Yamagata

About this book

Hiro Yamagata was born near Kyoto Japan went to Paris to study art and considers himself an American artist. In his Los Angeles studio Yamagata paints minutely detailed scenes of Paris streets cafes and parks. He captures the essence of the naif style by presenting life in simple terms and the world in the happiest light. His creative synthesis of photorealist and neo-primitive techniques has won countless admirers and collectors. Yamagatas vision is unequivocably cheerful and his imagery is endlessly inventive. He works from a palette of over 100 shades of acrylic paints and renders in exacting detail with brushes with as small as two hairs. Serigraphs of some of Yamagatas most popular paintings have been pulled in an elaborate silkscreen process that duplicates the hundreds of colors used in each picture.