My father graduated from the oil painting department at Tokyo University of the Arts, and our home was full of art supplies.

As a result, drawing and crafting naturally became part of my life from a young age.

I became passionate not only about painting, but also about clay, handicrafts, and beadwork. They make teddy bears ranging from small to large, and when they get hooked on beads, they make something almost every day. I tend to be obsessive, and once I fell in love, I think I kept it up for a long time.

He attended a high school with an art course, and at university, he enrolled in the Department of Graphic Design at Tama Art University. I thought I would get some kind of creative job, but after encountering video production at university, I chose to pursue a career in film. Currently, my main profession is video director, involved in video production including corporate commercials.

After I started working in video, I abruptly stopped drawing. I hadn't drawn for about ten years, but during the COVID-19 pandemic, my work temporarily decreased, and I found some free time. At that time, I wanted to return once again to drawing the art I originally loved and making things with my hands.

However, when resuming the series, I felt it would be better to have a theme that suits me. That's when I remembered the memo of a dream I'd been taking for years. Whenever I had strange or mysterious dreams, I would write them down so as not to forget. I decided to pull out those notes and make them the core of my work, which led to my current creation.

Dreams aren't always interesting; there are times when we only have realistic dreams. Even so, when I dream that I think this could become a work, I try not to forget to record it as much as possible, extract elements from them, and turn them into paintings.

The piece "Runner" is one that many people have asked for every solo exhibition they wanted. I drew it based on a dream of looking up at the sky from the pool and seeing a runner running through the sky. The place is like Europe, like Brazil... I expressed the impression of a 'foreign' country in pastel colors when I saw it somewhere.

Recently, I have also started working on hand-drawn works. Until now, I printed on canvas what I drew on my iPad, but when I hand-painted, it becomes a one-of-a-kind piece. Because of that, the time and effort spent are completely different, and the sense of accomplishment when it's completed is also significant.

On the other hand, switching to hand-drawn painting significantly slowed down the production speed. Since I create between work and childcare, it's not easy to bring out my art supplies, wash my brushes, and secure a lot of time. Even so, I'm gradually experimenting with new forms of expression, such as using clay to create semi-three-dimensional forms.