西原清次 KIYOJI NISHIHARA

西原清次 NISHIHARA KIYOJI
1949年生まれ

2006年より西淡路希望の家へ
美術部で最高齢。休憩なしで2時間ぶっ通し。全力で制作される。
少し耳が遠い為、マイペースで話をされながら手を動かす。
はるか昔と思われる少年時代の思い出や、大好きなキャラクターを愛でるようにボールペンと色鉛筆を使い、記億をたどってゆく。夢で見た話なのか、現実なのか、時々わからなくなるけれど、西原さんの世界は鮮やかでセピア色だ。見たことのない生き物も時々現れる。美術部の部屋の一番後ろで机からなかなか顔を上げないけれど、他の部員の欠席や遅刻には敏感でみんなの様子を気にしてくれている優しい人。

Affiliation: Nishiawaji kibou no ie
Born in 1949.

Became a member of Nishiawaji kibou no ie in 2006.
He is the oldest member in the art club. He focuses on his work for two hours without a break and puts all his energy into it. Because he is a little hard of hearing, he talks at his own pace and continues working. While using a ballpoint pen and color pencils, he recalls memories of when he was a little boy, which is assumed to be a very long time ago, or characters that he loved. Sometimes we cannot even tell if it is a story about what he saw in his dream or reality, but Nishihara’s world of sepia is still lively. Even unseen living creatures sometimes appear. He sits at the back of the art club room and rarely lifts his head, but he pays attentions to other members and knows if they are absent or late and also about how they are going. He is such a gentle person.