"Hyakume 百目."

Acrylic ink & coffee on canvas. 24x32 cm.  2024.The work is inspired by images of Japanese demonology. Like their name suggests, hyakume are covered from head to foot with countless blinking, yellow eyes. Underneath those eyes are fleshy, roughly man-sized bodies. With their eyes closed, they resemble pink lumps of flesh, and are nearly indistinguishable from nuppeppō (which live in a similar habitat). Coffee was also used as a natural dye. The work is protected with varnish.          Mat board included. For greater safety, the work is delivered on a hard cardboard tablet.