The Idea of my work comes from the trivial matters and the small happiness of daily life. Often I travel back in time. I have been attracted by nostalgia because I rediscover a warmth and the close contact between people and nature, which is disappearing in a fast-paced digital society. Nature has been part of me since I was little and it has given me energy and healing ever since. If my illustration could trigger a specific memory each of us have, that would be the world I want to create.

-Shigeko Okada