2024 has once again become a year of traveling the world — India, the United States, Italy, France, the UK, Spain…
In each place, I encountered lights and shadows unlike those in Japan, and felt the distinct winds that blow through each land. Zephyr was painted with the image of those gentle breezes experienced along the way.

Ginza is a city I often visited as a child. Each time I passed the Sony Building, I would stop to gaze at the flowerbeds and the blossoms in full bloom.
Perhaps the reason I chose to zoom in on the “BUTTON FLOWER,” which I frequently paint, was to recall that childhood perspective. If viewers can sense the breeze that stirs within these scenes, I would be deeply pleased.

The series of 18 small works was inspired by the mosaic tiles I encountered at Park Güell in Spain — the power and beauty that emerge when countless small tiles come together, and the joy of beholding them. I wish to pay tribute to Antoni Gaudí, who so profoundly stimulated my creative spirit.