Born: 1933 - Hokkaido, Japan

Died: 1998

Known for: Printmaking-silkscreen, abstract landscape-skyscape painting

Tetsuro Sawada was a printmaker and painter who was born in Hokkaido, Japan. His medium is primarily the silkscreen print or serigraph (see AskART glossary); early in his career he also did some abstract oil painting and lithographs. His subjects are landscapes and skyscapes; he has been called "The Skyscape Artist". His style is semi geometric abstraction, focusing on hard edged horizontal lines, colour, light and his unique technique of shading called "bokashi