Maria Tanikawa

Primarily, she works with sumi-ink, dry jewel pigments and metal leaf (gold, silver, copper and aluminum). Even when working with a two-dimensional work, striving to create rich textures, reflection and space by using many layers of ink, metal leaf and pigment Thus allowing her to capture the feelin...

Primarily, she works with sumi-ink, dry jewel pigments and metal leaf (gold, silver, copper and aluminum). Even when working with a two-dimensional work, striving to create rich textures, reflection and space by using many layers of ink, metal leaf and pigment Thus allowing her to capture the feeling of a three-dimensional piece. The fact that metal can change color on its own as time goes by compliments the theme of her work. The theme of my art is "HUMAN FEELING: emotional life." The roots of her art lies in organic abstraction - The roots of her art lies in organic abstraction fascinated by human emotions - for example, hope, sadness, confusion and love. And interested in the relationships or The roots of her art lies in organic abstraction fascinated by human emotions - for example hope, sadness, confusion and love. and interested in the relationships or connections that exist in our minds between ideas and images

It is rooted in a deep interest in the relationships or connections that exist in our minds between ideas and images such as color, sound, rhythm and movement. The map-like themes often found in abstract works seek to explore these relationships and articulate them by mapping emotion and color onto the landscape.

The textures created by applying layers of ink, metal leaf and mineral pigments, make the two-dimensional work seem as if it were in a three-dimensional world. It also completes the theme of "human emotion" which is changing.