Painting Dreams, Blooming Feelings

I have lived my life by pursuing dreams.
It is because I have dreams that I pick up the brush. It is because I have dreams that I keep painting.
No matter my age, I want to live alongside my dreams and continue to create.

I value the traditional techniques of Japanese painting, using natural materials such as mineral pigments, animal glue, gold and silver leaf, and silk.
These materials, gifts of nature, help me feel connected to the earth—and even the universe—as I paint.

A Longing for Fusion: Love and the Universe Begin with What Is Missing

Throughout my life, I have carried a sense of “something missing.”
But it’s not anxiety—it’s hope.

Opposites attract—male and female, light and shadow, self and other.
When those opposites merge, the energy is fierce, raw, and beautiful.
I depict that moment through a theme I call “a longing for fusion.”

This concept began with my graduation work and remains central to my practice.
We seek what we lack. And in that seeking, love is born.
That absence—that hunger—is what drives me to create, and it becomes a passageway to the universe.

Hananingens: Faces that Bloom in the Mind

A recurring motif in my work is Hananingen (portraits of people without faces, where flowers carry their presence and emotion).
For example, a person’s face might appear as a rose, a cherry blossom, or a lotus. Each flower symbolizes a different emotion or energy, and allows the viewer to freely project their own memory and meaning onto it.

Faces carry judgment—likability, expressions, preferences.
But by painting a flower instead, I invite viewers to discover their own inner sense of beauty.
Flowers bloom silently and vanish quietly.
It is through that fleeting brilliance that I aim to reveal something essential about being human.

Prayer for a Lost Life—Roses and Healing

Years ago, I lost a dear friend to illness.
It was that loss that led me to start painting roses.

Roses not only soothe the heart but are said to heal and strengthen.
In vineyards in France, roses are planted to protect and bless the grapes.
Touched by loss, I began to see faces in flowers, and painting became a form of prayer.

With the shimmering light of gold and silver leaf, I aim to preserve the memory and soul of that friend—quietly, but powerfully—on the canvas.

Female Psyche and the Byakuya Series

The women I paint are myself—and yet, they also reflect something universal within us all.

My series titled “Byakuya” (Midnight Sun) refers to the natural phenomenon that reveals what usually hides in darkness.
In the same way, these paintings illuminate the hidden layers of the female psyche.

Female nudes ripple in silver light, silent and raw.
To me, these images transcend language. They are not described with words, only felt.

From within the body, I draw out unspoken emotions. Through my brush, I hope you hear the quiet voice inside each figure.

Beauty That Heals

Art has the power to heal beyond words.
If one of my paintings could quietly plant a flower in someone’s heart,
that would be my greatest joy.

With each stroke, I continue to paint,
believing that beauty can lead people—gently, vividly—into a dream, and maybe even into the universe itself.