Festive Sash, acrylic on canvas, 36” X 36”
YOSHIKO RATLIFF
About the Artist
Yoshiko Ratliff is a DC-area based painter and award-winning ceramicist. She was born and raised in Japan and uses her artwork to show the beauty and authenticity of the culture and her heritage. Her work has been exhibited in numerous galleries, and she has also won a number of artistic awards and grants.
Her goal is to capture and represent the beauty, traditions, and contradictions of Japan in her paintings. She continues to develop techniques and work with different materials, such as 24 karat gold leaf and metallic, interference, and iridescent paints to show the delicate beauty and complexities of the threads, fabrics, and colors of her subjects. After her mother passed away, Ratliff started her series of floral paintings to commemorate her mother’s life and to evoke nice, bright, and hopeful scenes and feelings during sad and difficult times.
For more information about the artist, visit www.yoshikoratliff.com
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