Takehiko SUGAWARA

Born in Tokyo in 1962, Sugawara majored in Japanese traditional painting at Tama Art University. With his first encounter with an old cherry tree called Jindaizakura in 1996 in Yamanashi prefecture, he has been devoted himself to painting nature since then. Recently, he painted cherry blossom trees such as Usuzumizakura in Gifu, Miharu Takizakura in Fukushima, Garyu no Matsu in Yamagata and the waterfall called Kirifuri no Taki in Tochigi.