Ichikawa once explained, “Literally translated, san-sui, means mountain and water, but, in Japanese art, san-sui represents the creation of an imaginary landscape that doesn’t exist in the physical realm. After applying colors and tones as randomly as possible, a vague feeling of illusional space appears on a surface of a painting. In order to make the sense of a space more concrete, I look for winding paths like streams of water in the scene.”Hiro Ichikawa
Overlay, 2012
Oil on wood
40 x 25 inches
101.6 x 63.5 cm
Signed, dated, and titled on verso