Aiko in Spring
Oil on Wood
13x16in
Japan
Kazune Shintaku paints the shape of pain through the image of girls who are both herself and bodies seen by others.
Working with oil and alkyd, she creates a smooth surface like a mirror or window, blurring the line between reality and the painting.
Her vivid colors and dense rendering expose the tension between cuteness and pain — the complexity of being human.
She paints to etch emotion into the present, giving form to feelings that refuse to disappear.
"I am so glad to have discovered Kazune Shintaku. The piece impresses with its motif and its choice of colors. I will surely be back for more. "
An Art Lover, purchase made in March 2025: "Needles and Narcissus 2", Oil on Wood , 13.1x9.5in