Maia Lynch

Tombstone Letter

Cave Maze, 2019, gouache on paper, 27" x 191/2"

Caramel Garden, 2017, gouache on paper, 27" x 19 1/2"

Tomb Hug, 2016, gouache on paper, 28" x 22"

Drifting Gate, 2016, gouache on paper, 29" x 20 1/2"

Comb and Microorganisms, 2016, gouache on paper, 30" x 21"

Matsuyama Sanbancho (Third Street), 2017, gouache on paper, 27" x 19 1/2"

Boat Maze, 2016, gouache on paper, 28" x 23"

Okujyou Uenchi (Rooftop Amusement Park), 2018, gouache on paper, 28" x 23"

Pinball Circus Machine, 2016, gouache on paper, 28" x 23"

Tomb Hug Green Grass, 2016, gouache on paper, 25" x 23"

Boat Maze, Stones, Rocks, 2016, gouache on paper, 28" x 23"

My mother’s family is from the smallest and least populous of Japan’s four main islands, Shikoku. I spent two and a half months visiting this region of southern Japan, traveling to Shikoku, as well as Kyushu, and the Ryukyu Islands via support from the SMFA Traveling Fellowship.

The series here was created out of those travels, partially spent in the region of Bizen outside of Okayama and visiting the Ehime and Kochi prefectures in Shikoku.