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

About Yuriko

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

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

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

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"

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  • 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

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

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

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