WHILE IT’S STILL WARM | THE RED SERIES

Summary

While It’s Still Warm portrays a father and son sharing fried enoki mushrooms together — reaching instinctively for food before it loses its heat. Beneath this simple domestic scene sits a meditation on time, love, and the temporary nature of closeness. 

The act of eating while the food is still warm becomes a metaphor for family itself: moments of connection must be held and enjoyed while they are present, before children grow older, drift away, and begin lives of their own. The hands dominate the composition, emphasising care, familiarity, and the silent language shared between loved ones around a table. 

Bathed in the intense reds of the series, the painting carries both warmth and urgency. It reflects the artist’s ongoing exploration of intimacy, cultural memory, and the emotional weight hidden inside ordinary moments. Here, food is not simply nourishment — it becomes evidence of love, time passing, and the fragile beauty of being together now.