Oil on wood panel

H530 x W652 mm

mankind

heaven, earth and mankind

"The Principles of Heaven, Earth, and Mankind is a concept that guided many Traditional Japanese artworks.
It illustrates how we, as human beings, are related to nature; how we find ourselves in nature;

how we define our reality in relationship to nature; and how we internalise the beauty and order of nature to our existence.

In the grey-toned society we are living today, while our sights are limited by steels and concretes,

is there any way for us to re-obtain, re-ground and re-define our connection to nature, to heaven, and to earth?

This series is my attempt to answer these questions.

It is how I heal myself by re-building my internal and elemental connections with the phenomenal world.”

- iris issen