Work samples

  • Art and Nature #2
    Art and Nature #2

    Watercolor, 16"X12"

    Available for Purchase
  • Gaia
    Gaia

    Watercolor, 15" X11"

    Available for Purchase
  • Akiko
    Akiko

    12" x 9", Watercolor

  • Towards the light
    Towards the light

    30" x 21", Watercolor 

    Available for Purchase

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About Yuriko

Howard County  

I have been exhibiting my arts in juried and non-juried shows within the greater Baltimore area since 2019.   My education includes an elective art program during high school, in which my work with oil received honors.  I have been studying watercolor, drawing, and mixed media under the guidance of Diana Marta, a resident artist at the Howard County Arts Center.  My interest in art started as a child in Japan where the tradition of brush work and graphic storytelling… more

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Faces and figures

Faces and figures is a collection in which faces and figures play central roles in the compositions, in combination with other elements. I rely on representational value system and shapes of human forms, with occasional abstraction, to ground each piece. Light, colors, and textures are liberally manipulated to convey the space, moods and stories that the subjects are experiencing. 

  • Blossoming
    Blossoming

    Blossoming, 14" X 10", Watercolor

    Available for Purchase
  • Ari
    Ari

    Watercolor, 14" x10"

  • Gaia
    Gaia

    Watercolor, 15" x 11"

    Available for Purchase
  • Towards the light
    Towards the light

    Watercolor,  30" x 20"

    Available for Purchase
  • Art and Nature #2
    Art and Nature #2

    Watercolor, 15X11 

    Available for Purchase
  • Art and Nature #1
    Art and Nature #1

     14 X 10, Watercolor

    Available for Purchase
  • Rhythm!
    Rhythm!

    Rhythm! 14 X 10, Watercolor

    Available for Purchase
  • Reflection
    Reflection

    Reflection, 15 X 11, Watercolor

    Available for Purchase
  • mini face compositions
    mini face compositions

    Mini watercolor studies, which are compositional and stylistical experiments with faces, colors and textures; from top left, clockwise -  5"X5", 6"x6", 7"X5", 7"X5", 6'"X4"

    Available for Purchase
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    • Portraits

    Portraits documents my family members and others, aspiring to reflect who they are.

    • Akiko
      Akiko

      Akiko, 12 X 9, Watercolor 

    • Ari
      Ari

      Ari, 15 X 11, Watercolor 

    • Sparks
      Sparks

      Watercolor, Self Portrait, 16" X12"

    • Portrait of a young boy - study
      Portrait of a young boy - study

      12 in. x. 12 in., Acrylic on canvas

    • Joel
      Joel

      Joel, 8 X 10, Watercolor

    • Thirteen years old
      Thirteen years old

      Thirteen years old, Watercolor, 6 x 6

    • Family
      Family

      Family, Watercolor, 14 X 10

    • Study of a young woman's face
      Study of a young woman's face

      Study of a young woman's face, 15 X 11, Watercolor 

      Available for Purchase
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    • Gestural figure studies

    Gestural figure studies are selected gestural figure studies from/based on studio live model sessions with five to ten minutes poses. These monochromatic studies of values and forms focus on the flow of the gravity and body axis, placement of bones and joints that supports poses, and faces/hands that enliven the images. Interplay of negative and positive space creates environment surrounding the figures.

    • Dance
      Dance

      Watercolor, 24x18

    • A sitting man
      A sitting man

      Watercolor, 18" x 12"

      Available for Purchase
    • Gestural figure study: Dancer (I)
      Gestural figure study: Dancer (I)

      Gestural figure study_Dancer I , 24 X 18, Watercolor

      Available for Purchase
    • Gestural figure study: Spectators
      Gestural figure study: Spectators

      Gestural figure study: Spectator, 24 X 18, Watercolor

      Available for Purchase
    • A guitarist
      A guitarist

      Watercolor, 24"X18"

      Available for Purchase
    • A guitarist
      A guitarist

      Watercolor, 24x18 in.

      Available for Purchase
    • Taking a break
      Taking a break

      Watercolor, 24X18 in.

      Available for Purchase
    • A gestural figure study: Contemplation
      A gestural figure study: Contemplation

      Watercolor, 21x15

      Available for Purchase
    • Gestural figure study: Statuesque
      Gestural figure study: Statuesque

      Gestural figure study: Statuesque,  24 X 18, Watercolor

      Available for Purchase
    • Gestural figure study_Burdened
      Gestural figure study_Burdened

      A gestural figure study: Burdened, 24 X 18, Watercolor

      Available for Purchase
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    • Looking into nature

    Looking into nature is a collection of works which leverage observation of nature in daily life and travel. Elements in front of me, in my memories and imaginations are liberally combined to constitute a space and moods.

    • Irises
      Irises

      Watercolor, 24x18 in.

      Available for Purchase
    • Clocasia
      Clocasia

      Watercolor, 30X24

    • Poppies & Alliums
      Poppies & Alliums

      Poppies & Alliums, 5 X 7, Watercolor

    • Clematis and Damselfly
      Clematis and Damselfly

      Watercolor, 12X9 in.

    • Dawn in a garden
      Dawn in a garden

      Dawn in a garden, Watercolor, 9 x 12

      Available for Purchase
    • Flowers
      Flowers

      Flowers,  11 X 15, Watercolor

      Available for Purchase
    • Winterscape
      Winterscape

      Winterscape, 10 X 8, Watercolor

      Available for Purchase
    • Winteerscape
      Winteerscape

      Watercolor, 12X16

    • Sunrise
      Sunrise

      Sunrise, Watercolor, 14 X 10

      Available for Purchase
    • Pieces of nature
      Pieces of nature

       Six mini watercolor studies created from nature observed, imagined and composed; top row, from left - Damselfly, 7X5; November, 7X5 (NFS); Licorice flowers, 6X4; bottom row from left - Diffused Light, 6X4; Irises, 6X4 (NFS); Cherry and Japanese Maple, 6X6

      Available for Purchase
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    • Still life

    Still life is a project to play with compositions of lights, colors, and masses towards the goal of creating a space in two-dimensional media.

    • Three gourds
      Three gourds

      Three gourds, 12 X 16, Watercolor 

      Available for Purchase
    • By the window
      By the window

      By the window, 19 X 14 , Watercolor 

      Available for Purchase
    • Glory
      Glory

      Glory, Watercolor, 14 x 11

      Available for Purchase
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    • Abstraction

    Abstraction  - Evoking scenes, stories, and images.

    • Village market
      Village market

      Village market, Watercolor, 7x5

      Available for Purchase
    • Alone in the rainy Downtown
      Alone in the rainy Downtown

      Alone in the rainy Downtown, Watercolor, 7x5

      Available for Purchase
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