This work was created in 2009 as part of Fujimoto's landscape series.
Like "strawberry fields," which was created at the same time, this is a fufu landscape painting that symbolically expresses moving from the dark side of life toward hope.
A rushing river connects the near view of a dark cave and the distant view of a white-out forest.
The title, "glory," does not mean "glory," such as becoming famous or gaining power.
It is a kind of "calmness" that comes from self-reflection and delving into oneself while encountering various hardships.
As in the other Fujimoto works, the technique is the same as that used in the other works: the plywood is primed, and then acrylic paint is layered and ground.
The process involves creating a full-size line drawing on a separate sheet of tracing paper.
Then I plan the layered composition of colors to be applied, but I choose colors that I feel are good from a pictorial point of view, not necessarily the unique colors of the motif.
Once the plan has been decided to some extent in terms of line and color, the line drawing on the tracing paper is transferred to the panel and the main painting begins.
The panel used is double-sided, front and back. The entire surface of the screen, sides, and back are painted. The same color as the screen background is painted on the sides.
On the screen, after prepainting and scraping to destroy the wood grain, more than 20 layers of paint are applied as a depiction of parts and solids, and then water is sprayed on while grinding with water-resistant sandpaper.
By repeatedly scraping and monitoring the screen, a screen that looks complete will appear.
The screen and sides of the work have a smooth matiere, so the work can be wiped clean with a dish towel.
The back of the work is also paneled and painted with acrylic paint to increase the durability of the work. A string for display is already attached.
One of the characteristics of painting, "multilayered magic" is used to create a spectacle that exists only on the support.
Since 1999, I have been pursuing the possibilities of painting with the consistent technique and matière of "layering and polishing acrylic paint.
