Japanese Freedom Painting

MITSUE KONO was born into a traditional japanese Samurai family, of Yokohama Kanagawa. She grew up with different traditional japanese artistry in Europe and found her own way to express the far eastern goods of her ancestors in combination with an european kind of expression. In her early times of an artist Mitsue Kono began as a poem writer. Her artistical way led through the japanese calligraphy, far eastern buddhism imagery and further on to the illustration art for children up to abstract art and the harmony of colour matching. Art experts describe her art work as Zen Art, which enriches the spirit of the time. Today she calles her art SoulColour saying that the creation of her artwork is a communication of her soul.