The forest, which is closed, has a bottomless fear and harshness, but allows all life, circulates, and selects, is like a world that continues to transform. The lost memories and time become the nourishment of the moss-covered forest where new sprouts sprout, creating a quiet world.
■Mariko Enomoto Born in 1982 and lives in Tokyo. Influenced by his great-grandfather, who was a Japanese painter, he grew up in an environment with nature and paintings from an early age. After he studied fashion, he started painting by himself. In solo exhibitions and group exhibitions, he mainly presents acrylic paintings of people whose faces are covered with plants and animals. He has worked on illustrations for Jo Nam-joo's novel "Kim Ji-young, Born 1982" (Chikuma Shobo) and Mieko Kawakami's serialized novel "Yellow House" (Yomiuri Shimbun). In recent years, he has focused on oil paint.
