Rei Kawana

I feel that I want air, so that we can be inside the painting. With color fields and lines I create gaps and let the air through.
There is wavering there, and also a tension over whether it will pass through or not. I also feel that, for the sake of the colors and forms, I want to place them in a better, more captivating state. Captivating things sometimes carry a certain danger and are unstable. That is why I paint forms that undulate and keep changing. I love the hardness (bone) and softness (flesh) that living things possess at the same time. It is the hard stem and the petals of a plant, or the rhythm of the stops, flicks, and sweeps of written characters; hardness is the “rivet” that holds softness in place so that it does not flow away. I want hardness and softness to live together in my paintings.