Yokai - Namazu Catfish E.E. Kono Laura's pensive paintings are rife

Laura's pensive paintings are rife with both unseen and deeply felt forces: seemingly paradoxical impulses that are integral to her work

Flora and fauna are represented through symbols that embody the different characteristics that define a woman

and the bird on the right (Create) represents creativity/artistic expression

I juxtapose the female figure with the wildness of nature to create a sense of female liberation

which becomes the monster that we each carry every day

Yokai - Namazu Catfish E.E. Kono Laura's pensive paintings are rifeDetails About Pen and alcohol ink on paper 8 x 5 in. 2021 Sandra Yagi was raised in suburban Denver Colorado, the oldest of a typical suburban middle class family. From an early age, she loved science, especially biology, and drawing. Yagi cites the following artists and providing inspiration and influence: Titian, Vesalius, Albinus, Caravaggio, Delacroix, Goya, Jerome Witkin, Bill Viola, Walton Ford, Masami Teraoka and William Kentridge. She has