This work is part of the Calm Tone series, a body of paintings that explores a state of quiet harmony within the subtle fluctuations and frictions of everyday communication. The title refers to a gentle and balanced quality of sound and color, reflecting the artist’s attempt to perceive things as existing alongside one another, without hierarchy or opposition.
Through repeated observation of the boundaries between light and shadow, SAWADA seeks to develop a more nuanced understanding of his subjects. For the artist, the act of painting softens the distinctions between opposing concepts such as light and darkness, allowing a deeper relationship with the surrounding world to emerge.
In this series, drawing and observation become a process similar to the act of calming and caring for others—a quiet internal movement that creates space for understanding and connection.