In his paintings two elements predominate and strike one: colour and luminosity. These two elements are in perfect symbiosis with each other. Neither dominates the other because all is harmonious and balanced.

Horiki, with a hint of irony, uses an unadorned basic image to express lofty concepts. He does not simply reveal his thoughts directly to the onlooker. Rothko described his works as “The simple expression of a complex thought”, a comment which one could well apply to Horiki’s works.