Kikuko Sakota uses acrylic paints because they are water soluble environment-friendly, dry fast, flexible, and produce great colors. They are similar to water color but they do not melt and mix on the surface so it is possible to apply layers over and over again.
She developed abstract style using layers of paints and in some cases using adsorbent. Her attempt is to create transparency and depth by applying thin acrylic layers like pouring and staining and to add subtle nuance by manipulating brush strokes. She is trying to express the landscape in her mind, in other words, the sense of multiple time space passing by. The moments depicted are music, feelings in the heart and mind, and the particular moment in the past and future.
She wants viewers to feel something in common with her work so that they can become absorbed and lost in a moment.
