Sun Mulberry, Kozo, tissue, and handmade papers, mineral pigments on canvas 50 × 40 × 6 inches | Framed

Sun begins where all energy originates — at the center. The canvas is raised in two concentric ripples, built petal by petal from thousands of individually torn and folded sheets of Mulberry, Kozo, tissue, and handmade paper. From this luminous core, color radiates outward in an unbroken gradient: molten yellow at the heart, deepening through orange and red, cooling into deep cobalt and violet at the edges — the full spectrum of a sun witnessed from rise to atmosphere.

Before and after each tear, layers of mineral pigments are applied by hand. The tears are organic and unrepeatable; each fold is shaped to achieve a precise yet living result. The raised surface creates a shifting topography that responds to light throughout the day, making the work a continuously changing presence in any space it inhabits.

Sun exists between categories — neither painting nor sculpture in the traditional sense, but something wholly its own: tactile, organic, and irreplaceable. Thousands of individual gestures accumulate into a single, unified field of energy. The act of building petal by petal embodies slow, deliberate growth — small, consistent actions converging into something profound. The work is at once an artwork and a meditation on patience, process, and the beauty of transformation made visible over time.

Executed with archival mineral pigments and conservation-grade materials and protected under museum-grade non-glare glass, this work is suitable for institutional and private collections.