Flower Tales of Okinawa, act 2
2025. 7. 3.-29.
Higashi Village Culture and Sport Memorial Hall
At this exhibition, I would like to invite you, to join the Wind, as she embarks on a journey to explore the colorful world of the flowers of Okinawa!
The Wind has all the freedom in the world, running on the wide ocean. Still she has a dilemma... She is invisible. So in this story, she hopes to find a flower that would give her some color!
This exhibition is a second part of the "Flower Tales of Okinawa", following the exhibition in last August. In act 1, I presented the flowers from January and July. In act 2, let’s continue the flower journey from August to July!
However it is a lot bigger gallery, than the one in Ginowan that I used last year, so I used the huge entrance hall, to display the content of Act one as well:)
Let me guide you through the space!
Let's admire the location and the building for a second, before we go in:D This memorial hall is located in Higashi village,northen part of Okinawa, close to the shore, on a top of a hill, so you get an amazing view through the huge glass walls, while you are enjoying my exhibition^^ (also you can "climb" up unto the roof for a better view:D So fun!
Let's go inside! First thing you see is the cool wall sign they made me! It was already on the wall, so I had to think how to display my cherry blossom oil painting series around it. I must say, it turned out perfecty!
So in the entrance hall I display some content of the first exhibition, also added portraits of the Wind, to introduce the main character of the story to the audience:)
We go through the flowers of the winter and the spring, also some flowers of the summer. Since I have a lot of Hydrangea paintings, I decided to use a whole panel for just them and create my own Hydrange garden^^ So you can enjoy their cool vibe, and the great view of the ocean behind them:D
Finally we arrived to the exhibition room! This is where the main story "ACT2" takes place. Wide space with super colorful wall! Let me tell you, I designed the content of my show to fit into this room, I adjusted the order of the paintings (the order of the story!) in according to the color of the walls!
I love how the exhibition space helps to shape the story of the show. When you step into that room, you step into the space, where this story was born! A story that one day I will tell to the whole world! And you got to see its beginning...
On these three colored walls, I display flowers of the summer, autumn and winter. I have a new painting of the wind "Ready to play" that displays the Wind running to play with all these flowers, encouriging the audience, to go to this journey together with her!
I display not only paintings, but stories as well. This is very important to me, for you to get to know the tales of the flowers, to stories behind the faces. On my exhibibitions, you get to walk around in a picture book, follow the stories written on the wall:)
Biggest painting of the show is also my newest painting the "Pink cloud", portrait of a silk floss tree. This is also a unique piece, because it features the character of the Wind as well, as she interacts with the tree, and as she gets colored by the pink flowers!
Have you noticed the huge map next to the entrance? There is the spot where you can get your own "Treasure map"! Since I display all my little sketches that I paint outside, I wanted to give you the locations of each flower, each "treasure!"
Next to the entrance, I also have some goods for you, you can pick a postcard or a print to remember this day, when you first witnessed the faces of the flowers, the day when you met the Wind.
Because from this day, from the day you saw the faces of the Wind, she won't be invisible to you anymore. You will feel her excitement as the chilly spring wind curess your face, you will feel her anxiety as she collects her storm clouds above you.
Someday, the Wind will be known by the whole world. The whole world will be familiar with her Flower Tales. And you will be able to say, you were in the room, where this story was born.
