I wanted to make a painting of a common park scene in the style of Morandi's still life paintings. This is one of the works from the "Park Scenery" series. There was a time when I was interested in parks as "places that contain nature but are artificially planned. The parks I covered ranged from Naha City, where I live, to Tokyo, but my favorite motifs were parks that were commonplace, lacking in individuality, and somewhat lonely. The motif of this work is a small park in the city of Naha. As with Fujimoto's other works, the technique used is the same: plywood is primed, then acrylic paints are layered and ground. As for the production process, a full-scale line drawing is created on tracing paper that is separate from the screen. I then plan the layered composition of colors to be painted over, choosing colors that I feel are good from a painterly point of view, without necessarily being concerned with the motif's inherent colors. Once the plan has been determined to some extent, both in terms of line and color, the line drawing on tracing paper is transferred onto the panel, and the main painting process begins. After the preliminary preparation by underpainting and scraping to destroy the grain of the wood, more than 20 layers of paint are applied as a depiction, including partial and solid areas, and then the painting is ground with water-resistant sandpaper while being sprayed with water. After repeated scraping and monitoring of the screen, a screen that looks finished appears. The screen and sides of the work have a smooth matte finish, so the work can be wiped clean with a dish towel. The back of the work is also painted with acrylic paint after the panels are attached to increase the durability of the work. String for display is already attached.
