Art Of Living: Expert Talk & Inspiring Works

- Aman Mehta

Growing up in the old cultural capital of Japan, Yoko Shimizu was surrounded by nature and traditional art. Frequent visits to the botanical gardens with her parents, art lessons in the midst of Kyoto’s rice paddies, and delightful hours spent in her grandfather’s room with its infinite supply of brushes, paints and materials planted the seed for her future. Even her first word was ‘hana’, meaning flower.