Kiyo Aono
Kiyo Aono
I am a Japanese oil painter.
I paint emotions that cannot easily be expressed in words. Through my work, I explore love, longing, memory, loss, and the feelings that remain long after a moment has passed.
Painting is my way of preserving what I have felt and experienced. While some people keep diaries with words, I leave traces of my life through images. Each painting becomes a record of an emotion, a memory, or a question that continues to live within me.
I hope my work allows viewers to reconnect with feelings they may recognize but cannot always name.
For me, art is not only a form of expression—it is a way of leaving evidence that I was here, that I felt deeply, and that these moments existed.
My name is Kiyo Aono, and I am a Japanese oil painter.
I express emotions that are difficult to put into words through paintings.
It's about longing, romance, and impatience—feelings that everyone surely had deep down in their hearts in the past, but which we've forgotten as we've grown up, caught up in roles, responsibilities, and the demands of daily life.
People leave behind their words in the form of diaries.
I record the trajectory of my life, along with the emotions I felt at the time, through paintings.
I would be honored if my work could evoke some kind of feeling in you.
Nothing has begun. Standing between strength and fragility. Which way will I go? What will I choose? There is no answer yet. まだ何も始まっていない。 強さと儚さの間 過去と未来の間 どこへ向かう？ 何を選ぶ？ まだ何も始まっていない これから 黎明
教えてほしい。 あなた以外の人を愛する方法を。 時間は過ぎていくのに、心だけが同じ場所に残されている。 前に進みたいと願いながらも、記憶は何度も振り返らせる。 手放したいのに手放せない想いと、きっとずっと残り続ける感情とその答えを探しながら静かな問いを描いている。 ------------ size: F50 Oil on canvas ⸻---- How to love someone else, not you. Time continues to move forward, yet the heart remains where it once belonged. Even while longing to move on, memory keeps turning back. This painting reflects the quiet question that remains my mind.
“Wind Flower ~Anemone” “Who are you thinking of??” お互いがお互いを想い会えない距離にいても、お互いを思慕している作品です。 size S4 each oil on canvas Two art works,One story “Wind Flower ~Anemone” “Who are you thinking of?” one carries a feeling outward, the other holds it within. Together, they complete a quiet emotional narrative. This pair of original oil paintings explores the contrast between longing and presence.
A portrait of emotional separation shaped by silence. Part of the figure dissolves into a field of violet and crimson, suggesting memories that fade yet never fully disappear. The work reflects on the space created by unspoken feelings, where presence and absence coexist. Unspoken Distance ------------ size F8 oil on canvas ---------- まだそこにいた。もっと同じ時を過ごしたいと思っている自分がいる。 そんな相手には言葉として届かない感情が余白として残っている。
Echoes of You: Before the Wind A diptych exploring the fragile space between connection and distance. Two figures share the same atmosphere yet face different directions, suspended in a moment before change. Soft currents of color evoke memories, longing, and emotions that remain unspoken. -------------- size F4 each oil in canvas ---------------- まだ言葉にならない感情が、静かに二人の間を漂っている。 『感情』が生れる直前を描いたもの。 2人はお互いの姿を捉えてる、しかし見ているだけ。 その狭間に残る沈黙を描いた作品です。 見えない感情は風のように形を持たず、それでも確かに存在し続けます。
思 い出さないように。 期待しないように。 振り返らないように。 何度も自分に言い聞かせたのに、心は静かに同じ場所へ戻っていく。 水面に触れた指先が広げる波紋のように、一つの記憶は消えたはずの感情を呼び起こしてしまう。 この作品は、手放そうとしてもなお残り続ける想いを描いている。 ------------- size F8 Oil on canvas ⸻----- I Told Myself Not To… I told myself not to remember. Not to hope. Not to look back. Not to linger in what was already gone. Yet the heart quietly returns to the same place. Like ripples spreading across still water, a single memory awakens emotions that were meant to fade.