A New Piece, #107

A New Piece, #107
February 17, 2025 Hiroyuki Hamada

My studio is in woods. Sometimes, when I walk back to our house at night, the darkness erases traces of “civilization” and confronts me with an uncanny feeling of being in nature alone.

The other night, on the freshly snowed ground, I spotted the foot prints of a creature. From the size and shape, it must have been a fox. I’ve only seen two of them around. One time, the circle of my flashlight revealed a small owl on the ground. It must have been startled by the light, it was frozen. It was a rare sighting of the unusually shaped bird at a close range.

My mind struggles to imagine their lives but it only ends in feeling a sense of awe toward them and their habitat.

Working in my studio sort of mirrors those experiences. Sometimes I get to encounter something that I want to share with you. Thank you for seeing my work.

#107, 54 x 64 x 10 inches, pigmented resin, 2025