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Tim Okamura: "Love, Strength & Soul"
Painter Tim Okamura investigates identity, the urban environment, metaphor, and cultural iconography through a unique method of painting — one that combines an essentially "realist" approach to the figure with collage, spray paint, and mixed media. The juxtaposition of the rawness and urgency of street art and academic ideals has created a visual language that acknowledges a traditional form of storytelling through portraiture, while infusing the work with resonant contemporary motifs.
On view in the Carol Shen Gallery: Spring 2018.