Stay Romantic
SERIES

2018–2019

 

These works have been called romantic, surreal, and sublime. I would even call them transcendentalist. The abstract elements pitch the landscape into something out of control and beyond human understanding which, in a world that is increasingly connected and quantified, feels wild, alluring and terrifying all at once. The desert becomes an active and dynamic subject, not a vacant stage or resource for the taking.

Akiko Surai, artist/writer/educator

 
 

Eden, 2018, 45”x 36”

 

Finishing Turner 2018, 45” x 36”
SD Practice Collection of
City of San Diego 2020

 

Mercurochrome, 2018, 45” X 36”

 
 

Warpaint, 2019, 40” x 84”

 

Just when you thought you were safe, 2019,
48” x 57”

 
 

Pick Your Battles, 2018, 18” x 120”

 
 

Know Your Enemy, 2018, 18” x 120”

 
 

Our Fault, 2018, 18” x 120”