“Masiko”, a commissioned portrait. My collector was born to a Japanese mother and US soldier. After being raised by his mother for the first 5 years of his life in Japan, he was taken by his father to the United States. He never saw his mother again and contact was lost. Now married with a family of his own, he finally managed to track down, and make contact with his Japanese family. Sadly his mother had passed away, but last year he visited Japan with his family, and connected with aunts and cousins. He returned with a few old and grainy photos of his mother, and it was from those that he asked me to paint a portrait of her to hang in his home and heart. I was enormously honored to paint this portrait.
“Masiko”, a commissioned portrait.
My collector was born to a Japanese mother and US soldier. After being raised by his mother for the first 5 years of his life in Japan, he was taken by his father to the United States. He never saw his mother again and contact was lost. Now married with a family of his own, he finally managed to track down, and make contact with his Japanese family. Sadly his mother had passed away, but last year he visited Japan with his family, and connected with aunts and cousins. He returned with a few old and grainy photos of his mother, and it was from those that he asked me to paint a portrait of her to hang in his home and heart. I was enormously honored to paint this portrait.