Love, Peace and Healing
Kumiko Johnson
McKinney, Texas
BIOGRAPHY
After graduating Tokyo University of Art, I decided to come to New York City to work as textile artist, I moved to Texas and worked as graphic artist to create many graphic arts like greeting card packaging design. I start creating fine art, because I was interested about energy people has, energy become color, shape and feeling. I started to paint portrait, especially Native American, African American and my culture because we have strong connection to Nature, I decided paint those people's energy. their story must be told so their soul will be honor, respect and understand. I am a tool to tell messages to everybody visually.
ARTIST STATEMENT
Art is to me, it is a same as my life, I cannot breathe without it. I decided to be artist without any question. I study 4 year at Tokyo Universe of Art. They taught me many different of art, but one thing they did not teach me how art and I are connecting to each other. Creative mind is the souse of art, and speaking inside of me all the time, how about this, it always gives me the idea of what to do, so I create but idea from my creative mind, so those are the same source comes from it is me. I create art because it is from inside of me and comes from outside also as energy forms. I call those art.