大掃除 / Year-end Cleaning (sold)
[日本語→English]
11/22〜の個展に向けた新作7枚目。
この絵は今年5月、並樹画廊さんで個展中に実際に起きたシーンをもとに描いたものです。
私の大好きなあるスタッフさんは、大変テキパキしたお方。この日も私のおしゃべりに付き合いながら、ササッと床を拭いていました。しばらくすると、「あーーっ🙈💦」と大きな声が！なんと、拭き終わった床にたくさんの足跡が👣 2人で大笑いをしました。
お掃除は二度手間になったとしても、こういうのってすごく楽しくて、幸せな気持ちになります。絶対に絵にしようと思い、急いでスケッチしました。そして、この絵は絶対に並樹画廊さんで発表したいと思い、8月の個展ではなく今回、時期にあわせて大掃除の絵として仕上げました。
大掃除 (sold)
2023年 アクリル絵の具、紙、キャンバス 158 x 227 mm
The 7th piece for the upcoming exhibit;
Year-end Cleaning (sold)
2023 Acrylic and paper on canvas 158 x 227 mm
This painting is based on a scene I actually encountered at Namiki Gallery in May this year during my exhibit.
One of the staff members who I admire is a very efficient worker. One day, I was chatting with her while she was quickly wiping the floor. After a while, I suddenly heard "Nooooo! 🙈💦". To our surprise, many footprints were on the floor after she finished wiping it. 👣 We both had a good laugh.
The cleaning itself may be twice as much work, but this kind of thing is so much fun and makes me happy that I rushed to sketch it, determined to make a painting of it for sure. Although I could have presented this painting in August in a different gallery, I wanted to show it in the same place, Namiki Gallery, where the cute situation happened.
◎ About the title 🧹
We, Japanese people, have the custom of cleaning our houses thoroughly at the end of the year to be sincere and to welcome Toshigami-sama. So, we can think of this as a seasonal winter event in Japan.
◎ About the polka dot pattern 🔵 🔵 🔵 🔵 🔵
This is a traditional pattern called Mame-shibori in Japanese. The clothes are called Tenugui, made of thin cotton gauze hand towels.
