THE ART of MOTOKO"Gloria*" YASUE

BIO

Born in Tokyo, Japan /  Lives in Houston, Texas.

Motoko Yasue earned her MFA degree in studio art at Houston Baptist University. Her art reflects her life in the U.S. through her unique Japanese perspective.  Since her move to the U.S. from Tokyo, Japan, she has been passionately engaged in the study of art and painting, hoping to create the world on canvas as she sees it as well as the way she imagines it.  After many years of experience in the corporate world, Art is her second career choice where she seeks different ways to convey the beauty of the world through streaming natural light coupled with the illumination of forms and gestures into figurative compositions. Motoko's work projects her exploration of colors and textures in her abstract landscapes.  They reflect her Japanese cultural background which embraces the beauty of nature and seasons as well as the reflection of strong sunlight during the summer in Texas. She hopes that her paintings convey who she is while they hopefully help the viewer see the world's beauty through another lens. Her current art practice explores oil-painting, watercolor, mixed media and sculpture.