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About the artist Kayomi
Kayomi was born in Osaka, Japan and began drawing at an early age. Since
early childhood, she has had a deep interest in animals, especially the big wild cats and domestic cats. As painting gave her joy, she decided to pursue her career as an artist. She worked as a
commercial art illustrator and a free-lance animal portrait artist in Japan before she moved to California in 1991.
When Kayomi paints an animal, the eyes always come first. She thinks that the
most attractive feature of all cats is their expressive eyes. They show what the cat is thinking and feeling, and they also determine the mood of the painting. Her painting often includes two or
three animals so she can show their interactions, motions and behaviors. As she creates her work, Kayomi likes to imagine that the animals' life stories are being captured in her images. Her
backgrounds are made somewhat mysterious using soft delicate colors.
Kayomi is published by Applejack Limited Editions.
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