In 2006 my friend Leo Plaw (who is responsible for programming beinart.org and is a great Visionary Painter himself) received a myspace 'friend' request from a Japanese painter named Satoshi Sakamoto. Leo shared Satoshi's colourful paintings with me (which I found beautiful and stylistically unique) and I invited the young Japanese artist to join our online gallery.

In the few pleasant email conversations I had with Satoshi he told me that he was very excited about being represented on beinart.org and that he finds the life of an artist in Japan difficult, since the local contemporary art community are not receptive to his style of art.

I have found out, through communicating with many of the artists on our website, that this attitude and prejudice is typical in most nations, which is a huge shame, as the general public is more receptive to Surreal, Fantastic, Psychedelic & Visionary art than much of what is shown in highbrow galleries.

I'm sure the Japanese public would love to get lost in Satoshi's mesmerizing psychedelic imagery. I am hopeful that this trend will change soon (as fashion is constantly changing), and skilled/imaginative artists like Satoshi Sakamoto will be celebrated and able to support themselves with their art alone. Fingers crossed.

I am not generally into such colourful work, but the way Satoshi balances his hyper palate is incredible. His images are packed with organic alien forms & swirling masses of psychedelic brain matter.

I always look forward to seeing Satoshi's New work and hope to see one his paintings in the flesh one day. I believe many of them are massive and packed with detail. I'm sure the photo's I have posted here wouldn't do them justice. All the same, it is an honour to be able to share Satoshi's beautiful work with our readers.

Here is Satoshi's artist statement:

"I trust the power of colors. I set out to create a phenomenon on the canvases with mainly primary colors. First of all I try to maximize the meaning of red fully in anger and mercy. I think that red cautions us against the sacrilege of human ego disregarding nature. I thought of Sur-naturalism, that which might be regarded as the conservative reformism which connotes succession from the 20th century. Also, it is close to the ancient designs and the recollection of the Renaissance."

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This entry was posted on Wednesday, May 16th, 2007 at 8:39 am by Jon Beinart and is filed under Paintings, Psychedelics & Art. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.