I made this zine with Arkitip back in 2013. I think it was a standalone release, one of the printed objects they’d put out around magazine issues. It was a small run of only 100 copies, so not that many people got to see it. I only got one copy, number 23.
Plants, Flowers, Figures, Elements, Gradients, Fruit, and Birds.
植物、花、人物、要素、グラデーション、果実、そして鳥。
Taken together, this group of 180 drawings and paintings, produced between 2012 and 2025, reads less as a survey than as an ongoing archive. The recurring subjects of plants, flowers, figures, fruit, birds, gradients, and elemental forms are presented without narrative or context, returning again and again as sites of inquiry. Their repetition suggests less a search for resolution than a commitment to staying with a form long enough for its complexity to unfold.
Tests and Trials of Translucent Color
I painted these while planning my mural, Transparent #2. I had an idea of how I wanted to paint it, and these studies helped me figure out the process.
