Wake of Pure Heart

One of Moilanen's earlier prints, this 2007 work combines figural and seascape elements with an explicit focus on bokashi as both technique and subject. The title's spiritual register suggests a figure in or near water, with the wake — the trail left by movement through water — serving as a metaphor for emotional or ethical clarity. The bokashi gradient, produced by applying pigment to a partially wetted block, would be used not merely as background treatment but as a formal element central to the composition's meaning. The translucent layering of water-based pigments on washi reinforces the imagery of water, light, and passage. This early work demonstrates Moilanen's sustained interest in the expressive possibilities of mokuhanga's most distinctive technical feature.