"Rearful"
The moment we met
All the events that remain in your heart
I want to keep this excitement
A little "real"
A little "fluffy"
I hope we can deliver such an original worldview...
A Realistic World
Please find me
thank you
【Exhibits】
In 2020
・Japan Literature and Art "Winter Art Exhibition" Yokohama Mira and Mirai Gallery
In 2021
・Gallery IYN "Neo Japorism"
・Gallery IYN "White Crane Exhibition"
・Japan Literature and Art "Art of Life Exhibition" Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre
・"IYN ART FESTIVAL" Kobe Hankyu
In 2022
・Art Cross Tokyo Stamp Exhibition Thinking about War and Peace in Okinawa
・"IYN ART FESTIVAL" Kobe Hankyu
・Japan Literature and Art "Creation Exhibition" Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre
In 2023
・Japan Literature "the square" Yokohama Red Brick Warehouse
・Gallery IYN "Message Exhibition"
[Awards]
2020~2023
・Luxembourg Art Prize Certificate of Artistic Merit
In 2022
・Art Move Competition Irodori Award
In 2023
・The 5th Azumino Ryofan Exhibition Cool Breeze Award
2023~2024
・Selected for the Art Move Competition
INTERVIEWInterview
Kazue.
A "realistic" picture that heals not only the viewer but also himself
"I've always liked drawing and have continued it as a hobby. In 2019, a friend asked me, 'Why don't you post it on social media?' When I received a suggestion, I started posting on Instagram. As I uploaded it, I was asked to participate in an exhibition of works to be held at Minato Mirai Gallery in Yokohama in 2020. That's where I exhibited for the first time and started my activities in earnest."
Kazue has fallen in love with drawing since she started painting in pastels during her child-rearing breaks. He has created many works that are realistic yet also give a soft and gentle impression. The concept is "rearful". With a bright smile that seemed to embody that concept, he told me how he came to his current style.
"When I first started Instagram, I was uploading works with abstract paintings and landscape paintings in the background of magazine-like sentences written with a brush, but I gradually started to draw realistic pictures. As a result of drawing the positive and bright work I wanted to draw, this concept was created. In fact, when I finish writing, I have a sense of accomplishment and a sense of preparation."
Bright colors are used in works that heal not only the viewer but also oneself.
"I love bright colors in primary colors, so I often use those colors. You can tell it. Even if I try to draw lightly, it will become darker (laughs). Basically, I draw the details with colored pencils and the background with soft pastels. Recently, oil pastels, which stretch well and can be mixed with colors, are sometimes used to express delicate colors such as animal fur."
Kazue has fallen in love with drawing since she started painting in pastels during her child-rearing breaks. He has created many works that are realistic yet also give a soft and gentle impression. The concept is "rearful". With a bright smile that seemed to embody that concept, he told me how he came to his current style.
"When I first started Instagram, I was uploading works with abstract paintings and landscape paintings in the background of magazine-like sentences written with a brush, but I gradually started to draw realistic pictures. As a result of drawing the positive and bright work I wanted to draw, this concept was created. In fact, when I finish writing, I have a sense of accomplishment and a sense of preparation."
Bright colors are used in works that heal not only the viewer but also oneself.
"I love bright colors in primary colors, so I often use those colors. You can tell it. Even if I try to draw lightly, it will become darker (laughs). Basically, I draw the details with colored pencils and the background with soft pastels. Recently, oil pastels, which stretch well and can be mixed with colors, are sometimes used to express delicate colors such as animal fur."
The motto is to be yourself as you are
"I don't decide what to draw, but I draw pictures that I want to draw. It is more of a feeling of "coming down" and depicts what I felt at that time. Scenery that is casually shown on TV or music videos, or when I go for a walk or travel, I sometimes get scared. I keep that image in my head as a stock of my work. Or if it's a portrait, you may be asked to draw by someone.
His motto and favorite phrase is "Be yourself as you are". In 2020, when he was in the early days of his career, he drew a work with roses and sheet music on the piano, and he also added these words. It was well received by his followers, who said, "The picture from that time has always left an impression on me!" There are people who say, "It's a work that I have a lot of feelings for. I'm working with the desire to paint at my own pace."
