On Miki
by J.S. Wolfe
_____________________________________________________________
New York, NY. April 2008- “Where is your happiness?”, asks Miki with a
fragile smile. Miki, an international Artist, from Tokyo Japan, showcased
her work throughout cosmopolitan cities; including: Los Angeles, Tokyo,
and New York. She Travels the world to restore happiness, and expresses
emotions through animals.
Miki began painting at the age of one, marking
a turning point in her life, carving her path as an artist. Exploring the parallel
universe of human emotion and animal wisdom, Miki merges both
worlds, in search for answers. Her upcoming exhibition, titled “Chasing
Rainbows”, at 43 8th Avenue Gallery, consists of twelve paintings, revealing
the many colors and layers of our emotions.
“I believe we always have a choice between happiness and pain”, Miki affirms,
“yet I look around to find that most people choose pain and suffering
over happiness”. In her painting, “First Love”, depicting an elephant meditating
in a garden with his eyes closed, as if reminiscing of an eternal
memory of a great love it once had. Though the elephant is now alone, it
appears peaceful, and content carrying the wisdom of letting go gracefully,
knowing that it cannot rely on another for its own joy.
Miki exhumes the forgotten rainbows, beauty and purity of being in love.
Miki has painted many animals in her past exhibitions, but this is the first
time she focuses on a single concept, expressed through a single animal,
the elephant. In some Asian cultures, the elephant is regarded as holy; it
represents beautiful emotions, meditation and wisdom. “I like to channel
my energy into my art as it fills a certain void within”, states Miki.
“Art possesses the magic of replenishing emotional hunger, and I hope for everyone
who comes across my work may experience a sense of fulfillment and
joy.”
In 2002, on her continual quest to find her inner voice, the inspiration to
paint an elephant found her, which she believes to be the
perfect symbol
reflecting the kind of happiness she’d like to convey. A happiness based
on reciprocation and self-awareness.
Miki’s work is one we all relate to, as it poses a question that has baffled
humanity for centuries; “Where is our happiness?”, which leads to an even
more resonant question of “Do we find more comfort in our darkness that
we developed a fear of light?”
Miki, and her elephants gather all the positive energy they could muster, in
an attempt to remind us of the light, bringing us home; back into our center,
where true rainbows reside.
© J.S. Wolfe
Comments