This work is my own "first work," created over a period of four months in 2008. By definition, a "first work" means that I was convinced and established that these colors and motifs were my worldview. Jewelry, flowers, butterflies, women, and the universe. The fusion of these elements represents the "character" of Maika Kobayashi. A fusion of realism and abstraction, reality and dreams, objects and people. My work is like a collage of various things I have seen in my life painting, which are "not fully mixed" but "alive" with each other. I think I long for the beauty of the fusion of something with something else while seeking separation from others in my independence as an artist. ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤ ㅤㅤㅤ팀팀팀팀팀팀팀팀팀팀팀팀팀팀팀팀팀팀팀팀팀팀팀팀팀팀팀팀팀팀팀팀팀팀.