Mitsumasa Kadota’s "Camphor" (2024) is a dynamic and expressive painting that encapsulates the artist’s ongoing exploration of movement, texture, and organic transformation. Executed with acrylic and carborundum on cotton, this large-scale composition is a vibrant dialogue between controlled gestures and spontaneous fluidity. The title, "Camphor", reference the resilience of nature, inspired by Kadota’s own childhood memories of a fallen camphor tree that continued to thrive despite adversity—an enduring metaphor for regeneration and reinvention.
Kadota’s signature technique is on full display in "Camphor".