Stripped of all Color 2000–2014 

Ink on Chinese paper / Different sizes between 15 x 15 cm and 26 x 24 cm

To paint the tea bowls, I need an ink stone and water, a calligraphy brush for ink painting and absorbent paper. I mostly paint using the Sumi-E technique. The object of my painting attention is a tea bowl, a simple utility vessel of great beauty. I initially painted tea bowls as a daily painting exercise. As a series, the painted leaves reflect particular interests and sensitivities, like the freedom in the guidance of the brush or the focus on the material quality of the bowl or on the object in its environment or on the bowl as a volume. Stripping things of all color and releasing them from the context of their environment makes their internal structure palpable.