ANOTHER SUN

 I am a painter based in Japan and my main medium is oil on canvas.

I depicts a landscape with the sun, horizon and straight path.

These images are based on inspirations I find during my travels and everyday life.

I’ve been to several countries including Mexico, Northern Europe,

all of which share the same sun but have different landscapes.


This got me thinking. And I started to paint “a view that continues with the sun as its axis”.


The sun I depict has a face. Because I feel it is a bystander looking down on us.

I am also enjoying how it can make the sun appear as a humorous entity.


One day, I was traveling through Eastern Europe on a long-distance bus in winter.

I had many thoughts and memories in my mind as I gazed at the endless view of the mountain / covered with snow and rocky surfaces.

Then the silent landscape in front of me was transformed into a lyrical and poetic scene in my mind and seemed to speak something to me.


A journey requires a long time from starting point to the destination. When I spend those times, I feel like I'm between the real world and somewhere else, as if I am in another world.


Those slow and empty time makes me I communicate with my inner self.

(Even if I have a companion on the trip, the time of solitude can come at a moment, when the person falls asleep.)


When I spend that time, I feel I can communicate with "the world."

It is like opening my mind and connecting with the world.


For me, painting is a way to express the momentary sense of freedom and liberation I felt on my journey.

I want to capture those memories as eternal recollections by painting imaginary landscapes on canvas.

During the stayhome period of the pandemic, when the world around me seemed to get smaller and smaller.

I tried to get the inspiration from everyday life. which I used to get during my journeys.

I took a walk, opened books, and listened to music to create an imaginary journey in my room in my town.


Through them, I have come to see and depict real-world events as allegorical stories than before. Because I think the aspects of mythology and folklore seem to have reappeared in the actual world now.

I embark on the road in the painted landscape. I try to communicate with the world and my mind again through the imaginary journey.


私は日本を拠点に活動している画家で、主な媒体はキャンバスに油彩です。


私は太陽や地平線、まっすぐな道のある風景を描いています。

これらのイメージは、私が旅先や日常生活で見つけたインスピレーションに基づいています。


メキシコや北欧へ行ったことがあります。同じ太陽をシェアしていながらそこには異なった景色があります。


これは考えさせられました。

そして太陽を軸に続いていく景色を描き始めました。



私が描く太陽には顔があります。

私たちを見下ろしている傍観者のような存在だと感じるからです。

また、太陽をユーモラスな存在として見せることができるのも楽しんでいます。



ある日、私は冬の東欧を長距離バスで移動していました。

雪と岩肌でできた山脈がどこまでも続く景色を眺めながら、その時の心情やかつての記憶など様々な思いを心に浮かべていました。

すると目の前にある無言の風景は自身の心の中で叙情的で詩的な情景に変わり、私に語りかけるように思えました。


旅には出発地点から目的地への長い移動の時間があります。私はその時間を過ごすとき、現実の世界ではないどこか別の世界との狭間にいる様な感覚になります。


そのからっぽでゆっくりと進む時間は、私にとって自己の内面と出会える時間です(たとえ旅の仲間がいたとしても道中でその人が眠ってしまう時間など、ふとした時にその独りの時間は訪れます)



その狭間の時間を過ごすとき、私はこの世界との対話ができるように感じます。それは自身の心を開き世界と繋がる感覚です。


私にとって/ 絵画を描くことは/ そういった旅の途上で感じる自由や解放感などの一瞬の感覚を/ 表現するための手段です。


想像上の風景をキャンバスの上に描き出すことで、永遠の記憶として繋ぎ止めておきたいのです。


コロナ禍の行動制限の中、自分を取り巻く世界が小さくなっていく様に思えた時期は身近な日常に旅から得られるインスピレーションを求めました。

私は歩き、本を開き、音楽を聞くことで空想の旅をしました。"

それらを通して現実世界で起きている様々なできごとを以前より寓話的な物語として捉えて描くようになりました。


それは神話や昔話などの既存の物語がアップデートされて(再び)現実世界に現れたかのように思えるほど、現代の社会では様々なことが起こり続けているからです。


私は描かれた風景の中で旅に出ます。

私は想像の旅を通して、再び世界とコミュニケーションを図ろうと試みています。

STATEMENT 2023

 


EKKO / SUN FROM BEYOND

 introduction

I depicts a landscape with the sun, horizon and straight path.

These images are based on inspirations I find during my travels and everyday life.

I’ve been to several countries including Mexico, Northern Europe, all of which share the same sun but have different landscapes.

This got me thinking.

And I started to paint “a view that continues with the sun as its axis”.

To achieve this, I’m using a bird’s eye-perspective to depict the landscape.

The Mexican view of life and death, which evokes the relationship between nature and man, alchemy and magic derived from it, and the existence of the invisible, inspired me to create a series of sun motifs.

自然と人間の関係、そこから派生する錬金術や魔法、目に見えないものの存在を感じさせるメキシコの死生観から、太陽をモチーフにしたシリーズを制作することになりました。

The sun I depict has a face.

Because I feel it is a bystander looking down on us.

I also enjoy how it can make the sun appear as a humorous entity.


One day, I was traveling through Eastern Europe on a long-distance bus in winter.

I had many thoughts and memories in my mind as I gazed at the endless view of the mountain / covered with snow and rocky surfaces.

Then the silent landscape in front of me was transformed into a lyrical and poetic scene in my mind and seemed to speak something to me.

A journey requires a long time from starting point to the destination. When I spend those times, I feel like I'm between the real world and somewhere else, as if I am in another world.

Those slow and empty time makes me I communicate with my inner self.

(Even if I have a companion on the trip, the time of solitude can come at a moment, when the person falls asleep.)

