Size: F50 (45.9 × 35.8 inches / 116.7 × 91.0 cm)
Year of production: 2026
Materials: Acrylic gouache, varnish, canvas

"Silence Between Words" - Hiroko Saegusa Artwork Description

This meditative piece sees the entire large canvas enveloped in a deep ultramarine blue. In contrast to the intense clashes of color and splatters often seen in Saegusa's previous works, this piece converges to a single tone, presenting a more introspective and serene world.

Composition and Materiel The surface is inscribed with countless fine lines intersecting horizontally and vertically, along with traces of paint dragged across the canvas. The lustrous varnish finish catches the light, creating subtle glimmers across the surface, giving it a profound depth and shimmer like water, despite being a flat plane. Rather than flashy dripping or explosive splatters, the controlled layering of brushstrokes constructs the canvas like silently accumulating layers of time.

Color Consistency The canvas, pared down to a single blue hue, offers not monotony but a rich range of tones. Its nuances and textures subtly shift with the light, and its expression changes according to the viewer's perspective and state of mind—it is as if unspoken emotions continue to breathe within silence. This deep blue, which permeates quietly rather than asserting itself loudly, can be said to visualize the lingering resonance that remains after a conversation.

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