dog days with heARTist Yuriko

konnichi-wa all heARTists and heART lovers of the universe!

Yuri cooks and Muffin waits

it’s the 8th day of the 11th month and time for more heARTwork by Yuri.

at this point, you probably know that our documentary, War Brides of Japan—featuring women like Yuri, is well into post-production and our title has been added to IMDB:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt7354346/?ref_=ttmi_tt

but back to Yuri and her heARTwork. last month, we shared some of Yuri’s cat paintings, so this month we’ll post the photo of her single dog painting--her portrait of the regal Princess. ironically, while Yuri loved painting cats (as attested to by her numerous portraits of them), she preferred the company of dogs.

check it out!

the regal Princess who was later replaced
by the rambunctious Muffin

and check out our War Brides of Japan links, too:

war brides of Japan videos:
youtube 88.1 Fresno interview

vimeo behind-the-scenes trailer

youtube behind-the-scenes trailer

vimeo pre-production trailer 

youtube pre-production trailer

youtube v.2

youtube v.1

war brides of Japan websites:
warbridesofjapan.com

weebly

jimdo

war brides of Japan news:
multiracial media

DIFT interview

NBC

international examiner

international examiner 2

discover nikkei

war brides of Japan Facebook:
fan page

war brides of Japan LinkedIn:
how they learned to forgive and love the enemy

making love, not war

those bad ass brides!

war brides of Japan Twitter:
watermelonsushi

war brides of Japan G+:
google plus

war brides of Japan blogs:
on the road

tumblR

a war bride's artwork:
iamartistyuriko

heartworkbyyuri

Yuri and Muffin dance 

Muffin sits and begs

until the next 8th day of the month, arf arf and bow wow.

ja!

Yuri's Fans Forever!

happy new year to Yuri's fans forever!

Yuri with daughter, in Tokyo

akemashite omedettou gozaimasu, 

hau’oli makahiki hou!

happy new year, heARTists and heART lovers everywhere!

it’s the 8th day of the 1st month of the new year and time for more heARTwork by Yuri.

as you know, Yuri was a WWII Japanese war bride, and this monthly blog is about her incredible artistry throughout her lifetime. we began it by posting samples of her oil paintings, wood carvings, cut paper sculpture and origami, mask-making, crocheting, knitting, quilting and sewing; and, so much more.

however, we’re now experiencing time constraints as we complete our documentary, War Brides of Japan. this film is not just about Yuri, but includes other women like her who married American GI’s and moved to the U.S. during a time of extreme anti-Japanese hysteria in America.

since it’s obvious we’ll be busy with this project for the next several months, we'll discontinue displaying Yuri's art except for in small doses as time allows.

arrigatou for your understanding!

and, please see all the links for War Brides of Japan in last month’s post, below.

although she was a dog person (posing here with her beloved Muffin between two of her paintings), Yuri loved to create cats, too. please enjoy these two cat paintings and, apologies for not having any roosters for the upcoming year. however, you can view more of Yuri's paintings here:

iAmArtistYuriko

ja!

Yuri's Fans Forever