Contemporary Classicism Painting by Kinuko Y Craft Tweet
Kinuko Y. Craft is one of the most widely respected and well known fantasy artists in the United States today. She considers herself a story teller. If you will survey her works, you will find meticulous attention to detail, a warm color palette, inviting you to discover the fairytale from each inch of painting.
Kinuko Craft is a Renaissance woman. By this I mean not that she paints like the Renaissance painters, but that she is an artist for all seasons, for all kinds of subjects, and in all kinds of styles. Her narrative art has included paintings for the book covers of many well known fantasy authors, opera posters, fairy tale books, and covers for many national magazines.
Ms. Craft is a graduate, BFA 1962, of The Kanazawa Municipal College of Fine and Industrial Art (known in Japan as The Kanazawa Bidai). She was born in Japan and came to the United States in the early sixties where she continued studies in design and illustration at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago for a year and a half. Subsequently, she worked for several years in well known Chicago art studios. Since the mid 1990’s, she has concentrated on children’s picture books, fantasy book jackets and poster designs.
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January 14, 2012
wow what a great piece of artworks, awesome and surreal, thanks for sharing
January 17, 2012
Excellent Paintings, very impressive and awesome work found through these paintings.