Mie Kumagai
"My climbing boots"
2015, acrylic on canvas, 50cm x 60.3cm
"I have been painting for 50years. Recently, my theme is “Shoes".
Two decades ago I was impressed with my son's shoes, why? even his leather brown shoes was torn , discolored. I found some kind of beauty in used things. Lately lots of people lost their lives due to disasters, Tunami, Earthquake,Taihoon,Tero, Railway accidents,,.
I'd like explain their lost lives by painting lots of shoes.