Today we’d like to introduce you to Kumi Hirose
Hi, so excited to have you with us today. What can you tell us about your story?
When I was 7 years old, the Japanese Anime called Sailor Moon was very popular and I loved it so much that I often filled my notebooks with Manga. It was Manga that made me like “pictures” before being interested in “art”. When I reached 4th year of college, I drew more pictures than other students. Then I graduated as valedictorian in class and won the Prize of Collection in our university museum.
It was my first award ever and I remember being very excited and inspired. From then on I decided to become a painter.
I’ve been drawing colorful pop pictures since and people around me often said: “You belong in New York more than Japan.” From that time on, I preferred New York as a base for my art production more than Japan or Europe. In 2014, I moved to New York.
Can you talk to us a bit about the challenges and lessons you’ve learned along the way. Looking back would you say it’s been easy or smooth in retrospect?
I was lucky when I won the award at college. I always struggled getting up at four in the morning and leaving school at 11pm every night. But I learned that if I make an effort, positive results follow. There was a story that a famous manga artist slept only once every three days.
There are many people who have a harder time than I do. But, again, one can’t succeed without effort. I want to emulate someone who works hard and who perhaps even has a harder time than I do. I want to do my best.
There are many people who have a harder time than I do. But, again, one can’t succeed without effort. I want to emulate someone who works hard and who perhaps even has a harder time than I do. I want to do my best.
Appreciate you sharing that. What else should we know about what you do?
I am a painter who paints every day. I specialize in oil painting, acrylic painting and mixed media. What I think sets my work apart from others is that mine is colorful, pop and powerful. I am proud of the way I can express the incredible passion in my heart through the painting process. I know that art includes elements of sensation, sensibility, fashion, emotion, psychology, spirituality, and mentality. So I create artworks that can relate to people’s hearts, giving them a good and positive energy as well as a great mood.
Can you talk to us a bit about happiness and what makes you happy?
Happiness means that if our words and actions make someone happy, we will also feel happy. I think that relationships are the important elements to achieve happiness. If you don’t invest in your relationships, you will never be happy. So, I would be happy if people all over the world would achieve positive effects from my work such as “energetic”, “cute”, “interesting”, “beautiful”, and “cool” – to feel good and be happy. To make people and myself happy is my purpose in life.
Pricing:
- H12 × W12 inches is $500,
- H40 × W30 inches work for $1200
Contact Information
- Email: kumimi.art315@gmail.com
- Website: http://kumi-hirose.com
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/
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