Silk Paintings

The City is a signature landscape and figurative work by Maki combining Japanese and Chinese landscape painting style. It is framed with archival grade mount. There will be a certi...

Planet of the Sunset is 2023 work of Maki Kuchida. It's a signature landscape piece of Maki with vivid colors. The blue bird is the symbol of freedom and liberty. The painted size o...

Tree of Ipu is 2023 work of Maki Kuchida. It's a tribute to Hawaii, to its beautiful colors of nature. The painting contains so much elements of life - once can find tree, fruits, an...

Into the Current Colors is 2023 work of Maki Kuchida. It's a tribute to Hawaii, to its beautiful sea and colors of nature. The painted size of the work is approx. 41x32cm, while the...

The Seed is 2023 work of Maki Kuchida. Finding the seed is a life journey of discovery to look for one's true self. The painted size of the work is approx. 22 x 22cm, while the fram...

In a Forest of Fishes is 2023 work of Maki Kuchida. Maki paints with natural mineral pigments on silk. The work is about the harmony of the sea world where all fish species can live ...

The Mystic Drawers is a 2020 work from Maki Kuchida. Levering on the Dalinian symbolism of drawers, the drawers could mean memories and unconsciousness, a legacy of reading Freud’s concept. They express the mystery of hidden secrets. Most children explore every drawer, cabinet and closet of their home. For Maki, surreal elements appearing in her paintings are very recurrent. The girl wanting to open the drawer is her desire to explore the unknown and the courage to take the first step regardless of uncertainty. This work is about exploration, possibility and courage. Maki's paintings may seem deceptively simple at first but indeed the colors and texture are achieved through a labor-intensive and time-consuming process as painting on silk for one color requires at least 8 layers of pigments. Maki paints using mineral pigments...

Riverside is a 2020 work of Maki Kuchida. Maki combines the Japanese landscape painting technique with the Chinese one thus her landscape work is unique in its own way. At first glance Riverside is the depiction of natural scenery of the mountain, trees, flowers, river and reflection of water. Maki paints with a wide view—with all the landscape elements arranged into a coherent composition. The clear blue sky is prominently included in the view that forms the key composition of the painting. As the saying the sky isn't always blue, so this landscape with a lovely blue sky symbolizes the ideal state of life. Maki’s Riverside subtly contains a spiritual element – the serenity of life, as reflected from the quiet and peaceful mood she created with colors and the composition. She is influenced by the traditional Chinese landscape painting style where the recognition of a literati spiritual element in landscape art is present. Riverside is not just a quiet and calm landscape painting as it appears, the motif is simple and yet laden with associations, the deep meaning is to inspire us to pursue the ultimate goals in life – happiness and peace of mind. The painted size of the work is approx. 25 x 58cm, while the framed size is approx. 45 x 78cm. It is framed with archival grade mount. There will be a certificate of authenticity issued with your acquisition. Maki's paintings may seem deceptively simple at first but indeed the colors and texture are achieved through a labor-intensive and time-consuming process as painting on silk for one color requires at least 8 layers of pigments. Maki paints using mineral pigments on silk...

Memory of the River is a 2020 work of Maki Kuchida. It is a signature landscape work by Maki with the protagonist girl - the traveller, who always appears in Maki's landscape paintings, sees various interesting things along her journey and this time she has arrived at a fantasy place with lovely trees, plants and birds, beside the river she rests and ponders, seeing the reflection from the river. Although there is only one tree along the river...

Crystal Bridge is a 2019 landscape work by Maki Kuchida. Maki wanted to bring out the architectural beauty of this arch bridge. Besides, the bridge has a subtle meaning of connection and communication. Through a bridge people and places are connected, we are all part of the world, being united we could bring peace and prosperity to each other. Note the symbolic key which is the key to happiness, as an image appearing frequently in Maki's paintings. The painted size of the work is approx. 35 x 25cm, while the framed size is approx. 55 x 45cm. It is framed with archival grade mount. There will be a certificate of authenticity issued with your acquisition. Maki paints with lots of layers of color on silk, and finally the work laminated on Japanese paper. Maki's work gives a dreamy and surreal perspective due to the use of silk as her primary medium. BIOGRAPHY OF MAKI KUCHIDA Maki Kuchida was born in Shizuoka, Japan in 1979. Passionate in painting she devoted her time to study at the Tokyo Zoukei University majoring in Oil Painting and graduated with her first fine arts degree. That did not end her pursuit for perfection in her art career, she went to Beijing to further her studies and in 2007 she obtained her MFA degree from the Central Academy of Fine Arts (CAFA) in Beijing with major in Chinese painting. She likes to use the traditional delicate Chinese brush technique, which is also prevalent in Japan, to paint her works on silk or Japanese rice paper. Maki is inspired to paint landscapes and figures, she combines the Chinese and Japanese style painting on silk and rice paper with using mixed media materials like mineral pigments...

Pastoral is a 2019 landscape work by Maki Kuchida. This is Maki's signature landscape painting about the ideal quietude of the countryside scene which keeps her inspired to go on with her life journey in search of this state of tranquility. Note the key on the tree trunk - it's the key to happiness. Maki's landscape work combines Japanese and Chinese landscape painting style. At first glance Pastoral is the depiction of natural scenery of the trees, flowers and the pond. Maki’s landscape painting subtly contains a spiritual element – the serenity of life, as reflected from the quiet and peaceful mood she created with colors and the composition. She is influenced by the traditional Chinese landscape painting style where the recognition of a literati spiritual element in landscape art is present. Pastoral is not just a quiet and calm landscape painting as it appears, the motif is simple and yet laden with associations, the deep meaning is to inspire us to pursue the ultimate goals in life – happiness and peace of mind. Maki's paintings may seem deceptively simple at first but indeed the colors and texture are achieved through a labor-intensive and time-consuming process as painting on silk for one color requires at least 8 layers of pigments. Maki paints using mineral pigments on silk...

Morning Mist is a 2020 work of Maki Kuchida. It is a signature landscape work by Maki combining Japanese and Chinese landscape painting style. She used mixed media technique with aluminum leaf applied to give that tranquil feel of early morning, and she painted on the rice paper with acrylic before the silk painting is laminated on it so as to create a morning mist perspective. One can see a few swirls which render a lively flow to the river. At first glance Morning Mist is the depiction of natural scenery of the mountain, trees and the river. Maki’s landscape painting subtly contains a spiritual element – the serenity of life, as reflected from the quiet and peaceful mood she created with colors and the composition. She is influenced by the traditional Chinese landscape painting style where the recognition of a literati spiritual element in landscape art is present. Morning Mist is not just a quiet and calm landscape painting as it appears, the motif is simple and yet laden with associations, the deep meaning is to inspire us to pursue the ultimate goals in life – happiness and peace of mind. The painted size of the work is approx. 35 x 25cm, while the framed size is approx. 55 x 45cm. It is framed with archival grade mount. There will be a certificate of authenticity issued with your acquisition. Maki's paintings may seem deceptively simple at first but indeed the colors and texture are achieved through a labor-intensive and time-consuming process as painting on silk for one color requires at least 8 layers of pigments. Maki paints using mineral pigments on silk...