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This work features the “Yae-karaume,” a red plum blossom encountered at the Atami Baien plum garden that radiates vivid yet soft colors.
Captivated by its beauty, the artist has brilliantly depicted it alongside the white plum blossoms standing behind. While Atami is often associated with its coastal scenery, this piece focuses on the vitality of the plum blossoms that symbolize spring, bringing out their unique charm.
It embodies the artist’s wish for guests to enjoy the beauty of Atami’s plum blossoms throughout the year.

Inspired by the spiral, symbol of rebirth in Eastern tradition.
Evoking Motoi Yamamoto’s signature salt installations, the piece is painted with acrylics mixed with glass fibers, with the composition formed by lines that mimic the texture of salt crystals.
For the artist Motoi Yamamoto, the act of drawing lines is a journey through past memories, containing personal prayers and his own responses to questions about life and death.
The continuous spirals represent an inexhaustible succession of thoughts, quietly speaking to the concepts of revival, rebirth, and eternity.
Furthermore, the use of gold leaf layers the brilliance of time onto the material of gold, which has symbolized eternity across all ages and cultures.

In the ‘Layers of Time’ series, lines are layered repeatedly over previously drawn lines, as if tracing the path of memory.
The repeatedly drawn spiral patterns represent time that accumulates quietly but surely, with each line remaining on the surface as a trace of the artist’s own experiences and reflections.
The density and fluctuations of the lines, which deepen as they are layered, cast deep shadows, visualizing the passage of time, the complexity of memory, and the process of rebirth itself.
Additionally, the use of gold leaf allows the layers of time, which contain a sense of eternity, to emit a quiet radiance.

Dusk and early morning are times when the flow of time is felt most intensely—a color-filled period where the landscape changes moment by moment with drifting clouds and sky colors, making the passing time feel poignant.
This work was created with the image of Atami’s waterscapes throughout time, reflecting on a scene that transcends time where the stars and sun shining in the sky coexist with the sparkle of the water.
The title “Water Scenery (confeito)” was inspired by konpeito, the sugar candy that melts sweetly in the mouth.

A work depicting a water landscape shimmering in the light.
The light reflected in the water may be moonlight, sunlight, or perhaps the lights of the city.
It embodies the artist’s desire to evoke the memories of water that lie at the root of human existence.
By using natural minerals to depict the elusive glimmers swaying between the waves, the expression of the piece changes when viewed from different angles.
The title “Water Scenery (Odette)” was named after the image of night and the appearance of ripples that are constantly moving and dancing.

A work based on photographs of flowers and plants found in daily life, which were then decomposed and reconstructed on a computer.
Using the clover plant as a motif, the artist intended for the work to leave a faint impression of the original plant while providing a different experience for each viewer based on their visual perception, memories, and the location and timing of the viewing.
This work is inspired by the expansion of music and the moment when the flavors of a meal unfold.

A work based on photographs of flowers and plants found in daily life, which were then decomposed and reconstructed on a computer.
Using the angelonia plant as a motif, the artist intended for the work to leave a faint impression of the original plant while providing a different experience for each viewer based on their visual perception, memories, and the location and timing of the viewing.
This work is inspired by the rhythm of conversation and the flow of time during music or a meal.

A series of three works based on the Canna flower.
This work was created with the image of flying through a waterside landscape.
Please enjoy the sense of dynamism along with the view from your room and the unique impressions of each piece.

Based on the iris, this work imagines the flowers drifting and floating in front of a seascape-like space.

Based on the geranium, this work is imagined to evoke wind and flow.

A person practicing the accordion in a room
This work beautifully and serenely depicts the time spent practicing an instrument, a shared experience for all musicians.

A woman playing the guitar
By deliberately painting the figure large on a small canvas, the artist balances the subject with the room and accessories in this two-dimensional work.
This piece was influenced by the studies of Henri Matisse.

A person playing the cello
Centering on a figure playing the cello, this work pursues the dynamic expression created by the movements of the body.

A room dyed yellow by the setting sun, a time when the notes of the piano and colors seem to bleed and melt together
To depict the sound of a piano echoing through a large room, the composition was designed to expand the field of vision.
Multiple layers of paint were applied to make the entire room appear as if it were bathed in the glow of the sunset.

Memories of the sea that reside in everyone’s heart; a sandy beach where one can feel the wind and a sense of relaxed time
While depicting a scene of a sandy beach, this work also portrays many birds in flight to evoke the presence of the invisible wind.
It reflects the artist’s belief that when we place ourselves in the richness of nature, we too can become a part of it.

A person relaxing to the sound of a violin, a moment of richness where life resonates with melody and light
This work was created with an awareness of the reds and compositions used by Henri Matisse and Milton Avery.
By placing a red table in the center of the canvas, the viewer’s gaze is naturally guided there.

The lingering echoes of time passed and a premonition of something to come; the rest period in between
While appearing to be an interior scene, this work expresses imperfection by deliberately using unbalanced depth and perspective.
Furthermore, the yellow flowers, carpet, and walls are patterned to create a two-dimensional feel.

A place to surrender to the sea and wind, a place with a liberated view
This work depicts a scene close to the ocean.
It is painted so that one can feel the sea breeze, the scent of the tide, and the presence of people relaxing within it.
The colors have also been carefully chosen to make the blue of the sea stand out beautifully.

