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 great 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 which
has published limited edition prints depicting domestic kittens. Her
kittens are also on collector plates (by Danbury Mint), T-shirts,
cards, and so on.
Kayomi's original paintings of wildlife (snow leopards,
tigers, mountain lions, wolves, foxes, etc.) are on display at Classic
Art Gallery in Carmel, California, and Charles Spinetta Wildlife
Art Gallery in Plymouth, California.
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View White Tiger Originals View Misc. Wildlife Originals
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Please mail your comments to the artist: kayomih@aol.com
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