Hiroki Morinoue Abstract Prints
American, b. 1947
Hiroki Morinoue is an American artist of Japanese descent who has helped to pioneer in the United States the fusion of western Impressionism with modern Japanese design. Morinoue was born in Kealakekua and raised near Holualoa, formerly a major coffee plantation town in the mountains above Kailua-Kona on the Big Island of Hawaii. Japanese workers were brought from Japan at the turn of the 20th century to Hawaii to work the plantations. Although the coffee plantations are gone, Holualoa remains a major producer and exporter of Kona coffee from a cooperative of private growers. In addition, a large artist colony has taken hold in the town itself. Morinoue studied at the California College of Arts and Crafts in Oakland, California, where he received his BFA degree. Later, while in Japan, Morinoue studied with a master sumi-e artist and a master of woodblock printing. Morinoue still has his home in Holualoa, on the Big Island of Hawaii. It was Morinoue's seemingly abstract paintings of calm water on textured wood or woodblock prints that propelled him to prominence. The play of light on pebbles at the bottom of a creek or pond, bubbles, ripples, or the reflection on the surface of water are combined with a Japanese sense of balance and design in intense shades of aqua, black and blue creating art of refined, serene elegance. Subsequent works show a trend towards abstract art, experimentation in warmer palettes, rougher strokes, various subject matters and media such as ceramics and photography. Hiroki Morinoue can be seen in several public and private collections in the USA (particularly in Hawaii) and Japan.
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Artist: Hiroki Morinoue
Lotus
By Hiroki Morinoue
Located in Lyons, CO
Color woodcut, Edition 30.
Lotus is a twenty-six color woodcut from seven woodblocks printed in an edition of 30, plus proofs, on white Thai Mulberry paper. In this print, a compe...
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Earth Cycle
By Hiroki Morinoue
Located in Lyons, CO
Color woodcut, Edition 30.
In all of Morinoue's work there is a compelling sense of place--the ocean shoreline, lava flows and Japanese gardens. He is a patient observer of nature...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Hiroki Morinoue Abstract Prints
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"Incoming Tide, " Woodblock Print signed by Hiroki Morinoue
By Hiroki Morinoue
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Incoming Tide" is an original woodblock print by Hiroki Morinoue. it is signed and dated in the lower right, titled lower center, and editioned (48/120) in the lower left. This prin...
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Pure Water
By Hiroki Morinoue
Located in Lyons, CO
Color woodcut, Edition 30.
In this print Morinoue uses symbolic, stylized and realistic images to evoke the play of light on water. In each of the four panels we see the reflectio...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Hiroki Morinoue Abstract Prints
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Woodcut
Edge of the Pond
By Hiroki Morinoue
Located in Lyons, CO
Color woodcut/lithograph, Edition 30.
In this print Morinoue creates an evocative sense of place. He captures the reflections on a pond’s surface and the play of light on the ston...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Hiroki Morinoue Abstract Prints
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Woodcut
Earth Watch
By Hiroki Morinoue
Located in Lyons, CO
Color woodcut, Edition 30.
In all of Morinoue's work there is a compelling sense of place--the ocean shoreline, lava flows and Japanese gardens. He is a patient observer of nature...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Hiroki Morinoue Abstract Prints
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Woodcut
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