I love animals, I love embroidery and I love pretty pastel colors. So yes, you could say that I ADORE these embroidered (and painted!) creations by Japanese artist Mari Kamio. Mari graduated in textile design at the Tama Art University. Her lovely works have been featured in various exhibitions and is included in textile designs as well. […]
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Today was an exciting day. At 12.00 I was to going to meet artist Naomi Okubo at Kichijoji Station in West Tokyo. Kichijoji is a popular, artistic area where Inokashira Park is located (which is famous for it’s beautiful cherry blossoms during spring). I traveled to Kichijoji by train, Naomi waited for me at the entrance.
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Hello from amazing Tokyo! I arrived here this afternoon and want to share these flowery illustrations with you before I sleep away my jetlag.. These wonderful works by Sunao Maruyama oficially kick off the Japan Project: for one month, ArtisticMoods.com will be all about Japanese art and illustration. During my travels here I’m going to do my best to inspire […]
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Japanese artist Mana Morimoto likes to give old images a special finishing touch with needle & thread. Using beautifully bright colors, she gives a playful & contemporary look to all kinds of visual fragments. I love the results. Look at the eyebeams!
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On March 16 I will start off an exciting artsy journey around Japan. During this trip I will get myself drenched into the Japanese contemporary art world; I will visit artists, exhibitions, events and many many other exciting things. It’s something I’ve been wanting to do for a long, long time so I’m very excited it’s finally going […]
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Naomi Okubo was featured on the blog exactly one year ago. A nice moment to share some of her more recent paintings, which I spotted on her website today. I don’t think I’ve ever seen anyone use as many colors in a painting as Naomi does, and I love every single one of them. For more […]
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I just can’t decide which of these tiny treasures I like the most.. the dotted mushrooms, the cheeky bats, or perhaps the blue-colored beetle. To be honest I’ve never liked anything that has more then 4 paws, but Hiné Mizushima can make anything creepy look cute! Hiné Mizushima is a Tokyo-born artist who majored in Japanese traditional paintings before she started her […]
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