Being empty or full?

 KYOTO FLORENTIS 2025

Being empty or full?

My current project involves creating an artwork that emphasizes the relationship between nature and decorative and fabrics elements, dreams and reality, and the Japanese concepts of fullness and emptiness.

The relationship between the Maiko San photography and the different layers in my paintings is very significant to this project. The purposeful placement of the decorations seeks to convey balance and harmony in line with my artistic vision.

From an aesthetic point of view, ma corresponds to the sensibility for the beauty of empty spaces and surfaces (yohaku no bi), which is of great importance in various Japanese art genres. Zen masters refer to it as “painting by not painting”, meaning the balance of form and emptiness that characterizes many masterpieces of Japanese art.