– When we meet again? Or if we meet again?
– When we meet again.
– I’m glad. So much is unfinished.
– That’s not why we’ll meet again. Anyhow, when we meet again, everything will look quite different than it does now. But don’t worry. You will still recognize me.

When We Meet Again and Undertow are variations on the same subject. In both paintings I seek to eliminate all traces of brush strokes. Multiple layers of transparent glazes create deep saturated colors, much like stained glass.

This painting owes a lot to Narrow Ivy Path (Tsuta no hosomichi-zu) by Sōtatsu. In Sōtatsu’s masterpiece, which is over seven meters (23’) wide, stretching out across two six-panel screens, the path seems to extend beyond the screens into space.