Porthminster Gallery is proud to present a new collection of mixed-media paintings on board by long-standing gallery artist, Masako Tobita, whose atmospheric 'veiled and shifting' ethereal creations depict the raw and rugged West Penwith coastline through unique palette, intimate composition and gestural marks.
A note from Masako:
"My work is very personal, it's all about how I feel and how I react to the environment at the time. My main tool is walking. Occasionally a camera and a sketch book. I'm not a great walker but I try as much as I can. Then I take these feelings and visual memories back to my studio in Hampshire. I start working on a blank canvas without a particular direction to follow. In the process of layering marks and colours as well as my thoughts, I usually manage to find the visual destination. The last time I visited West Cornwall, I was recovering from a serious illness. I was standing on a cliff near Zennor, a cold wind piercing through my body urging all my senses to wake up. This familiar magnificent landscape was still there and would be there long after me. I realised that I was a temporary resident in this world."
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