Originally a side project of traditional Japanese Oni, or ogres, over time the series evolved into an entirely new production process. The Oni images, as supernatural creatures, have no need to follow the prescribed framework of academic drawing, giving the works the freedom to expand into their undefined world. With limbs, facial features and color open to interpretation, the drawings are more about the idea of an Oni than pinning it down to a specific shape. The use of ink and bold color references illustration, yet the attention to the physical properties of the material, evident in the ink runs and pools, suggest abstract expressionism. This results in line and blocks of color mingling between representation and non-objectivity; an open composition that borrows from the original oni figures, but avoids assembling all the pieces. The drawings present an environment without an immediately recognizable form, asking the eye to make sense of the image and search across the landscape. This creates a movement in the composition that leads the viewer through the entire image, inviting one to inspect each detail in order to take in the whole.