iona rozeal brown

... is an artist from washington d.c. whose paintings reflect her upbringing as an african-american with an interest and exposure to asian culture. heavy. she has the old traditional japanese painting style down pat. and adding her spin of hip hop culture is genius. i love it. easily relatable to hip hop influenced anime like samurai champloo and afro samurai. always fresh.




p.s. she's the fourth contempo artist i've come across painting on wood panels. and i, myself have been doin so since i started university (much cheaper than canvas for large surfaces). perhaps its an evolving trend. or a cost-effective necessity nowadays. perhaps... and sorry, i couldn't find any more hi-res pics of her work. google her, she aint on wikipedia... yet.






konichiwa!