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Painting Melon before dawn 2026




pigment and acrylic on linen
20 x 25 cm

“Do not take after me
In two halves on the table
the cut muskmelon.” 

—poem by Matsuo Bashō translated by Andrew Fitzsimons

The fluid, transparent layers of this piece reveal the growing process as a permanent state of becoming—like a muskmelon—rather than one of absolute maturation. 









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