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Artwork Introduction

Nana Funo weaves her motifs from such as animals, people, landscapes and good luck charms that appear in stories and myths in which she has indulged since her childhood, into richly nuanced and layered, yet clear matière with a variety of touches.
Visual effects of Funo’s layered pictorial space – meticulous brushstrokes of acrylic paint with a depth that recalls pointillism or textiles woven stitch by stitch; a glossiness almost like that of ceramic resulting from layering clear gesso and gel media; and patterns which flow by a technique of masking – all of which embrace …