Linkages (182cm × 225cm)
I drew a picture of mother and child deers resting under big Japanese wisteria by the approach of Kasuga Grand Shrine, located east of Nara Park in early summer.
Nara Park was crowded with many people because ancient capital, Nara celebrated its 1,300th anniversary last year.
Come to think of it, the deers also have linked their lives for hundreds of years and still keeps their lifestyle. The fact makes me think it is such a valuable thing.
Form of linkage
One day, my only daughter and I took a walk in the grass looking for subjects for pictures. It’s been years since I searched for some insects under the blue sky last time. I was absorbed in searching insects in thickly growing young leaves with an insect net in my hand.
Suddenly I came back to myself and once I calmed down, I found that there was so many little flowers and bugs, filled with various lives. My daughter is here because of my husband and me. I’m here because of my parents.
My parents came into the world thanks to their parents. By tracing the line step by step, we can see the linkage of lives. I feel the surge of thought that our earth is composed by wide variety of lives.
Etudes
Etude means “practice piece”, but the title of my work comes from the score of Chopin’s Etude “Winter Wind”. When I look at the score of “Etude of winter wind”, it looks like the leaves are dancing in the wind.
When I was sketching a large ginkgo tree towering over the west gate of Todaiji Temple in Nara, branches swaying in the wind and leaves dancing like a flow overlapped with the score of this Etude of Chopin. That’s why I gave them these titles. I wonder which is the origin of the score he composed, an image from melody or a sight the leaves scattered by the winter wind. I think it’s interesting.
Queen of the Night, star chrysanthemum, hydrangea and Japanese killifish – each knows when to bud and bloom, or lay their eggs. I’m grateful to be able to see the glorious moments of each season.
Passion flower, Wisteria, Clematis, Early summer from top left
