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| WELCOME TO MARIKO IRIE FINE ART Paintings and Giclee Prints M e n d o c i n o S a n D i e g o C a l i f o r n i a |
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Happy
New Year 2026 How is everyone doing? 🌿 Thanks to the recent rains, the ground that was parched and brown all summer has been transformed into a brand-new carpet of lush green. It’s so refreshing for the soul. I started 2026 with a series of deep breaths: ✨ Exhaling the old, negative energy from last year. ✨ Inhaling light and breathing it out into the world. ✨ Breathing in my dreams and releasing them to the universe to come true. My final prayer: "Thank you, Universe. Let’s make this a beautiful year." Mariko Irie My Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/mariko.iriefineart/ My Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/mariko2733/ Please visit them🙏
This is my Art Statement:
I love to paint pictures since I was little. I’m always fascinated watching things.
In 1982, when I moved from Tokyo to Mendocino CA, I became aware that the earth is so beautiful. At that time, the beauty of the earth was overwhelming to me. I just watched without painting. Now I express that sentiment in watercolor and oil painting. I’m very pleased to have the ability. I love to paint alone, spend time alone and to reach my subconscious. I can’t explain how precious it is.
I love to show the beauty of the earth through my work. Watching the earth and sky is my joy.
I hope when I paint, the vibration connects to relaxation, inner peace, healing, happiness, and love. When you face my painting, you feel the vibration, then you smile. Smiles make a wonderful world.
Albert Einstein said: “When something vibrates, the electrons of the entire universe resonate with it. Everything is connected.”
 MARIKO IRIE Mariko Irie, a lifelong painter, was born and raised in Tokyo. She received her BFA at Musashino Art University in Tokyo, 1973. Mariko moved to Mendocino in 1982 to pursue her painting. She studied printmaking with Robert Rhodes and American Realism painting with Bill Martin at College of the Redwoods in Fort Bragg. She has been in numerous solo and group shows, receiving honors including: having been selected for “California Contemporary Art Collection 2017-2018” at the California State Capital; top prize of “Outstanding Visual Artists” at Museum of the Living Artist in San Diego, 2011; having paintings selected for the cover of the Mendocino Art Center’s magazine “Mencodino Arts” winter issue, 2008; chosen for the posters of “Art in the Garden”, 2008, Mendocino Music Festival, 2004, Winesong, 1995. Mariko’s paintings are widely represented in collections both public and private throughout the United States, Canada, England, Germany and Japan. Mariko has been seeking eternal peace and beauty. She hopes that the silence of her painting gives room for contemplation. She has been fascinated by painting watercolors for thirty years using a wet on wet technique to bring out the watercolor’s uniqueness and charm, adding layers of glazing to create rich paintings. She creates these paintings in a way that retains a distinctive look associated with the medium. Her paintings are rich in the traditional style and have a wonderful contemporary feel. Mariko Irie is represented at Northcoast Artists Gallery in Fort Bragg and Highlight Gallery in Mendocino, California. |  1073. Whirlpool by Cliff |
