Sei Saito is a Japanese-born artist, married to an American college professor, and after many years creating her works in Flagstaff, Arizona, is now living in Hawaii. She does large-scale acrylic paintings, which reflect vivid colors and patterns shaped by the places she has lived and by her life experiences. Her work draws deeply on her personal outlook, with her life and emotions strongly expressed in each piece. Painted not for an audience, but for herself, it is genuine artwork from the heart.<\/p>\n
Sei describes this work with the following words: \u201cThe Great East Japan Earthquake that occurred in 2011. It happened when I came home after three months of cancer treatment. Watching TV I was so sad that tears overflowed from my body and I couldn’t stop.\u201d<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Sei Saito is a Japanese-born artist, married to an American college professor, and after many years creating her works in Flagstaff, Arizona, is now living in Hawaii. She does large-scale acrylic paintings, which reflect vivid colors and patterns shaped by the places she has lived and by her life experiences. Her work draws deeply on her personal outlook, with her life and emotions strongly expressed in each piece. Painted not for an audience, but for herself, it is genuine artwork from the heart. Sei describes this work with the following words: \u201cThe Great East Japan Earthquake that occurred in 2011. 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