Kubota Fumikazu

I am always looking for my perfect painting, a satisfying combination of colour, composition, materials. I know it is futile. But while things go on all around me, this rearrangement of colour, composition and materials is a salve. My recent paintings pay respect to the materiality of linen, colour and simple forms. In my studio I keep a selection of 1970s era, wooden children's building blocks and the beauty of these forms has crept into the design of my new paintings. Often my paintings focus heavily on the circle or sphere and this shape is a joyous one to me - representing the sun, and the dawning of a new day. My love of architecture and the built environment is also evident in my use of block forms. I have played with exposing or hiding the beautiful raw linen that acts as the surface of these works, and enjoyed the effect this material has on my selection of colours.