about me

Yukiko is a watercolour artist whose paintings begin with quiet images that appear in her mind.

She began painting with watercolours during the COVID pandemic, returning to a love of drawing that had been with her since childhood. The soft way colours flow and blend on paper became the perfect medium for the visions she started to receive.

Her path to painting was shaped by years of studying astrology, tarot, and colour therapy. It was through this practice that images first began to arrive — often while driving, or in an ordinary moment of the day, appearing suddenly as a whole scene. Yukiko rarely knows their meaning at first. She simply follows them onto paper, trusting that understanding will come later.

Her paintings often feature animals, plants, and rainbow-like colours — gentle symbols that seem to emerge naturally as she works. Rather than planning every detail, Yukiko follows these images with curiosity, allowing the painting to unfold.

In her practice she also creates Tsugi Art, incorporating small fragments of discarded materials such as advertisements into the painting. By joining these everyday pieces with watercolour, they are transformed into new colours and stories, expressing themes of renewal, hope, and connection.

A small dragon fairy sometimes appears quietly within her paintings. This tiny studio spirit brings a playful sense of wonder, inviting viewers to look a little closer.

Often, once a painting is finished, people who see it reach out with their own stories — and, piece by piece, the meaning Yukiko couldn't yet see becomes clear. For her, each artwork is unfinished until it meets the person it was meant for; that meeting is where colour, intuition, and someone else's life quietly connect.