Taiyo Okamoto

Find Your One and Only

Find Your One and Only

This is an announcement. Because I have many oil pastel drawings now, I just opened my Etsy page. The first collection of my oil pastel works is available for purchase on Etsy now. www.etsy.com/shop/TaiyoOkamoto These drawings are born from places that are out of such restrictions as "The drawings have to be this way" or "What you can show to people must be like this." I like them so much that I want everyone who finds a drawing that speaks to them to actually have it in pers

Oh I See!

Oh I See!

I would like to share what I have realized recently. When I heard the word ”mother” I imagined women who work really hard. I think I had a prejudice that mother is like that. My mother has been working in nursing care since she was young and was always busy. After coming home she did the house chores, and since I have an older sister and younger brother, my mother always took the three of us when she went out. Because I grew up in that environment that had been the impression

There Is No Turning Back Now

There Is No Turning Back Now

As I mentioned in my last blog, I've been drawing with oil pastel these days. I never plan what to draw. My drawing is concept free. It may fall into the category of abstract, however the category of abstract doesn't really fit me right. I just put oil pastel on the energy that overflows from within. Those who think academic art is the art might not like it. But I'm genuinely enjoying. When I draw with oil pastel, I naturally remember when I was a child. That I had these expe

A Nostalgia to Difficulties

A Nostalgia to Difficulties

I've been drawing with oil pastel these days. It is easier for me to use and play with than paint. It does not require preparation, and it suits my nature. I can create more and more because it's easy. It is a material that can catch up with what is overflowing out of me. I've realized that the material you use will change as your consciousness changes. Oil pastel appeared in my life as I decided to live easier. I've been drawing with oil pastel almost everyday now. I can con

You Must Be Avalokitesvara

You Must Be Avalokitesvara

Since my childhood, I have never liked choosing a certain side. Because I always want to be neutral. When I was in junior high, a girl in the same grade said to me, "Taiyo, you are like Avalokitesvara." (Goddess of Mercy / Guan Yin) Funny. When we look at something as an enemy or just contrary, we inevitably give it energy. It could be fear or anxiety. Those kinds of energy. And because we give it energy, that subject becomes greater and greater. A very simple structure. So w

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