• Artist Name:
• Taiyo la Paix
• Location:
• Philadelphia

• Statement:
• Life is so sad, so short, so fragile. Yet, love is so beautiful, friendship so precious. I live in fear of dying and of losing loved ones, and I hold on to the little time we have, and try to be as good as I can to people, especially to those dear to me. I don't know what else to do. As in life, my art is a tempest of sadness and joy. Thank you for seeing my art--I hope it offers something of sympathy or encouragement while we are here together.
• Biography:
• 1971 Born in Philadelphia, spent childhood in Kyoto, Japan. 1990 Grad. Phillips Academy, Andover, where I studied painting with Chris Cook, former curator of the Addison Gallery of American Art. 1994 BA in Art, Middlebury College, cum laude. 2001 Started painting professionally. I currently live and work in Asheville, NC.