Yumiko Kayukawa - Waves In the MindYumiko Kayukawa grew in Hokkaido, Japan where she found a love of animals and nature, both which feature in her works. She also took inspiration from American pop culture like rock and roll, films and fashion. In her works, she puts this with her modern and traditional Japanese motifs which makes up her unique style. Yumiko frequently uses acrylic and ink for her artwork, sometimes painting onto wood but mainly onto a canvas.
The piece, titled "Waves In the Mind", seems to show an illusion or fantasy where the girls hair slowly turns into waves. Also in the background, are two whales who seemed to have been placed in the painting for added effect. When looking closely at the girl's hair in the painting, you are able to see items such as a ship and other objects related to the ocean.
The main colours in this piece are blue, black and pink. These are mainly cool colours, suggesting this piece is meant to show calmness. The colours are primary and tertiary with mainly black used in the picture.
I think the artwork has been composed so that the girl is the first place a viewer looks at on the piece and then I feel that they would be drawn to follow the "waves" that make up the hair, due to the flow.
I believe this picture was created to symbolise the freedom of imagination due to the painting looking like a fantasy scene.
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