Born in Japan and now residing in Tokyo, the abstract paintings by artist Motoko Oyamada, have a precise interpretation about which the artist has stated, “As a mother of one son, I feel that I am still in emotional contact with my late mother and I am still helped by her in some way; everyone should give thanks to this maternal love and the support it gives us. I want to believe the love of a mother could create a peaceful world. My works describe and are inspired by those feelings which can be interpreted in the strokes of the paint brush and in the colours and lines that I use.” Her paintings can be appreciated by the observer with this in mind: they are full of luminous, instinctual colour and of black lines and signs (often circles of the mandala of life), which represent deep and inner bonds. They are then placed in a visionary setting which is reminiscent of ideograms found in oriental art where vases, silks and paintings were depicted on rice paper.
