Wishing you a year full of blessing and filled with a new adventure.
Happy new year 2026!
The painting below is titled “Pink Wave”, acrylic on canvas, 24”x29”, 2025,©Kikuko Sakota Art
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Something Different(2)
Another attempt was collage. It took some time to collect materials: photos, flowers to make pressed flowers, plastic tape to transfer photos on it, colored paper, tracing paper, etc. Also organizing my idea for collage composition was tougher than I thought. But I tried not to think too hard and made a few works. Here’s one. I picked a tropical parrot as a main role.
Untiled, Collage, 24”x29”, 2025, ©Kikuko Sakota Art
Something Different (1)
This summer I tried something different from usual: Oil painting and collage.
I used oil paints for the first time in ten years. They do not dry quickly like acrylic paints, so I felt impatient. While struggling, paints became muddy on canvas. After a few failures, I made several oil paintings. The below is one of them.
Untitled, Oil on canvas, 9”x11”, 2025 ©Kikuko Sakota Art
Thanks for coming
Thanks for coming to my solo show at Hiromart gallery tokyo.
Hiromart Gallery Representation
My small works are represented by Hiromart Gallery Tokyo. If you are interested in my works, please get in touch with the gallery. info(at)hiromartgallery.com
Solo Show at Hiromart Gallery Tokyo
My works will be exhibited at Hiromart Gallry Tokyo from Octorber 11 to November 10. When you are in Tokyo please joing us. Opening Reception will be held from 18:00-20:00 on October 11.
Gallery hours:13:00-19:00(Closed on Mondays and Tuesday)
Four Elements
Actors: Viridian, Quinacridone red, Hansa yellow, Ivory black, and Titanium white
When I was thinking about characters for painting, I thought of four elements, and looked into Wikipedia and I found it was the ancient Greek and Roman belief that everything is made of four elements, such as earth, water, air and fire.
I used the colors above mixing to act as earth, water, air, and fire with no playscript. I picked up the colors that I have avoided to use, which were viridian, and black. I focused on mixing viridian with others, but next time I would like to pay more attention to gray and black.
The painting below is Four Elements 24”x29” acrylic on canvas, 2023,©Kikuko Sakota Art
Gypsy
I was moved by the performance of the gypsy jazz band when I happened to listen to them. The band consists of only strings: a violin, guitars, and a bass. A guitar and a violin are main solo instruments. If I did not know it was categorized as a jazz, I thought it was a flamenco-like Latin music. Soaking in this music makes me feel like wander lust, or traveling to “see the world”, as the lyrics of Lady Gaga’s “Gypsy” goes.
The painting below is titled, “Gypsy”, acrylic on canvas, 21”x18”, 2023, ©Kikuko Sakota Art
