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Keiko Ogawa
Cong Caphe - Interior Cafe scene, oil and acrylic on canvas

2018

About the Item

For many people, a visit to a coffee shop is an essential part of the daily routine, whether they’re picking up a cup on their way to work or setting up shop with their laptop for the day. This interior cafe scene invites the viewer in with the idea of a comfortable place to sit and contemplate the days tasks with its warm green, red and soft blue tones. The mismatched chairs give the idea of casual ease, emphasized by the use of loose painting technique. Keiko Ogawa was born in Tokyo, Japan in 1974. While traveling the world, she met a well known Catalan painter who would become her husband and they settled in his hometown of Barcelona, Spain. The two artists share their studios on the 1st floor of a loft building just a few blocks from Antonio Gaudi's, Sagrada Familia in Barcelona. They live on the floors above the studio. Keiko's paintings capture architectural spaces sometimes inhabited by figures. The works look to be painted quickly and with confidence. But, while her Her dynamic use of paint might seem to contrast the contemplative and solitary subjects in her work, it instead has the effect of drawing even more focus to the intense restraint in her subjects.
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