Hello! I am Shizuka.
I have always loved drawing since I was a kid. Since my doodling book filled up quickly every time, I used to look for the blank side of any paper with my little sister, who was two years younger than me.
Reading books was also my favourite, but I somehow preferred books with few illustrations. It may be because I wanted to focus on the vivid and lively images that came spontaneously into my mind while reading fascinating stories. Daddy-Long-Legs by Jean Webster was the first book that let me know that joy.
I live with my husband and a senior dog, Popo, in a small house in Kyoto. Our small living room is my atelier. Popo usually sleeps at my feet when I sit in front of my easel. There are always some books I would read in my spare time between housework and painting here and there. I read fiction mostly. Recently, I have been into Japanese and foreign early modern literature. I like Vladimir Nabokov, Jun’ichiro Tanizaki, Saint-Exupéry and Tove Jansson. I also love mysteries by Agatha Christie.
・Biography・
I started learning to draw and paint at the age of eleven in my home city, Kyoto, Japan.
During my twenties, I actively extended my career in fashion and design as a costume designer and producer for a contemporary art performance group, MAIM, and a kimono retail shop manager for a few years, respectively. Currently, I make oil paintings energetically in my small atelier in Kyoto, where I live with my husband and a dog. I was trained in drawing for eight years by my private teacher, and hold a bachelor’s degree in environmental design from Kyoto Prefectural University.
If you have any questions or comments, please feel free to contact me via Contact, or via Instagram message form.
March 2022, Kyoto
The site owner, Shizuka
