I have loved drawing since I can remember, and I remember that my mother, who was busy working both jobs, would draw with me on my days off. When I added color with paint, I was excited to see fresh vegetables and castles that looked like they would appear in picture books one after another on the drawing paper, as if they were magical. Around this time, I vaguely began to have a desire to work as a drawing worker and to become a teacher who teaches people to draw.

After getting a job as a member of society, she retired when she got married and became pregnant and gave birth. In addition, my husband transferred me to live in Bangkok, Thailand for about two and a half years. I couldn't work while raising my children, so I decided to at least take some lessons at the local cultural center. There I happened to have the opportunity to touch pastels. I knew the art materials themselves, but I couldn't use them well. But when I tried it, it was very interesting and I was healed by the gentle colors. Even after returning to Japan, I started looking for classes.

Unlike the colored pencils and pens used in the past, pastels are colored by layering powder shaved with a cutter with your fingers. It's very interesting to be able to mix colors freely like paint.
Also, pastels don't have the same color or finish no matter how many times you draw them. The color changes more and more depending on the mood and mixing at that time, so you never get bored. Also, I think the charm of pastels is that anyone can easily start, regardless of age.

Mandala art is characterized by combining geometric shapes. A unique technique is used in which a pattern-shaped pattern is applied to the pastel powder that has been scraped and spread with the fingers, and a line is drawn with an eraser. Since you make your own patterns, there are also craft tasks using scissors and cutters. But I can be mindless, so it's very comfortable to spend a little time away from everyday life and immerse myself in it. I think this method, which creates a pattern by erasing lines rather than drawing lines, is truly a meditation of drawing that focuses on emptiness.

In fact, the harmonious and balanced structure of mandala art is said to have a calming effect on the viewer's mind. I started mandala art with the hope that I could draw such a picture myself, but as I deepened my learning with the intention of acquiring skills, I eventually obtained an instructor qualification.

The themes of my works are often things that naturally attract people, such as space, feathers, and dragons. Rather than forcibly twisting what I want to draw, it is important to draw when I feel like it, so I leave everything to nature to what I draw and when to draw. So I would be happy if the work I painted in a natural state could make someone feel happy or relax a little. Of course, I think that the person who sees the work is free to receive it.
My motivation to continue my creative activities is that drawing has become a part of my daily life. If you haven't drawn for a while, you will gradually become restless, or rather, you will become annoyed. Rather than going out of my way to draw pictures with enthusiasm, I feel like it's more like me to draw as a matter of course.

I would like to try my hand at digital art. Actually, I have already started drawing digital art on the iPad last year, but it still has a different advantage from analog. In addition, I would like to work on slightly three-dimensional works using Japan's Yuzenwashi paper. I hope that both will eventually be fused with pastels to create new expressions.