Here in this blog article I am introducing you to the work of Yumi Sugai through four oil paintings by the artist herself.

As you can see her work is immensely skilful, vibrant and visually stunning. Yumi has experience in the art marketplace since the 1990’s with numerous art selections in Japan and France during her career.

A great way for you to know Yumi’s gentle nature is through her own words she wrote to me:

“I like drawing since I was a child.
I grew up near the sea in Kyoto Prefecture. I often went to the beach with my dad when I was a child. The beauty of the sea and sky was filled with the great colors of blue created by God.
Studied at Osaka Art University School of Art.
I painted while married and raising my children in Fukui Prefecture. It was around that time that I started drawing pictures of angels. I became a Christian in my time. I think the reason I started painting angels as art was a message from a holy angel. Angels are messengers from God. I draw my art of angels with the desire to spread it to the world.“

Regardless of your religious beliefs, non-beliefs, spirituality and/or secular viewpoint, Yumi’s words do resonate a caring personality.

Let me share with you the first tenet of sales I was taught:

People buy from people they like.

I love Yumi’s work. I often have a masculine style to my work, so it is always nice to see how biological differences shape our lives and our artmaking. Even a look at the way I performance read my poems shows distinct differences in how we perceive the world as different creatures from the same kind.

Humankind.

I feel Yumi’s work has the originality I enjoy to showcase on my blog. True collectors pieces. Artists’ know the difficulty of oil paint working. It’s commensurately complex to structure, time and colour mix.

Please just take a look at her Angel at Christmas Dinner artwork immediately below:

Can you imagine the work in terms of hours, days and weeks involved in creating this piece?

As with most secular occupations, time in hours equates to cost multiplied by the skill necessary to achieve in addition to popularity.

Popularity might equal niche, rare or unusual in some way. Personally (trying to guess how much art I see over the years) I have not viewed anything stylewise quite like Yumi Sugai’s work.

Classical, pre-Raphaelite, Christianised (think Salvator Mundi by da Vinci) and very pretty.

Yumi’s work is cleverly composed.

Christmas Toy Angel shown above is referencing ancient classical portraiture in a circa Victorian era, in my opinion.

Of course, Yumi is Japanese which makes her subject interest all the more intriguing.

Angel of the Christmas continues the traditional posing of Yumi’s imaginative pieces.

Her portraits have influence from different cultures as far as I can perceive. Yumi has explained she has a wish to create illustrations too, particularly in childrens books and magazines.

Therefore any publishers who would like to work with Yumi, do get in contact through her social media. 

I hope you have thoroughly enjoyed seeing Yumi Sugai’s work.