Workshop/Demonstration:
Portrait Painting Class
Instructor: Kazuaki Uehara
Postponed indefinitely
"Everyone will leave class with work ready for framing" -Kazu
Fee: $30 (Checks may be made out to the LJAA.)
Registration: with Kazuaki by email at uehaki@gmail.com
Location: The LJAA Gallery
• A one hour demo followed by class
• Limited to 5 students
Bring the following: portable easel, canvas (no bigger than 12x16), palette paper, paint (primary colors and white in any brand) (secondary - optional), turpenoid & oil, several bristle brushes between #2 and #6, paper towels, and photos (for the portraits).
The LJAA Gallery (858) 459-1196
8100 Paseo del Ocaso, Suite B, La Jolla, CA 92037
The LJAA Gallery is located in beautiful
La Jolla Shores on the block of
Avenida de la Playa and
Paseo del Ocaso off La Jolla Shores Dr. North of La Jolla Village and 20 minuets north-west of downtown San Diego.
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Kazuaki Uehara
Oil and Pastel Portraits From Life
ARTIST STATEMENT
I came from Ishigaki island in Okinawa, Japan and have been working as a chef for more than 27 years in the United States.
I think portraiture is a most challenging subject in art because anyone can accurately evaluate the progress in portraiture.
We humans have been receiving a lot of benefit by understanding the universal truths, such as the law of gravity and the law of magnetism. Each time we find the fundamental laws of the universe, we make a great step in the revolution. At the same time, the pursuit of truth is a fundamental purpose not only as a human being but as a portrait painter. Well, so far, the truth that I found in my life is that...I am a lonely person. Yet, by overcoming this life condition, I will be accomplishing my own human revolution, and it will also be the great revolution through every stroke in my canvas.
"Art is nothing more than my life itself."
STYLES: portrait, figure
MEDIUM:oil, pastel, charcoal
MEMBERSHIPS: Portrait Society of America, San Diego Portrait Society, LJAA
AWARDS: San Diego Portrait Society awards
CONTACT: uehaki@gmail.com
Please e-mail Kazu for further information about his classes, demonstrations, commissions and more.
