The most recent V. Notes post had some personal favorites from the many Seattle Artist League Portrait Awards submissions we received. One of the artworks featured yesterday piqued my interest, so I contacted the artist, and raided his website and Instagram for images.
Akira Ohiso recently moved to Seattle from New York. He paints digitally, with Procreate. He does all the drawing with his fingers.
“Sometimes I start with a photo then let process take over. Color is the same way, but I omit or change colors to create a certain mood or feeling. Color is language to me so I use it to allude to different times and spaces…like memory.”
Retiring Supreme Court Justice
“Pop iconography and humor often find their way into the work. The play button (above) is an example of this. It felt contemporary to obscure a retiring justice’s face. The viewer may have the urge to push it…”
Here is a selection of Akira Ohiso’s digital artworks made in Seattle:
Still Life
Camp Bardahl
Noodle Study
Noodle Study
Shabu Shabu Sunrise
Bacon Tent
Tekkadon
Noodle Study
Daybreak
December 27th 11:13am
“Wednesday Morning”, 8.5×11 paper, 110 lb archival prints. $15 each
Those who received the bomb
Pink Pasta
612 NW 65th St
LBJ says “Get Vaccinated”
Ballard
Seneca St. Exit
A poster design for the @amplifierart Global Open Call
Still Life
Still-life
Self-portrait 4/8/2021
Belletown. Screws / 2016
Still-life
Search Party
Custom Order | Digital print on canvas | 11 x 16
Correction: Portrait Faves
You might have noticed V. Notes sometimes has typos and errors.
A while back, an update to our WordPress site caused the blog page to crash every time I go in to make an edit, so posting is a bit precarious, and there is a trail of small embarrassments behind me.
Good news! The Seattle Artist League is getting a nifty new website soon, and I’ll be able to make edits to my posts. Whew!
In the recent post with my portrait faves, an artwork was inadvertently posted without a name. Since I am unable to edit the previous post at the moment, I am posting the artwork again here. I’m delighted, because I thought the stitching had a graceful parallel with the digital work, and I was trying to think of an excuse to post them together. Here are three artworks. One is stitched in cotton, the other in pixels.
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Akira Ohiso
The most recent V. Notes post had some personal favorites from the many Seattle Artist League Portrait Awards submissions we received. One of the artworks featured yesterday piqued my interest, so I contacted the artist, and raided his website and Instagram for images.
Akira Ohiso recently moved to Seattle from New York. He paints digitally, with Procreate. He does all the drawing with his fingers.
“Sometimes I start with a photo then let process take over. Color is the same way, but I omit or change colors to create a certain mood or feeling. Color is language to me so I use it to allude to different times and spaces…like memory.”
“Pop iconography and humor often find their way into the work. The play button (above) is an example of this. It felt contemporary to obscure a retiring justice’s face. The viewer may have the urge to push it…”
Here is a selection of Akira Ohiso’s digital artworks made in Seattle:
$15 each
Correction: Portrait Faves
You might have noticed V. Notes sometimes has typos and errors.
A while back, an update to our WordPress site caused the blog page to crash every time I go in to make an edit, so posting is a bit precarious, and there is a trail of small embarrassments behind me.
Good news! The Seattle Artist League is getting a nifty new website soon, and I’ll be able to make edits to my posts. Whew!
In the recent post with my portrait faves, an artwork was inadvertently posted without a name. Since I am unable to edit the previous post at the moment, I am posting the artwork again here. I’m delighted, because I thought the stitching had a graceful parallel with the digital work, and I was trying to think of an excuse to post them together. Here are three artworks. One is stitched in cotton, the other in pixels.
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