Artist statement:
Though Japan is my country of origin, I have spent half my life in the United States, two totally different cultures whose philosophical and religious aspects are so very divergent. As I reflect on nature, science and the universe, these major influences affect my thoughts and emotions and drift through my mind as I create. This is what I hope to impart to other human beings as they experience my paintings.
Encaustic Painting:
The painting technique in which pigments are mixed with hot liquid wax. Artists can change the paint’s consistency by adding resin or oil (the latter for use on canvas) to the wax. After the paint has been applied to the support, which is usually made of wood, plaster, or canvas, a heating element is passed over the surface until the individual brush or spatula marks fuse into a uniform film. This “burning in” of the colours is an essential element of the true encaustic technique.
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