I’m still enamored by mysterious Japanese painter xhxix who chooses not to reveal anything about themselves. The colorful portraits this individual creates is some of my favorite work out there currently, filled with raw emotion and fragmented nuances. There’s something so engaging about these pieces. Each boys lips and eyes are rosy and swollen and their skin is made up of numerous shades of color, almost giving them an iridescence.

You can see lots more of these paintings down below.