Using an array of mediums ranging from oil pastels, charcoal, and paint to found objects and fabric, Takasaki’s works depict recognizable subjects and abstracted motifs in bold colors, lines, and forms. Human figures and still-life scenes make up the core of Takasaki’s current practice, often featuring recurring imagery related to gender, violence, domesticity, and the cycle of birth and death. Although the things he depicts change in tandem with his constantly evolving interests, subjects such as flames, daggers, wildly overgrown plants, grids, plates of food, and the occasional egg or skull can often be found amidst the heads and bodies that populate many of his recent works, sometimes morphing from simplified shapes into pieces of complete abstraction.