Five years ago, the first week of November, I opened Genesis art Lounge on Nodai Dori, the busy shopping street near our home in the

In 1987 I traveled to my mother’s country, England, to visit family in London. After kissing my grandparents goodbye, I traveled southwest to Devon and

When Mirai drew herself smiling, the confidence she saw in the pretty young woman smiling back at her gave her confidence to draw wonderfully. This

I love it when art imitates life!! I drew a pretty ordinary looking guy working on his cell phone at Starbucks back in Spring, about

A Genesis art trial session is an intimate partnering experience between a few people, sometimes only you and me. I’m drawing with you. There are

１０月８日（月）「公園で自然の恵を描くワークショップ」 お天気がよければ世田谷区の馬事公苑で１０：３０～１２：３０に開催いたします。 料金は３０００円です。 Join me for a two-hour workshop in two of Tokyo’s most lovely nature sanctuaries — Baji Koen (Mondays 10:30-12:30). This workshop is

9/27 marks 25 years in Japan. I feel extremely sentimental and appreciative. Taking out my photo albums and pouring over 25 years of pictures I

As I write, as I connect with my past, writer friends and readers of my Japan Times articles of long ago are reconnecting. Thank you

“I regret that I don’t draw and wish I could. I started to notice my son was hesitant about drawing and I thought he was

A hot day but for today’s Level 2 workshop, this is the cool-down formula: find a fountain or pond. Ours was a fountain-pond (both!) n

Today in yoga class, I was surprised to find myself the only student with a new teacher subbing for our superstar yoga teacher who was

The Leonard da Vinci exhibit is on at Bunkamura until 6/10 and I REALLY recommend that if you can get to Shibuya see this outstanding

I’m pleased to introduce contemporary artists who are forging new paths, pioneering new techniques, deeply intuitive and inspiring! Introducing Australian artist Leigh Camilleri Leigh and

My art comes from a state of mind. Let me share with you some of the affirmations that guide me in the creative process. I

In a Genesis Art mandala-making workshop, Shoko Yatabe took inspiration from Animal Wisdom, a card she gets quite often and identifies as the card that

Shoko Yatabe brought her two kids Rintaro, 14, and Kanoko, 13, to celebrate her birthday at my home studio with this mandala drawing session. As