Hiroko Sakai

    I was born in a small town of northern Kyushu island of Japan in early Spring.  I was a shy kid. I liked looking for fairies in grass and reading adventure stories from my gigantic book case. My parents were great patrons of cultures and art and made sure I had many opportunities to grow artistically. It seemed like I have been painting and drawing from my first breath. My school note books are filled with drawings.

     My professional art career started in the graphic arts field in Fukuoka, Japan in the early 1990s. After graduating from Seinan Gakuin University with a BA degree in French and Nihon interior design school with a BA degree in design and rendering, I founded Atelier Yume-Tsumugi Ltd. I operated that studio successfully for 5 years. I emphasized working on a variety of projects with varying requirements rather than a distinct style. Many of my works are displayed in hospital lobbies, corporate offices, and commercial building entrances in Japan.

     In 1998, I broadened the scope of my endeavors to include projects in the United States. In the US, I decided to start concentrate on oil painting. I had always wanted to paint with oils in Japan, but slow drying oils were not realistic with the short deadlines of my commercial clients. Now I could do it.

     San Francisco, with its vibrant arts culture, became my second home and was a source of much inspiration. For a while, I felt disadvantaged because I was a foreigner learning a second language. Now I know that my differences are my strength and I can combine my Japanese and San Francisco backgrounds to produce powerful and unique art works. 

     When we tap into our powers of imagination, we are blooms of possibilities.

I believe that I am one of the happiest creatures in the world because I have found what I am meant to do on this Earth and what I want to do from now on.

Please visit Hiroko's web site at: http://www.hirokosakaifineart.com

To see more of Hiroko's art, you can view the video below.  Some of the pieces will be in her new book REBIRTH schedule for release Fall 2011

Queer Fruit

Moon

Medusa #1

Life

I Believe

Despair and Hope

Hiroko's Art

Rebirth

To the eye of Hiroko, nothing is quite so simple, and nothing is quite profane; in her exploration of human nature, anything and everything can be imagined, from insatiable lust to infinite beauty

Eric Seligson
- Graphic designer, Siderealist

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Okin the Panda Bear Finds his Family

Have you ever seen two, plush, purple-furred cats, wearing fashionable purple boots, hot wigs with glitter shades to match, singing the oldies and original songs on a bicycle-built-for-two? These purple, sister cats, Razzle and Dazzle, pedal down an endless cobblestone pathway, trying to make the world a better place with all the animal folk they encounter on their journey.  Their Purr-ple Cat destiny is to hand out gemstones to others to use appropriately, for goodness sakes, joy, honesty and peace. Along with good manners, of course. (Schedule Release 2011)

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