以下は「美術屋・百兵衛」2013 Spring No.25 に掲載された文章の引用です。（一部省略）
自らが向かい合った心を映し出す。横田順
自己を凝視し、現在の己の気持ちや感情を墨で表現するアーティスト。２０代の頃に油彩を始めたが、自分が表現したい方法はこれではないと感じていた。そんな折り、書を通じて墨と出会う。書塾では古典や詩、小説の一部などの言葉を借り、自らの気持ちを表現した。しかし書では言葉の存在による自身と作品との間の埋められない距離、また表現の限界を感じるようになり、遂に９年間通った書塾を辞め、墨による自己表現の旅に出た。
自身が生きるこの世界に起こる数々の出来事を、深く、広く考え続ける。今感じていることを、どのような色、形、構図で表現すべきなのか試行錯誤しながら描く。その中で絵から力が感じられ、納得できるものだけが横田の作品となる。
I am pleased to announce Boku-ga (Sumi ink paintings) exhibition by Sunao Yokota in October 1st to 15th at Taga Asahiya.
Ms. Yokota is a painter who lives in Hikone. There is an article about her which was in the art magazine "Hyakubei" in 2013 with her several works. "I encountered Japanese calligraphy when I was in my early thirties and it influenced me more than I expected. At the calligraphy school, I expressed myself by borrowing words from classics, poems and parts of novels. However the more time passed, the more distance I felt between the words and myself which I couldn't resolve and I felt a limitation in my expression because the existence of the words didn't free me. I wanted to express my thoughts and feelings as I live in the real world. Therefore, I decided to leave calligraphy school where I was for nine years and departed for the Sumi-ink world to express myself. I wanted to keep thinking deeply and widely about various events which occurred in the world. Thinking of the color, shape and structure, I draw my painting repeatedly through trial and error and in this process, I feel a sense of power and only the one which I am satisfied with what remains of Yokota's work. ---(omitted below) ----".
