To me, “seeing” has a more profound meaning than mere vision. When I try to see my being on this planet through my five senses, images appear right before my eyes. These are what I paint. For this exhibition, I have challenged myself to paint these images as close as possible to what I see, and in order to do so, I paint them on the back of the canvases. The paints, as they are absorbed immediately, themselves become the image I envision.
- Keisuke Matsuda