TIDE

TIDE was born in 1984. The self-taught artist first began painting while traveling abroad in Australia in his early 20s, returning to Tokyo and starting a career as an artist in 2009. TIDE was heavily inspired by the work of manga artist and historian Shigeru Mizuki, and has consistently painted monochromatic worlds, starting initially with intricate, small-scale pointillist pencil drawings. He then began to explore various painting techniques, including watercolour and acrylic, leading to his current multi-layered painting style that makes full use of these accumulated techniques.