Flame Sound

An abstract composition centered on a single dense, cloud-like cluster of branching black ink lines that radiate outward like veins or roots, accented with pale silvery-blue pigment along its edges. The mark sits on a fibrous, deckle-edged sheet of pale gray-white paper mounted under clips in a clear frame, with the artist's signature and date inscribed in pencil at the lower right. Titled *Flame Sound* (Cyoko Tamai, 2021, Japanese paper, sumi ink, and pigment), the piece is otherwise sparse, leaving most of the paper's textured surface bare.