Award winning fine artist, enthusiastic children's picture book illustrator, courtroom artist,portraitist & event/conference sketcher, Sydney based. Quick and accurate drawing skills are truly outstanding. Only in a FEW minutes, quickies capture models in any posture with any face expression. Style is broad from whimsical cartoons to fine art for multifarious subjects. In 2008, "Stuck!"(picture book & CD) was published by Harcourt for primary school in "Whole child." Famous Ms Janeen Brian is my writer. Feedback from publishers is very positive. Watercolor, "Whisper of Autumn" won First prize at Ryde art society winter exhibition, bought by Ms Maxine McKew. Watercolor, "Our Granny Smith Festival" won Third Ryde City Award at Ryde City Annual exhibition, purchased by Ryde Council. Quick portraits at Linguistics Conference08, Free Linguistics Conference09 ordered by Dept Linguistics.  "International Chess Tournament" sketches are published by "Australian Chess" May 2010. Watercolor, "Joyful Song of Life" selected entry for Victoria Cancer Council, 2010. BA Sydney uni; majors in linguistics & sociology. Mother tongue is Japanese. Teaching experience of Japanese & academic English. Australian Society of Authors, CopyRight Agency Ltd, KuRingGai Art Society & Ryde Art Society member. Illustrator minimum rate set by ASA.  REFEREES: Linguist Jane at Sydney Uni, Editor Louise at PaddlePop, Illustrator&Uni lecturer&Editor at Walker Books Donna Rawlins, KuRingGai Art Society President Jeanne.

• 2 D (painting/printmaking/drawing/illustration/cartoons)