Aki Maruyama

The motifs of my works are "sea creature = coral" and "land creature = hana," which live while being influenced by the surrounding environment. The world of the sea, which I actually see and feel when diving, and the world of land, which I feel in my daily life, can be beautiful but also sad and fri...

The motifs of my works are "sea creature = coral" and "land creature = hana," which live while being influenced by the surrounding environment. The world of the sea, which I actually see and feel when diving, and the world of land, which I feel in my daily life, can be beautiful but also sad and frightening at the same time. The way they adapt to such an environment while being affected by various influences makes me feel their strength as living creatures, but at the same time I have mixed feelings as the one who is influencing them. Coral and Hana, who exist in such different worlds but have something in common, are vividly and colorfully depicted with rock paints, both the strong, fragile, attractive part and the slightly toxic part of "being influenced by the surroundings".