Nana Funo

Nana Funo revolves around painting and carved wooden panels, exploring the intersections of memory, nature, and personal experience. Her compositions often depict figures, animals, flora, and elements of writing, blending fantastical imagery with intimate reflections drawn from everyday life. Funo’s scenes evoke a dreamlike quality, balancing narrative, pattern, and abstraction, and inviting viewers into spaces that are at once whimsical and contemplative. Central to her practice is a meticulous, layered process. She applies muted acrylic tones onto wooden panels and carves the surface with a heated pen, building gradations and texture with gesso and successive layers of paint. This method creates depth, surface variation, and a tactile resonance that mirrors the layered complexity of memory and experience. Her approach emphasizes both precision and spontaneity, transforming ordinary motifs into intricate, kaleidoscopic environments. Living and working in Shizuoka, Funo draws inspiration from daily life, natural landscapes, and the interplay of the personal and the universal. Her art offers meditative reflections on perception, emotion, and the poetic potential of everyday moments. ...