Izumi Omori now showing her work at the Gallery of Secrets

Courtney Davis -Izumi Omori- Peter Koslowski at the Gallery of Secrets Dec 2007

Isumi Omori explores her Japanese influences as she absorbs and explores the beauty of Cornwall. Born at the foot of Mount Fuji she has grown up with a love of the spectacular, that nature so willingly offers. Like the pure water of Shiyosenkyo a waterfall near her home town of Kofu, her passion to express the love of her surroundings run deep and vibrant in an enthusiastic colour of learning. To Izumi each painting is a journey, sometimes she knows the path she travels and plans each step of its creation and sometimes likes to let the materials explode as she endeavours to take control of their ever defiant ways, she then may leave her painting as she reads the textures and reflects upon its creation and the influences that surround her, time has no passage as Izumi will only commit to put focus to her expressions, when she feels it is the right time and she understands what she wants to translate, Izumi will sometimes build a painting to near completion only to tear it down and re-build it into what it is she believes to be true, she has a great belief in evolution of art. She believes that art should penetrate more than just vision but should touch many other senses and if she can communicate this with her work she will have found the true way to speak to us all.

'Stars that Set the Heavens Alight' Isumi Omori

I see my painting as a form or ceremony. I don't start with any particular subject in mind. Instead I free myself up and in a meditative state allow ideas to flow from my subconscious and experiment with colour, texture and form. Then I step back and with my conscious mind become aware of what I have created and finish the painting. The ceremony is complete when a viewer connects, both heart and mind, with that which has been created. I am delighted to be showing my work with other artists of like mind and kindred spirit at the Gallery of Secrets in Bridport.

Isumi Omori

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Izumi Omori Art Gallery

The Gallery of Secrets