Masako Tobita "Between The Times" Exhibition

The Minster Gallery in Winchester will
be showing for the first time an exciting new exhibition of abstract paintings by the
Japanese artist, Masako Tobita.
Masako was born and raised in Japan and studied art and design at Joshibi University
in Tokyo before working for a graphic design and architectural company. When she
moved to New York later on, she felt drawn to creating work in oils and followed
courses at The Art Students League in Manhattan. Since living in the U.K. for the last
twenty-two years, she has developed her work as an artist very successfully, exhibiting
in many galleries across England including in London at the RA Summer Exhibition and
at the Open West, Cheltenham.
Masako would say she paints instead of writing a diary:
“As the days begin, I pick up a brush, mix some colours and start making a first mark
on a canvas, without knowing where it will lead to. My work is very much like an
autobiography, layers of feelings about the past, the present and the future.”
Masako is able to paint very distinctive and unique works. She allows her thoughts,
experience and feelings to flow through onto the canvas. Her childhood memories,
lifetime experiences, both happy and sad, produce brush stokes that are free and
positive, creating strong images that impact on the viewer – drawing us into her
thoughts and mind – challenging us to experience and enjoy her ability to reach
abstraction. Her wonderful sense of colour and energetic brush strokes ensure her
paintings are vibrant and positive.
This particular exhibition, which will take place at The Minster Gallery in Winchester,
shows work by Masako about the past, the present and the future but it could have also
been called ‘Only Red’. In fact, the colour Red had been in Masako’s mind for some
time. Following the devastating impact of March 11th 2011 on her country and its
people with the earthquake followed by the Tsunami, Masako felt compelled “to step
into the core of her emotions”. Since then, Red has been the only colour that has
enabled her to express the powerful and diverse feelings she experienced. Red is the
dominant colour of this exhibition creating fascinating paintings.

Dates

Opening 22/02/2012 - 24/03/2012