Naoko Shibuya & Jade Stout
23 November – 22 December 2006

An exhibition of new paintings by Naoko Shibuya and Jade Stout.

The images in Naoko Shibuya's paintings come from the impressions or spectrum of nature and landscape in daily life. Influenced by the transient nature of a firework or flower in bloom, Shibuya's work looks at the changing rhythm of time and aims to capture something of its essence.

Shibuya also draws ideas from the form of trees, plants, flowers and lately birds. The circle and spiral in her work represent symbols of not only death but also reincarnation, which can be found in Zen and Celtic culture.