My Abstract Painting/私の抽象画

Well, the Japan Independent Exhibition will be held next month in March, and I will be participating as well. It's open with no jurors, and anyone can participate as long as they pay the entry fee and free exhibition. For me, it's an exhibition that marks the beginning of my career. Well-known artists like Chihiro Iwasaki have also exhibited their works.

The work at this year's exhibition which I exhibit is an abstract oil painting, and I used the oil paints I received as a keepsake from the late president of the Sakujitsu-kai, an art group I'm also a member of. When you look at the work of abstract painters, you often see complex, intertwining compositions using a wide variety of colors, but that's impossible for me, so I prefer to paint simply.

The exhibition will begin at the Japan Independent Exhibition, and will travel to the Sakujitsu-kai Exhibition and the Musashino Independent Exhibition. I'm able to do this thanks to Atelier Shirabe, who handles the loading and unloading of my work on my behalf.

The title of this abstract painting is "The Colors of the President of an Art Group." I'm truly grateful to the late president, Hatou. He sent me a canvas as a Christmas present, and when I received the Tobi Award in 2020 for my oil painting "Poor Petrushka," he called me directly to tell me the news. I still remember his voice saying, "It's Hatou."

There's still a lot I don't know about the Japanese art world, but I have many fond memories.

The photo shows this year's abstract oil painting, "The Colors of the President of an Art Group." The colors used, from left to right, are Prussian blue, orange, lemon yellow, cobalt blue, and cobalt violet.