The painter who lets paint by his painting. Makoto Ooka (1931 ~), poet, officer of the Order of Arts and Letters 1993, wrote an article on the paintings of Takeshi Motomiya when he visited his exhibition hall. According to him, in the world, there are two kinds of painters. One is the one who paints his pictures, the other the one who lets himself be painted by his painting. In front of the works, Mr. Ooka felt that their author remains there, there, silent. No need to comment on their design or give outside explanations. “What you contemplate in front of these paintings is Takeshi Motomiya himself. You just have to feel what this silent man transmits with all his force through his painting…. "- Makoto Ooka (excerpt)