Yuriko Igarashi Kitamura
drawing, printmaking, sumi ink, and mixed media…
Touch Of Gold (Geranium) #64, 1995, graphite and watercolour on paper, 3X3 inches (8x8cm), unframed, $200 Cdn.
Nasturtium Study, 1995, graphite on paper, 3x3 inches (8x8 cm), framed, $350 Cdn.
Two Little Buds (Geranium) #98, 1996, graphite and watercolour on paper, 3X3 inches (8x8cm), unframed, $200 Cdn.
Tradescantia, 1996, graphite on paper, 3x3 inches (7.5 x 7.5 cm), framed, $350 Cdn.
Christmas Cactus #5, 1997, graphite & watercolour on paper, 3x3 inches (7.5 x 7.5 cm), framed, $350 Cdn.
Linden Tree Seeding #3, 2001, graphite on paper, 3x3 inches (8x8 cm), unframed, $200 Cdn.
Linden Tree Seeding #4, 2001, graphite on paper, 3x3 inches (8x8 cm), unframed, $200 Cdn.
Geranium Series: Black & White #26, 2008, graphite/paper, 4x4 inches (10x10 cm), unframed, $200 Cdn.
Geranium Series: Composition Centre, 2008, graphite/paper, 4x4 inches (10x10 cm), unframed, $200.00 Cdn.
Chrysanthemum Series (#24), 2010, graphite/paper, 4x4 inches (10x10 cm), unframed, $200 Cdn.
Day Lilies Life Cycle #10, 2010, graphite/paper, 4x4 inches (10x10 cm), unframed, $200 Cdn.
Day Lilies Full Open #5, 2014, graphite/paper, 4x4 inches (10x10 cm), unframed, $200 Cdn.
Day Lilies Afternoon, graphite drawing on Rising Stonehenge paper, 4 x 4 inches (10x10 cm), framed, $350 Cdn.
Day Lilies Life Cycle, graphite drawing on Rising Stonehenge paper, 4 x 4 inches (10x10 cm), framed, $350 Cdn.
Birch Tree Fall #25, 1995, graphite drawing on Rising Stonehenge paper, 9x3 inches (23 x 8 cm), framed, $500 Cdn.
Fall (Birch Tree) #24, 1995, graphite drawing on Rising Stonehenge paper, 9x3 inches (23 x 8 cm), framed, $500 Cdn.
Evolution Is A Fact (Darwin), 2015, graphite drawing on Rising Stonehenge paper, 12x12 inches (30.5 x 30.5 cm), framed, $500.00 Cdn.
Oneness (Why?), 2011, graphite drawing on Rising Stonehenge paper, 12x12 inches (30.5 x 30.5 cm), framed, $500.00 Cdn.
Untitled, 1979, coloured etching on paper, 6.25 x 8 inches (16 x 20 cm), framed, $450 Cdn.
Nasturtium, 1995, linocut/paper, 3x3 inches (8x8cm), unframed, $100.00 Cdn.
Chrysanthemum, linocut/paper, 5.5 x 5.5 inches (14x14cm), unframed, $150.00 Cdn.
Body Calligraphy (Simple Line #2), c.2008, Sumi Ink drawing on mitsumata 45-50gm rice paper, 13.5 x 8.5 inches (34.5 x 21.5 cm), framed, $450 Cdn
Five Male Figures Posing, sumi ink drawing on mitsumata 45-50 gm rice paper, 13x35 inches (33 x 89 cm), framed, $1600 Cdn.
Road Series #31, 2003, sumi ink brush drawing/board, 9x9 inches (23 x 23 cm), framed, $500 Cdn.
Tear Of Silence (based on poem "Learning The Language" by Tom Three Person, mixed media on sekishu 30 gm rice paper, with twine and poplar sticks, 24 x 14 inches (61 x 36 cm), wall hanging, $1100 Cdn.
Against Majority (Galileo), 2009, graphite drawing on Rising Stonehenge paper, 12x12 inches (30.5 x 30.5 cm), sold.
More by YURIKO - work on paper and ricepaper
“I want to go beyond what I see.”
From primarily painting on rice paper her interests expanded to include etching, graphite drawing and her favourite – figure drawing in Japanese calligraphy-style brush drawing.
“I want to capture the timeless serenity, the power and endurance of rugged mountains, the delicacy of a flower, or the essence of the human figure.”
Born in Hokkaido, Japan, the artist moved to USA in the early 1960s after completing a BSc in Pharmacology, and then to Canada in the mid-1960s. Her career as an artist began in Alberta.
Yuriko Igarashi Kitamura is best known in artistic circles as the originator of dye-painting on rice paper. She taught the technique through the University of Alberta, Faculty of Extension over a period of fourteen (14) years.
Yuriko’s aesthetic approach captures the timelessness and serenity in nature. She strives to honour the qualities of simplification, decorativeness, and serenity in her work, and is interested in drawing and capturing the various expectations and cycles of life. Her primary work is done on location, in watercolour and in pencil sketch.