子供の絵のような生命力を求めるCOBRA(コブラ)の魂を受け継ぎ、絵を描き続ける。由夫の重要なモチーフに、1966年夏、北極圏のラップランドを旅して生まれた「白夜の太陽」がある。これまでに世界各地で開いた個展は400回。近年は、デンマーク、スウェーデンの一流ギャラリーや美術館での大規模な展観が続く。

〈CoBrA and Midnight Sun〉
Nakajima carried on the spirit of CoBrA – its child-like vitality and playfulness – in his paintings.One of the important themes of his paintings is the Midnight Sun, inspired by his trip to Lapland in the summer 1966.
He had over 400 solo exhibitions all over the world and recently had retrospective exhibitions in major galleries and museums in Denmark and Sweden.