Twilight, a pleasant moment before dinner when the breeze feels wonderful
This work expresses a quiet moment for people gathered around an outdoor dining table in the soft light of dusk.
Through blurred colors and outlines, it captures an atmosphere where everything is accepted and embraced.

Rather than indicating a fixed destination, this work invites one to pause, observe, and question the fluid boundaries between human and nature, existence and becoming.
This reflects the artist’s ongoing exploration of nature as both a physical landscape and a mirror of the inner world.
Light plays a central role, shaping the space while evoking the fleeting and fragmentary nature of memory, and the layered process of creating the painting emphasizes the artist’s belief in the value of change.
Rather than depicting a fixed scene, the work captures a dynamic state of becoming where beauty, uncertainty, and introspection coexist.

A work depicting a landscape of ‘being’ rather than a geographical one.
This work expresses a world where nature spreads out like a dream, shaped by emotions and the flow of time.
In semi-abstract forms, soft ochre hills, meandering streams, and distant peaks enveloped in pink and pale aqua are depicted, functioning as a place of introspection that reflects the artist’s own inner landscape.
Within the work, the hills do not merely “wander” but drift like thoughts, maintaining a delicate balance between stillness and motion.
Through the layering of colors and textures, the work conveys how memories of nature remain in the body and transform through solitude, longing, and reflection.

Nature’s fleeting impression captured through memory and abstraction.
Layers of soft pink, earthy green, and ochre overlap to express a dreamlike landscape where hills gently surround a pale lake.
The contrast of textures and the shading of the paint create depth and rhythm, evoking the fleeting nature of a passing landscape.
Through a balance of intuitive composition and improvisational expression, the bare canvas and overlapping colors give the work a sense of breath, reflecting the emotional resonance of place, memory, and landscape.

A work depicting space where memory and nature converge poetically.
The trees stand like passages, and the space spreading between them conveys an emotional expanse alongside a physical one.
Diffused light softens the outlines, blurring the boundary between reality and imagination, thereby layering inner sensations onto the landscape.
Furthermore, themes such as impermanence, a sense of belonging, longing, transition, and the possibility of connection are woven in, with light depicted as a force that connects nature and the inner self.
Through abstracted forms and soft tones, the expansion of space and the mind are felt simultaneously. By overlapping the landscape beyond the trees with the viewer’s inner self, it shows that “vastness” exists not only in the visible world but also within the heart.

A work that captures the emotional essence of a landscape rather than its literal appearance, vividly combining abstract expression with natural symbolism.
Bold blue trees stand at the center of the composition, with undulating hills and cloud-like shapes depicted in textured pastels and earth tones.
Above, a deep ultramarine crescent moon shines, floating in a sky of soft lavender and cream.
Avoiding rigid structure, the canvas unfolds with gestural brushstrokes and layered color planes, evoking a “memory of place” rather than a specific geography.
The artist’s travels and transient experiences are reflected in the visual expression, creating a work where the landscape is felt to be shaped by inner reflection and time rather than mere geography.

Forest rendered as layered abstraction of color and form.
Organic structures melt into bold pinks, greens, and violets, creating a dreamlike landscape.
A central pink path reminiscent of a stream or forest trail meanders through mossy greens, deep violets, and dark charcoal undergrowth, while vibrant colors of mint, lilac, and crimson add movement and light, creating an intersection of control and improvisation through the contrast of flat surfaces and brushwork.
Reflecting an inner topography shaped by emotion, this work invites the viewer into a world that is strangely intimate yet unknown.

A work depicting a mountain landscape animated by light and elevation.
Based on soft pinks, ochres, and greens, this work creates a scene where stillness and motion coexist.
In the vertical composition, pale green peaks rise through bands of ochre and terracotta, while a single streak of vibrant red crosses the sky above, conveying change and energy within the silence, as yellow and red textures create subtle movement and rhythm.
As a symbolic landscape, it is a quiet and powerful work that allows one to experience the place where air, light, and land delicately meet.

An abstract expression of a location’s atmosphere and topographical features.
A blue stream meanders through hills of deep green, ochre, and burgundy, melting into a warm pink background.
The vibrant orange above represents a low sun, conveying changes in light and air.
Though abstract, this work communicates the presence of a place through sensation rather than sight, bringing together memory, topography, and feeling onto a single canvas.

A work that expresses a quiet and powerful forest scene through color and form.
The colors and shapes symbolize memory, emotion, and the tension of nature.
Dark green shapes pressing in from the left and right are bordered by different outlines, guiding the eye toward the light of pale mint and lavender, while dots of reddish-orange and dull mauve evoke undergrowth and fallen leaves.
Neither completely abstract nor representational, this work speaks through suggestion, conveying the sensation of walking into the woods rather than painting a “picture” of them.

Semi-abstract work depicting observation itself as an act of generation.
The viewer is invited not merely to look at forms, but to touch the process of their formation.
Earthy reds, subdued purples, and pale ochres are layered, conveying the accumulation and erosion of time, while soft outlines and ambiguous spaces reflect the coexistence of clarity and obscurity, and the brushwork and texture convey the artist’s journey of introspection.
Based on a deep engagement with nature, this is a quiet and meditative work where form, color, and brush movement mimic the fluid rhythms of nature.