Tetsuhiro Wakabayashi Paintings

Tetsuhiro Wakabayashi Paintings

I stumbled across these Tetsuhiro Wakabayashi paintings by accident while looking for Christmas presents on Etsy. His self contained worlds of fishing bears, rowing deers and melancholy giraffes made me instantly curious.

An artist and Illustrator from Japan, Tetsuhiro’s work displays a folk-art like anthropomorphism that he hopes brings “grace to the heart”.

A romantic wistfulness runs through these Tetsuhiro Wakabayashi paintings and prints. The black and white enveloping night skies of One Star and Under A Full Moon cast a magical spell over beautifully simple scenes.

A bear catches a large star while fishing, a deer rows to the centre of a swirling lake as a rabbit gazes intently back – of such things Tetsuhiro builds his worlds.

There’s a wonderful childlike quality and unbridled naivety to the work. You get the feeling Tetsuhiro’s imagination gets to venture outside without constraints and come back with whatever it happens to find on its boundless travels.

Check out Tetsuhiro’s website for more of his work including posters, postcards and other illustration projects.

About The Artist

Tetsuhiro Wakabayashi lives and works in Kanazawa, Japan and studied at Kanazawa College of Art.

Tetsuhiro Wakabayashi Online

• Tetsuhiro Wakabayashi · Website
• Tetsuhiro Wakabayashi · Etsy Shop
• Tetsuhiro Wakabayashi · Toi Gallery
• Tetsuhiro Wakabayashi · Facebook