The artist of focus is Atsuko Laskaris. She came to America to do art. She graduated from Seian University of Art and Design in Kyoto in 1988. During her art years, she worked with fiber art, textile art, and weaving. However, she became interested in mosaics, which explains her newer work. Since the gallery’s focus is on mosaics, she fits into the gallery because her beautiful artworks are mosaics and go to bring attention and respect to mosaic art as a whole.
Laskaris is a middle-aged woman that lives in San Diego, California, who came from the countryside of Japan. The place where she grew up consists of a lot of nature, which helped develop her creativity. In addition, Laskaris claims that her inspiration comes from daydreaming and playing outside. Essentially, based on her claim, it is clear that this aspect of her is reflected in her art.
Moving onto her artwork, Laskaris uses small fragments of stained glass to portray a bigger picture, which fits into the gallery’s focus on different artist’s mosaics. In her art pieces, she uses a lot of vibrant colors. In addition to the basic colors, she uses many different shades of each certain color to show depth in her work. The texture of the art is rough and jagged because of the glass that is used.
All in all, Laskaris’s mosaics fit into the focus of the Mosaic Gallery. Her use of stained glass to show a greater picture shows her creativity as an artist. In addition, her artwork is breathtaking as it draws out admiration and awe. In closing, Atsuko Lakaris uses her artwork in order to show off her value in everyday life.ment of a child’s memories as they start to learn more of their world. In another artwork, “My Daughter’s Adventure,” Laskaris uses the mosaic to show a young girl looking at a map. Through this mosaic, Laskaris seems to want to save a moment of childhood through art, where the child begins to fantasize about a great adventure outside the comforts of their homes. Another one of her art pieces, “Wedding Scene,” depicts one of the happiest moments of life and demonstrates the beauty and happiness of uniting with a loved one through marriage. “Wishes,” another piece, depicts a girl and her longings. Through this, Laskaris seems to want to portray the desires that a young girl wants. In “Worship Above the Clouds,” Laskaris portrays an imaginary scene where angel relaxes on a cloud. It seems like the angel has nothing better to do than to enjoy himself. An interesting aspect to look at this is seeing that all these mosaics, when looking at it together can be a big mosaic to describe a time period of a person’s childhood. Through this, Laskaris uses her artwork as a means to make one of her daydream fantasies into a piece of art for others to see.
All in all, Laskaris’s mosaics fit into the focus of the Mosaic Gallery. Her use of stained glass to show a greater picture shows her creativity as an artist. In addition, her artwork is breathtaking as it draws out admiration and awe. In closing, Atsuko Laskaris uses her artwork in order to show off her value in everyday life.