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Hiroki Morinoue Art

American, b. 1947

Hiroki Morinoue is an American artist of Japanese descent who has helped to pioneer in the United States the fusion of western Impressionism with modern Japanese design. Morinoue was born in Kealakekua and raised near Holualoa, formerly a major coffee plantation town in the mountains above Kailua-Kona on the Big Island of Hawaii. Japanese workers were brought from Japan at the turn of the 20th century to Hawaii to work the plantations. Although the coffee plantations are gone, Holualoa remains a major producer and exporter of Kona coffee from a cooperative of private growers. In addition, a large artist colony has taken hold in the town itself. Morinoue studied at the California College of Arts and Crafts in Oakland, California, where he received his BFA degree. Later, while in Japan, Morinoue studied with a master sumi-e artist and a master of woodblock printing. Morinoue still has his home in Holualoa, on the Big Island of Hawaii. It was Morinoue's seemingly abstract paintings of calm water on textured wood or woodblock prints that propelled him to prominence. The play of light on pebbles at the bottom of a creek or pond, bubbles, ripples, or the reflection on the surface of water are combined with a Japanese sense of balance and design in intense shades of aqua, black and blue creating art of refined, serene elegance. Subsequent works show a trend towards abstract art, experimentation in warmer palettes, rougher strokes, various subject matters and media such as ceramics and photography. Hiroki Morinoue can be seen in several public and private collections in the USA (particularly in Hawaii) and Japan.

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Edge of the Pond
By Hiroki Morinoue
Located in Lyons, CO
Color woodcut/lithograph, Edition 30. In this print Morinoue creates an evocative sense of place. He captures the reflections on a pond’s surface and the play of light on the ston...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Hiroki Morinoue Art

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Woodcut

Earth Watch
By Hiroki Morinoue
Located in Lyons, CO
Color woodcut, Edition 30. In all of Morinoue's work there is a compelling sense of place--the ocean shoreline, lava flows and Japanese gardens. He is a patient observer of nature...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Hiroki Morinoue Art

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Woodcut

High Tide
By Hiroki Morinoue
Located in Lyons, CO
Color woodcut, Edition 30 The left panel of High Tide captures the reflections of the edge of a pond and surrounding trees and hills. The right panel depi...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Hiroki Morinoue Art

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Earth Cycle
By Hiroki Morinoue
Located in Lyons, CO
Color woodcut, Edition 30. In all of Morinoue's work there is a compelling sense of place--the ocean shoreline, lava flows and Japanese gardens. He is a patient observer of nature...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Hiroki Morinoue Art

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Woodcut

Lotus
By Hiroki Morinoue
Located in Lyons, CO
Color woodcut, Edition 30. Lotus is a twenty-six color woodcut from seven woodblocks printed in an edition of 30, plus proofs, on white Thai Mulberry paper. In this print, a compe...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Hiroki Morinoue Art

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Woodcut

"Incoming Tide, " Woodblock Print signed by Hiroki Morinoue
By Hiroki Morinoue
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Incoming Tide" is an original woodblock print by Hiroki Morinoue. it is signed and dated in the lower right, titled lower center, and editioned (48/120) in the lower left. This prin...
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Early 2000s Hiroki Morinoue Art

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Brazilian Rainforest
By Hiroki Morinoue
Located in Lyons, CO
Color woodcut, Edition 25. Morinoue first observed the Brazilian rainforest in 1997 when the exhibition he designed, The Kona Coffee Story: Along the Hawai'i Belt Road, was shown in...
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2010s Contemporary Hiroki Morinoue Art

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Woodcut

Dragonfly Pond
By Hiroki Morinoue
Located in Lyons, CO
Color woodcut with pochoir, Edition 30 In all of Morinoue's work there is a compelling sense of place--the ocean shoreline, lava flows and Japanese gardens. He is a patient observ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Hiroki Morinoue Art

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Woodcut

Pure Water
By Hiroki Morinoue
Located in Lyons, CO
Color woodcut, Edition 30. In this print Morinoue uses symbolic, stylized and realistic images to evoke the play of light on water. In each of the four panels we see the reflectio...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Hiroki Morinoue Art

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Woodcut

Low Tide
By Hiroki Morinoue
Located in Lyons, CO
Color woodcut, Edition 30 The left panel of Low Tide captures the play of light on water with abstracted colorful reflections. The right panel depicts a tr...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Hiroki Morinoue Art

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Woodcut

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