1987 年の冬、初めて北イタリア を旅して数々のフレスコ絵画を目にした。何百年もの時間が絵画に堆積された姿は深く美しく、その感動と驚きが改めて描くことの「入り口」に私を誘った。もっと絵を知りたい、もっと画家たちに近づきたい、もっと絵に精進すれば、きっと先人たちの魂に触れることができるかもしれないと。
In the winter of 1987, I made my first trip to northern Italy and saw numerous fresco paintings. I was deeply moved and amazed by the beauty of the hundreds of years of time that had accumulated in the paintings, which led me to the “gateway” to painting again. I wanted to know more about painting, to get closer to the painters, and to touch their souls if I devoted myself to it.