This work was created in 2009 as part of Fujimoto's landscape painting series. Like "strawberry fields," produced around the same time, this landscape painting symbolically expresses the transition from the darker side of life to hope. The title, "glory," does not refer to the "glory" of becoming famous or gaining power in the eyes of the public. It is a "calm state of mind" obtained through self-reflection and delving into oneself despite various hardships. As with Fujimoto's other works, the technique used is the same: plywood is primed, then acrylic paints are layered and ground. As for the production process, a full-scale line drawing is created on tracing paper that is separate from the screen. I then plan the layered composition of colors to be painted over, choosing colors that I feel are good from a painterly point of view, without necessarily sticking to the motif's inherent colors. Once the plan has been decided to a certain extent in terms of both line and color, the line drawing on tracing paper is transferred onto the panel, and the main painting process begins. The panel used is double-sided. The panel is painted on the entire surface of the screen, sides and back. The same color as the background is applied to the sides of the panel. After the preliminary preparation of the screen by undercoating and scraping to destroy the grain of the wood, more than 20 layers of paint are applied to depict the image in part and solid, and then the image is ground with water-resistant sandpaper. After repeated scraping and monitoring of the screen, a screen that looks finished appears. The screen and sides of the work have a smooth matte finish, so the work can be wiped clean with a dish towel. The back of the work is also painted with acrylic paint after the panels are attached to increase the durability of the work. String for display is already attached. One of the characteristics of painting, "multilayered magic," is used to achieve a spectacle that exists only on the support. Since 1999, he has been pursuing the possibilities of painting with the consistent technique and matiere of "layering and polishing acrylic paint."
