Carl Randall Sketch of a Baby, Tokyo, 2012

Carl Randall (b. 1975) is a figurative artist whose work is based on London and Japan. A graduate of the Slade School, the Royal Drawing School, and Tokyo University of Fine Arts, he has exhibited at the National Portrait Gallery and Royal Academy. After ten years in Japan, with residencies in Hiroshima and Shizuoka, he received awards such as The Sunday Times Watercolour Competition and the Nomura Art Prize. His work is represented in various institutions, including The Royal Collection, London; University College London Art Museum, London; and Tokyo Geidai Art Museum, Tokyo. 

In Sketch of a Baby, Tokyo belongs to a series of observational pen drawings created on Tokyo trains between 2003 and 2013, capturing brief moments of daily life.