4/17［月］― 30［日］

niigata eya exhibition 649
作家在廊日：4/21・22・29・30（予定）

　どこかで出会ったような懐かしい風景、桜や日本の自然を約40年描いてきた。樹齢数百年の桜を追って県外へスケッチに出かけ、咲かなくなった桜をキャンバスで満開にする。花びら一枚一枚の細部まで精魂込めて描く。「黒塀の赤いポスト」―この作品も現代では見られない風景、まして着物のエプロンの女の子など、今では想像もできないことだが、どこかで出会ったような気持ちにさせられる。ほのぼのと心が温かくなる。それが、木村千代春さんの世界観なのだ。
　何を描いたかは見ればわかるが、どう描いてきたかプロセスが重要、そして絵描き屋は滞らず進化すべし、絵画の世界は果てしない、と木村さんは言う。言葉には絵に対する情熱と生き様が窺える。今回またどんな感動に出会えるか期待したい。（企画者：横木裕子）

木村千代春（きむら ちよはる）
1949年新潟県聖籠町生まれ。85年より会社勤務の傍ら独学で童画を描き始める。92年新潟県勤労展初入選、97年～越後湯沢全国童画展入賞、2001年北都・色いろいろ大賞、新潟日報美術振興賞、02 年ILEC（社）教育文化協会美術展優秀賞、16年上野の森美術館「日本の自然を描く」展で彫刻の森美術館賞を受賞、以後同展で無鑑査。アートサロン環、下田の森の美術館など県内で個展多数。新潟絵屋で2回目の個展。

PHOTO（上）:「花筏のかるがも親子」 2022年 アクリル/紙 44.8×52.3cm

Miniature paintings of Japanese nature

For about 40 years, Kimura has been painting cherry blossoms and Japanese nature, nostalgic landscapes that you would have encountered somewhere. He goes sketching outside the prefecture in pursuit of cherry trees that are several hundred years old, and brings cherry trees that are no longer in bloom into full bloom on his canvases. He puts his heart and soul into every detail of each petal. “Red Post with Black Wall” – this work, too, shows a landscape that cannot be seen today, much less a girl in a kimono apron, which is unimaginable today; but it makes you feel as if you have met her somewhere. It is heartwarming. That is the worldview of Mr.Chiyoharu Kimura.
　Kimura says that although you can tell what he painted by looking at it, it is the process of how he painted that is important. He continues stating that an artist should evolve without delay, and that the world of painting is endless. His words reveal his passion for painting and his way of life. We look forward to seeing what kind of excitement we will encounter again at this year’s exhibition. (Exhibition Planner: Yuko Yokoki)

Chiyoharu Kimura
Born in 1949 in Seiro Town, Niigata Prefecture, Kimura began painting children’s pictures on his own while working at a company in 1985. In 1992, he was selected for the first time for the Niigata Prefecture Kinro Exhibition; in 1997, he won a prize at the Echigo-Yuzawa National Children’s Drawing Exhibition; in 2001, he was awarded the Hokuto Colorful Grand Prize and the Niigata Nippo Art Promotion Prize; in 2002, he earned the Excellence Prize at the ILEC Institute of Education and Culture Art Exhibition;in 2016, he won the Sculpture Forest Museum Prize at the “Painting Japanese Nature” exhibition at the Ueno Royal Museum, and since then has held noncompetitive exhibitions at the same exhibitions. Numerous solo exhibitions in Niigata Prefecture have displayed his paintings, including the Art Salon Kan and the Shitada no Mori Art Museum. This is his second solo exhibition at Niigata Eya.

PHOTO:「黒塀の赤いポスト」 2022年 アクリル 21.5×15.6cm