Home Comforts Ⅱ

“Home Comforts” refers to the everyday objects and environments that bring comfort, ease, and a sense of security to daily life.

Home Comforts Ⅱ was created in early 2021, nearly a year into the COVID-19 pandemic.

As daily life became increasingly restricted and our relationship with the outside world changed significantly, I found myself spending more time paying attention to my immediate surroundings. This shift in perspective became the starting point for the Home Comforts series.

This work depicts familiar elements such as an air purifier and houseplants in my own room—objects and environments that we use unconsciously every day.

Although they are rarely given special meaning, they quietly support our daily lives and help maintain both physical and mental well-being. Through painting, I sought to preserve a sense of gratitude toward these “too ordinary to notice” presences.

The production method is based on my earlier Real Clothes series; however, in this work, the gesso ground is deliberately exposed across the entire surface.

Instead of oil paint, the edges are treated with a mixture of ground material and colored chalk powder, emphasizing the physical presence of the support itself.

While continuing my exploration of reversing the relationship between figure and ground, this work foregrounds the foundational structure of painting as a visible element of the image.

Home Comforts Ⅱ does not depict a special event.

Rather, it is a work that turns its attention toward everyday life itself—quietly accumulated over time.