Sumi ink, Mineral pigments (burnt Umbra, Gofun) and Nikawa on Awagami Kitakata paper, mounted on wood panel. Protected with Lascaux matte varnish.
70 × 100 × 4 cm – 2026
Signed, sealed with cinnabar paste,
title, year + catalogue number on the verso
Ready to hang
Certificate of authenticity included
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It Is What It Is | Breath Meditation N°73
The Breath Meditation paintings are a direct result of an active meditation practice, where inhalations and exhalations are counted, and a mark is made after each complete breath cycle.
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“It all started with a delicate, circular Breath Meditation painting (resembling a tree disk), which I furiously overpainted with Sumi when I received the message that the work would not be accepted for the exhibition it was created for. (A childish reaction, I know.)
When it finally dried, I loved the texture that emerged and felt inspired to draw another Breath Meditation on top of it — this time using mineral pigments (Burnt Umber and Gofun). And that was it.
Now that the piece is finished, I can’t help but see it as an abstract landscape: a sea and a large dark mountain covered with woods, reminiscent of the Attersee (a nearby lake, often painted by Gustav Klimt). As if the tree disk had disappeared and, ironically, transformed into a mountain full of trees instead.
It wasn’t meant that way, even though I quite like this perspective. In the end, it simply is what it is: Breath Meditation N°73.”
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Sumi ink, Mineral pigments (burnt Umbra, Gofun) and Nikawa on Awagami Kitakata paper, mounted on wood panel. Protected with Lascaux matte varnish.
70 × 100 × 4 cm – 2026
Signed, sealed with cinnabar paste,
title, year + catalogue number on the verso
Ready to hang
Certificate of authenticity included
—
It Is What It Is | Breath Meditation N°73
The Breath Meditation paintings are a direct result of an active meditation practice, where inhalations and exhalations are counted, and a mark is made after each complete breath cycle.
—
“It all started with a delicate, circular Breath Meditation painting (resembling a tree disk), which I furiously overpainted with Sumi when I received the message that the work would not be accepted for the exhibition it was created for. (A childish reaction, I know.)
When it finally dried, I loved the texture that emerged and felt inspired to draw another Breath Meditation on top of it — this time using mineral pigments (Burnt Umber and Gofun). And that was it.
Now that the piece is finished, I can’t help but see it as an abstract landscape: a sea and a large dark mountain covered with woods, reminiscent of the Attersee (a nearby lake, often painted by Gustav Klimt). As if the tree disk had disappeared and, ironically, transformed into a mountain full of trees instead.
It wasn’t meant that way, even though I quite like this perspective. In the end, it simply is what it is: Breath Meditation N°73.”
—
> See all Breath Meditation paperworks
> See all Breath Meditation wood panels
> Read more about this series
