Originally from Hiroshima Prefecture, currently residing in Shiga Prefecture. As a social worker, mental health worker, and nursery teacher, I continue to create paintings while supporting children and families.

From a young age, I loved drawing and was a child who drew wherever I was. When my heart was shaken or I was filled with indescribable feelings, colors and lines always stayed by my side. After drawing with a mindless mindset, I felt a vague sense of being able to touch something important inside myself.

Not only feelings of happiness and joy, but also various emotions that words cannot fully express are approached by painting into forms that make you feel "this is it." Including that process, it was a very important time for me. As I entered adolescence and spent more time reflecting on myself, drawing was an important time for me to rediscover my true self.

Even while working in welfare and education and raising children, drawing has always been within me. Around middle age, I studied Japanese painting again at the Kyoto University of the Arts Correspondence Department, which deepened my own expression.

In Japanese painting, I was deeply drawn to the warmth and depth of natural materials like mineral pigments and glue. Additionally, my experience working alongside many children and adults in welfare and educational settings has greatly influenced my current work.

Although the forms of expression have changed over time, the desire to express itself has remained unchanged. Currently, I create many works based on blue, featuring motifs like the moon and children. Through my work, I hope to express the delicate emotions deep within the heart, the awareness of my own important senses, and a world where I can be myself with peace of mind.

In recent years, she has been selected for public exhibitions and has had opportunities to exhibit, gradually expanding her activities by appearing in magazines of the Children's Literature Association. In addition to being selected for this year's exhibition, I was also recommended as a member of the association, which made me very happy.

I believe art has the power to help people become aware of the emotions and important sensations within themselves and to reconnect with themselves. Through my work, I want to gently connect with the viewer's heart and express them in a way that allows them to encounter each person's important feelings and feelings.

There are many memorable events, but in recent years, I have had the opportunity to exhibit my work at The National Art Center, Tokyo, which has especially left a lasting impression on me.

When I saw the works I had painted with heartfelt reflection and reflection on myself, now lined up in a large exhibition space alongside many other pieces, I felt a strange sense of relief at their unwavering presence. I was very happy that the indescribable feelings and feelings I had before were properly present in the form of my work, and that many people were seeing it.

Also, the feelings and worldview I once took for granted, along with my own soft, mysterious sensations, can be shared with others through my work, which remains a quiet joy in my heart. It feels close to the feeling that a part of my precious emotions and sensations has been sent out into society and received, and along with quiet joy, I feel my trust in my own senses and expressions has deepened.

In addition to my experience exhibiting at open and solo exhibitions, spending time expressing myself with children and parents in ateliers and workshops has also become an important experience for me.

Among the works I've created so far, I feel that those depicting the moon and children express my individuality the most.
In the quiet of night, I often depict scenes where children, the moon, stars, fairies, and animals gently interact, accepting each other's existence as they are. In that world, your own memories, wishes, and cherished feelings overlap.

I find beauty in the fact that everyone can exist as they are, and be safe and true to themselves. The beings depicted in the artwork each have their own unique personalities, yet they naturally harmonize and connect gently. This kind of worldview has been a theme I have been painting for a long time.

Also, the time spent creating while immersing myself in colors like red and yellow, based on blue, is an important time for me to calm my mind and have a dialogue with myself.

Above all, the artwork from the encounter on the artist page is a painting I drew while carrying my newborn eldest daughter to sleep. This piece naturally embodies the love for children and the joy of encountering new life, making it a special piece for me. I believe this work, both past and in the future, is the work that feels most authentic to me above all else.