When I spend that time,I feel I can communicate with "the world."

It is like opening my mind and connecting with the world.

For me, / painting is a way to express the momentary sense / of freedom and liberation I felt on my journey.

I want to capture those memories as eternal recollections / by painting imaginary landscapes on canvas, rather than keeping them solely within my mind.

STATEMENT

SUN FROM BEYOND

During the stayhome period of the pandemic, when the world around me seemed to get smaller and smaller.

I tried to get the inspiration from everyday life. which I used to get during my journeys.

I took a walk, opened books, and listened to music to create an imaginary journey in my room in my town.

Through them, I have come to see and depict real-world events as allegorical stories than before,

because I think the aspects of mythology and folklore / seem to have reappeared in the actual world now.



EKKO works



 “Un Dia”
1620 x 1120mm 
oil on canvas
2015

I am a painter based in Japan.

I am working on an oil on canvas.


It depicts the landscape with the sun, the horizon and the straight path.

These images are based on inspirations I find during my travels and my everyday life.


I’ve been to several countries including Mexico, Northern Europe, 

all of which share the same sun but have different landscapes.

This got me thinking. 

and I started to paint “a view that continues with the sun as its axis”. 


The sun I depict has a face.

Because I feel it is a bystander looking down on us. I also enjoy how it can make the sun appear as a humorous entity.




"in the clouds,166km"
530x530mm
acrylic, oil, collage on canvas
2018

One day, I was traveling through Eastern Europe on a long-distance bus in a winter season. 


I had many thoughts and memories in my mind as I gazed at the endless view of the mountain covered with snow and rocky surfaces.


Then the silent landscape in front of me was transformed into a lyrical and poetic scene in my mind and seemed to speak something to me.


A journey requires a long time from a point to the destination. 

When I spend those times, I feel like I'm (in a state) between the real world and somewhere else, as if I am in another world. 


Those slow and empty time makes me I can encounter my inner self.


For me, painting is a way to express the momentary sense of freedom and liberation

I feel on my journey, to approach and connect with eternity.


(Even if I have a companion on the trip, the time of solitude can come at a moment's notice, when the person falls asleep.)


When I spend the time, 

I feel a sense of being able to communicate with "the world." 

It is like opening my mind and connecting with the world.



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"地層の路 -白い太陽-"
 ’ Stratal Path -The White Sun- 
Oil, pastel and sand on canvas
53cm  × 53cm 
2022


During the stayhome period of the pandemic, when the world around me seemed to get smaller and smaller. 

I tried to get the inspiration from everyday life which I used to get during my journeys.

I took a walk, opened books, and listened to music to create an imaginary journey. 

    at my room in my town.


Through them, I have come to see and depict real-world events as allegorical stories than

before.


because I think the aspects of mythology and folklore seem to have reappeared in the actual world now.


I paint the view of an allegorical world inspired by those stories(real-world event).  

I embark on a journey through the painted landscapes.

I try to communicate with the world and my mind through the imaginary journey.


The theme of my artworks is the journey of the mind.  I also feel that my life is like a journey and I feel as if even in an ordinary day, I am always in the midst of a journey.


I hope to exchange imagination with the viewers about the events and imaginary stories of the journey my artworks represent.





地層の路 -氷床-






地層の路 -氷床-
 ’ Stratal Path -ice sheet- 
Oil, pastel and sand on canvas
53cm  × 53cm 
2022

photo by Akaba Yuki

地層の路 -白い太陽-

 


"地層の路 -白い太陽-"
 ’ Stratal Path -The White Sun- 
Oil, pastel and sand on canvas
53cm  × 53cm 
2022

地層の路 / 黒い太陽

 

 

"地層の路 -黒い太陽-"

 ’ Stratal Path -The Black Sun- 

Oil, pastel and sand on canvas

 53cm  × 53cm

2021


The Sun And The Sea

 




The Sun And The Sea

Oil and sand on canvas

53cm  × 53cm

2021


「アルフォンシーナと海 - たいようと、うみ -」 
1620 x 1945mm (1620 x 970mm 2枚組) 
Oil, pastel, graphite on canvas 
 2020

CHILCHINBITO GALLERY



チルチン人ギャラリー

編集の人が寺山修司の短歌を添えてくれて嬉しい。

歌ひとつ おぼえるたびに星ひとつ 熟れて灯れる わが空を持つ(寺山修司)


掲載作品クレジット



"Sun Shower"
530 x 530 mm
oil on canvas
2019



  250 x 280 mm
watercolor, ink on paper
2019


  250 x 280 mm
watercolor, ink on paper
2019

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"Event"
530 x 530 mm
oil, pastel on canvas
2019 



"Swing"
335x335mm
oil, pastel, canvas on panel 
2019

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"EXVOTOS"
  141 x 99 mm
oil, acrylic on MDF board
2019


"EXVOTOS"
  79 x 99 mm
oil, acrylic on MDF board
2019

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"Echo" 
1620 x 1120 mm
oil, pastel on canvas
2019 

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LOOP HOLE gallery installation View
2019



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 「In the cloud」
2019年 6月15日(土) - 6月23日(日) 
OUR FAVORITE SHOP アワ フェイバリット ショップ


"EXVOTOS"
  141 x 97 mm
oil, acrylic on MDF board
2019


"EXVOTOS"
  118 x 96 mm
oil, acrylic on MDF board
2019
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 "MUNDUS"
1167x910x30mm
 acrylic, ink, collage on canvas
2017

Kousagisha gallery in Kyoto / 6.21 - 7.16  2017

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Installation View of "DAI CHU SHOW" 2013
2013年12月21日(土)〜 28日(土)
府中市美術館 1階 市民ギャラリー

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