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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