San Román Art

San Román Art

Watercolour, ink and matter. Nature, memory and the beauty of everyday things.

An artistic eye shaped by a path through Spain, the United Kingdom and Japan.

Catalina San Román Artist and illustrator · Currently in Kyoto, Japan

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Watercolour of a white hare with pink ears, curled up among dry leaves at the foot of a moss-covered tree trunk.

Solitary Hare

Watercolour · Fantasy and Nature

Watercolour, illustration and mixed media that explore nature, memory and human experience. Work that brings together the delicacy of drawing and the expressiveness of materials, between Spain, the United Kingdom and Japan.

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  1. Watercolour on a black background: a field mouse on a large speckled mushroom, beside a mossy log and clusters of orange mushrooms.

    Friends Of Fungi

    Watercolour · Fantasy and Nature
  2. Watercolour of a small blue-green being looking up at a grey rat from behind drooping white flowers, over moss and fallen leaves.

    Behind The Lilies

    Watercolour · Fantasy and Nature
  3. Black line illustration of Kyoto’s Yasaka Pagoda over roofs and streets, with a yellow sun and olive green touches.

    Yasaka Pagoda

    Kyoto

The artist

Catalina San Román (1998) is a Spanish artist and illustrator whose career has unfolded between Spain, the United Kingdom and Japan. She currently lives in Kyoto. She holds a degree in Fine Arts from the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya and studied East Asian Studies at the University of Salamanca.

Her work combines watercolour, ink and mixed media to explore nature, memory and human experience, with particular attention to femininity, cycles of transformation and the beauty of imperfection.

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Watercolour of an angel statue covered in moss and white flowers, with a crow perched beside it.

The Angel’s Acquaintance

Watercolour · Fantasy and Nature