I take on regular commissions using both watercolour and pen & ink.
I also run Intaglio Printmaking workshops. Get in touch if you are interested. I will send you further information.
Printmaking process creates exactly the affect I am looking for in both drawing and sculpture and is the perfect technique for my current projects.
Beautiful buildings, fascinating museums, unique records of people's lives and architectural history.
Mountains inspire me to paint. Peaks, clouds, shades, colours... always changing and never same.
I take on regular commissions for both editorial and personal drawings.
Classic line drawings for 'I Never Knew That' book series by Christopher Winn.
I always love black & white art works which leave more space for the imagination.
I still use my old non-digital map wherever I go. I think a map is a beautiful piece of art forever.
I studied graphic design at the College of Art, Nihon University, in Tokyo, and after graduating
I joined a TV/theatre production company and became a set designer. I have a particular passion for architecture,
honed from my early years growing up with my architect father, and so designing different buildings on stage was
a dream job for me.
Since moving to the UK my passion for architecture has grown. I have done many drawings of buildings, some for the 'I Never Knew That' book series by my husband, Christopher Winn, as well as for my own book 'The Small Churches in Britain', published in Japan.
Being trained as a set designer important aspects in my work are ‘light’ and ‘dimensions’, with which I create a scene without actors and on to which the viewer can project their own stories and imagination. My hope is to achieve that effect, not only in my own works, but also in commissions and book illustrations for others.
Education
Collage of Art, Nihon University in Tokyo, Japan
(Degree: Visual Communication Design, BA)
Exhibition
2004 'The original drawings of I Never Knew That' at the Savile Club, London
2006 'The original drawings of I Never Knew That book series' at the Savile Club, London
2014 Ochre Print Studio Summer Exhibition, Guildford
2015 'Spring To Summer : 12 Printmakers' at Baker Tilly, Guildford
2016 Ochre Print Studio Summer Exhibition, Guildford
2017 NOPE (National Open Printmaking Exhibition) at Bankside Gallery, London
2017-18 Hahnemühle Mini Print Exhibition
2018 Ochre Print Studio Summer Exhibition, Guildford
Illustrations : Books
2004-ongoing ‘I Never Knew That About...’ series by Christopher Winn (Publisher : Ebury Press)
2008 ‘The English House’ by Clive Aslet (Publisher : Bloomsbury)
2009 ‘Great British Weapons’ by George Courtauld (Publisher : Ebury Press)
2011 ‘Young Herriot’ by John Lewis-Stempel (Publisher : BBC Books)
2015 'The Trains Now Departed' by Michael Willams (Publisher : Preface)
2015 ‘Bricks and Mortals’ by Tom Wilkinson (Publisher : Bloomsbury)
2016 ‘See London By Tube’ by Christopher Winn (Publisher : Ebury Press)
2016 ‘Carols From King’s’ by Alexandra Coghlan (Publisher : BBC Books)
2018 ‘Walk Through History: Discover Victorian London’ by Christopher Winn (Publisher : Ebury Press)
Illustrations : Other commissions
- Magazines
The Mayfair / Kensington and Chelsea / Fulham Residents' Journal / Belgravia Residents Journal / Vantage Magazine / Pell-Mell & Woodcote / Luxury London
- Branding
Finchatton, The Yeoman's Row, London / The Glebe, London
Book
2012 ‘イギリスの小さな教会’ (Publisher:書肆侃侃房)
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その中からどのように50カ所を選んだかは、本から感じ取っていただけることを願っていますが、 紹介しきれなかった教会もInstagramで紹介していこうと思います。
６世紀後半から少しずつ変化してきた教会建築。 どの時代でも共通していたのは、建築家や技師たちがそれぞれの好みやユーモアを取り入れて、独自の味をだしてきたこと。
必要最低限で質素だったサクソン時代。
立派な建物で権力を見せつけた中世。
商人が財力を示す教会を建てたチューダー時代。
そして洗練された景観をつくりだす教会をデザインしたジョージアン時代。
キリスト教伝導のために建てられ始めた教会堂も、時代背景や流行に影響を受けながら少しずつ変化していきました。どの時代でも共通していたのは、 建築家や技師たちが自分たちの好みやユーモアを取り入れて、それぞれ独自の味をだしてきたこと。だからイギリスの教会は好奇心をそそられるのです。
でもそれにはある程度の財力が必要であったため、 一般的に教会は地元で採れる石で建てられました。だからこそ、古い教会は特に風景に溶け込み、自然と調和しているのです。
