Striped Serenity by Treechild Yamakawa Shuho Bottled Stillness by Treechild is

Bottled Stillness by Treechild is an abstract portrait-format painting that uses the vessel as a contemplative motif

The composition is stripped of all excess

The composition is tight and intimate

Created in 1858 as part of Hiroshige’s vertical series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji

drawing the eye from the dense ink of the bird's body outward into stillness

Striped Serenity by Treechild Yamakawa Shuho Bottled Stillness by Treechild isStriped Serenity by Treechild is a bold exercise in rhythm and restraint. Vertical bands of colour some dense, some barely there create a pulsing, almost meditative visual field. Treechild's instinctive approach to colour is on full display: hues are chosen with feeling rather than formula, and the result is a composition that manages to feel simultaneously energetic and calm. The abstract format strips everything back to its essentials, letting