Mitsumasa Kadota’s 色彩の畝 4 (Furrows of Color 4) is an evocative work that embodies his mastery of color, texture, and movement. Created in 2016, this piece belongs to his series exploring the rhythm of color through the materiality of paint, using acrylic and carborundum on cotton to achieve a striking interplay of depth and fluidity. The result is a surface that appears to shift and ripple, inviting viewers into a dynamic visual experience.
Kadota’s technique in Furrows of Color 4 is immediately distinctive—rather than applying color in a static composition, he allows it to move organically, creating an effect reminiscent of natural erosion, cascading water, or windblown textures. The use of carborundum, an unconventional material in painting, gives the surface a tactile quality that interacts with light, making the colors shimmer and deepen depending on the viewer’s position.