AFWJ SKETCH AFWJ sketch sprinters
Art exhibition Kokubu Gallery Ebina
April 17 2022
kris moon KONDO Barbara KUHN Sofia PENABAZ Anett POSCHER Caroline SATO
Sketch sprints The AFWJ sketch sprints started in response to a session that the National portrait gallery in Canberra put on in 2020 as a way to bring light into the locked down Australian life. On October 5th 2020, Maz, Kris, Sofia and Caroline sat down together to draw potatoes. Maz coined the name Coffee morning creations, we set up a messenger group to coordinate who would be able to set up the still life and since then ladies have joined in when possible, set up various still lifes and shared stories over a productive hour of creation. It has been shaped into something far greater than the original idea and it is always a privilege to see the diverse talents. This exhibition came about from a call for the AFWJ Ebina easter party and the artists are geographically close. The reality is that the talents run through all the districts. I hope we will have a comprehensive exhibition in the future. In the meantime, we also have the colour journal, so submit ladies. It is always a great treat to see your creations.
kris moon kondo ( then Kris Young) an artist and poet first came to Japan by ship from North America in 1972. She had met many Japanese artists who had invited her to visit . She was especially interested in haiku and sumi painting, especially haiga. She lives modestly with her illustrator daughter in Kiyokawa Village in the rolling green Tanzawa mountains above a singing river . Lately Sketch Sprints have been a special joy in her life.
kris moon kondo
Cat and White Camellias 2021 Sumi and watercolour 24x27cm ¥10,000
Yellow Tulip 2021 Sumi and watercolour 24x27cm ¥10,000
Eggplant Trio 2021 Sumi and watercolour 24x27cm ¥10,000
Portrait of a Dreamer 2020 makeup on watercolour paper 26x22cm ¥10,000
Mouse’s Dream 2021 Sumi and watercolour 24x27cm ¥10,000
I take inspiration from my travels in Japan; the landscapes, the surroundings, the tales I listen to while cycling less traveled roads in the Japanese countryside. I try to unfold the story threads, incorporating vintage kimono and obi fabrics picked up on my way to sew textiles and patterns into new pictures inspired by the imagination of these untold stories.
Barbara Kuhn
Waldesgang - mittags 01 2021 vintage fabric 37x37cm framed ¥10,000
Anett Poscher is a Hungarian designer living and working in Japan. After graduating from art university in Hungary with a BA in electronic graphics, she worked as a digital advertisement manager, photo editor and illustrator before moving to Japan in 2015, where she has been practicing both digital and traditional art. Recently, she has enjoyed experimenting with watercolors and has launched her own brand of jewelry, Magiya Accessories (magiyaacc.wordpress.com) Her work is inspired by visual elements she encounters in daily life, including subculture, underground fashion, mythology and science. Anett lives in Kanagawa Prefecture with her Japanese husband and their two years-old son.
Anett Poscher
Tropical Forest 2021 Acrylic on wood 30x45cm ¥9,900
Still Life 2022 Watercolour 19.6x22.7cm ¥9,900
Sakura Tree 2021 Acrylic on wood 30x60cm ¥16,900
Sofia has been living in Japan for 17 years and will soon be moving to Mexico to be with her family. She finds inspiration in her cats, nature, music, dancing, writing, and painting. She hopes to contribute to the world long into the future.
Sofia Penabaz
Sunny Begonias 2022 Watercolour on paper 30x20cm ¥10,000
Life in all its changes 2022 Watercolour on paper 24x33cm ¥20,000
Disco Memories 2022 Watercolour on paper 20x30cm ¥15,000
Self-portrait of the Artist 2022 Watercolour on paper 24x33cm ¥20,000
Sea, Sky, Mind 2022 Watercolour on paper 23x33cm ¥10,000
Born in rural Australia, Caroline Sato grew up in the pristine beauty of raw nature. With a background in fashion design and kimono history, she now lives in the concrete mass of Kanagawa. To escape insanity, she makes stuff. The recent adventures being a series of local houses painted on woodblocks. Secretly, she would like to make wildly inappropriate disfunctial clothing while in reality she threads new elastic into the pajama pants for 3 children and a Japanese husband,
Caroline Sato
Murakami 2021 Acrylic on wood 45x60cm ¥30,000
Atsugi 2021 Acrylic on wood 45x45cm ¥20,000
Ginger 2022 Ink and Acrylic 37x26cm ¥4,400
Possibilities 2021 Acrylic and pastel on paper 24x35cm ¥8,800