Inspiration and miracles are hidden in everyday life. If you look closely, you will realize that the world is full of beauty and things worth painting. In today’s rapidly changing society, I would like to continue to ask myself “Where is the meaning of painting by human hands?

I use sumi ink, gofun, clay paint, mineral pigments, acrylics, pastels and other painting materials. The subject of most of my paintings is women, but I try to depict the edge of the leaves as persistently as possible. When I was a child, I felt a pleasant tension when I braided my younger sister’s hair, and I thought the contrast between the white scalp and the fine black hair was beautiful from the bottom of my heart, which is the most primitive and intense motivation for painting. Then, when I try to depict the poetic sentiment of a woman who is not easy to grasp, like a mist or smoke that seems to be elusive, I often draw the expression and texture of the clothing and ornaments that the figure wears. Clothing and decorations cover the skin, but sometimes they reveal the inner self. I want to depict what I love obsessively, but at the same time, it is my eternal theme to depict a portrait of a person who has a certain elegance at the root, and I

The danger and fragility of blood vessels that can be seen through the thin veil of skin. On the other hand, the warmth and warmth that they produce. I continue to depict human activities, fetishism, relationships, and distance using the human body as a motif.

There are many thrilling experiences in the process of creation, such as a motif or a stain that is about to be erased creating an unexpected effect, or a phrase that jumps into your eyes or ears and leads you to the completion of the work. I value such “waste” and “noise”. The countless cracks and scratches that I intentionally create are one such example, and recently I have often attached foreign objects and ready-made items to my works. My theme for the future is to weave “trivial myths” through my works and exhibition spaces.

Nakagami Seisho (b. 1961) paints motifs of people and cats with a sense of life and rich gradation of light. What is the season captured on that screen? If it is a woman, I want to convey the beauty of the difference in age. If it is a cat, I want the viewer to feel the difference between a domestic cat and a stray cat in an instant. By capturing everything on the screen in color, the work appeals to the viewer’s imagination and expresses the color of light and even the scent of the wind, although in reality it only smells like an oil painting. Born left-handed, Seisho Nakagami was corrected to be right-handed in his childhood and painted with his right hand until his late twenties. However, when he encountered Klee’s words, “I will not paint with my right hand, which is stained with letters,” he tried painting with his left hand for the first time in his life, and found that it added nuance to his paintings and gave them more life. After that, I repea

I mainly create works using cats and people as motifs. I hope I could touch someone’s heartstrings by sublimating what I am attracted to and what I find fragile and beautiful into my works through my own filter.   Masaaki Hikita HP http://www.masaakihikida.com/