you enjoy the facial features of the animals in the group picture. We hope you enjoy the facial features.

Morishita-sensei’s works feature a variety of animals. Do you have a different approach to drawing animals depending on the type of animal?

I do not want to treat animals as part of a motif, but to express them lovingly.

I don’t have any particular distinction in mind, but I want to value “small things” in my paintings

I’ve been drawing a lot of squirrels and birds to express the way they hold things like nuts and branches.

Squirrels are very visual by nature, but they have very small hands, so it’s adorable to see them trying their best to grab nuts and eat them or climb trees with such hands.

For example, I changed the expressions of the three chipmunks in “Preparing for Winter”.

I hope you can appreciate them by imagining the personality of each one.