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Ekphrastic Rhymed Couplets ~ She Wind
Bernard Gieske, US Poet and Audrey Kawasaki, US Painter
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About Audrey Kawasaki, US
| Audrey Kawasaki
(born March 31, 1982 in Los Angeles, California) is a Los
Angeles-based painter, known for her distinctive, erotically
charged portrayals of young, adolescent women. Her works are oil
paintings painted directly onto wood panels, and her style has
been described as a fusion of Art Nouveau and Japanese manga. Kawasaki studied fine art painting for two years at the Pratt Institute in New York City, but left after two years without completing her degree. She cites the emphasis in the New York art scene on conceptual art, an approach at odds with her figurative, illustrative style, as among the reasons she left. As of 2006, Kawasaki is considered a rising star in the Los Angeles art scene. In 2005, Kawasaki designed the cover art for Alice Smith's For Lovers, Dreamers & Me. In 2011, singer Christina Perri was tattooed with Kawasaki's painting, "My Dishonest Heart", by Kat Von D on an episode of LA Ink (Wikipedia: "Audrey Kawasaki). |
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