If inspiration arises in daily life, Kazue expresses it as she wants. He seems to value his alone time when creating his works, saying, "I can't actually draw unless I'm alone. Among the works he has made so far, his favorite is "Ai Umbrella" in addition to "〇〇".
"From the lyrics, 'Happiness is not like a starry night and a dazzling morning repeatedly, but about having a loved one hold an umbrella in the rain that falls,' I drew it with the desire to be a person who makes people in need hold umbrellas. It is also the work that won the Irodori Award at the 2023 Art Move Competition, which is the first exhibition I participated in. People around me like it, and I have a lot of feelings for it."
His motto and favorite phrase is "Be yourself as you are". In 2020, when he was in the early days of his career, he drew a work with roses and sheet music on the piano, and he also added these words. It was well received by his followers, who said, "The picture from that time has always left an impression on me!" There are people who say, "It's a work that I have a lot of feelings for. I'm working with the desire to paint at my own pace."
If inspiration arises in daily life, Kazue expresses it as she wants. He seems to value his alone time when creating his works, saying, "I can't actually draw unless I'm alone. Among the works he has made so far, his favorite is "Ai Umbrella" in addition to "〇〇".
"From the lyrics, 'Happiness is not like a starry night and a dazzling morning repeatedly, but about having a loved one hold an umbrella in the rain that falls,' I drew it with the desire to be a person who makes people in need hold umbrellas. It is also the work that won the Irodori Award at the 2023 Art Move Competition, which is the first exhibition I participated in. People around me like it, and I have a lot of feelings for it."
I want to create a work with the most "thank you" in the world.
"I have been working with the goal of posting new works every week as a routine, but in fact, around the fall of last year, there was a time when I wanted to draw but couldn't turn on the switch. At that time, I was invited by a good friend who was opening a store at the Marche held at the local tourist destination Mojiko Retro, and we decided to exhibit together. I was planning to bring only the works I liked, but my husband said, "There are many different people, so why don't you take them all regardless of your feelings?" I decided to take various works with me.
Then, there were people who picked up works that I wasn't convinced of! Even if I couldn't evaluate it myself, I could feel that it could resonate with the people who actually watched it, and I was able to get out of the slump I had been in until then. It seemed like a burden was lifted from my shoulders to draw as I wanted without worrying about it."
Kazue., who is currently drawing "as he is", also had a difficult time when he couldn't draw as he wanted. After his experience at the Marche, he realized that it is important to interact with people in addition to facing the work alone. When I asked Kazue. what he would like to do in the future, he told me about his exciting idea.
"I want to hold a solo exhibition, and I want to create something fun by incorporating light and sound devices so that people can enjoy it. Also, on Mother's Day this year, I gave my mother a picture of a carnation, and instead of just a carnation, I stuffed the word "thank you" into the petals. From a distance, it looks like a carnation, but when you look closely, it is full of "thank you". I would like to apply that and create a big work with the most "thank you" in the world."
Then, there were people who picked up works that I wasn't convinced of! Even if I couldn't evaluate it myself, I could feel that it could resonate with the people who actually watched it, and I was able to get out of the slump I had been in until then. It seemed like a burden was lifted from my shoulders to draw as I wanted without worrying about it."
Kazue., who is currently drawing "as he is", also had a difficult time when he couldn't draw as he wanted. After his experience at the Marche, he realized that it is important to interact with people in addition to facing the work alone. When I asked Kazue. what he would like to do in the future, he told me about his exciting idea.
"I want to hold a solo exhibition, and I want to create something fun by incorporating light and sound devices so that people can enjoy it. Also, on Mother's Day this year, I gave my mother a picture of a carnation, and instead of just a carnation, I stuffed the word "thank you" into the petals. From a distance, it looks like a carnation, but when you look closely, it is full of "thank you". I would like to apply that and create a big work with the most "thank you" in the world."
