March 2022 Art Exhibition

Rommy

"Landscapes and Exotica"

Yokohama artist “Rommy” Hiromi Morita was born in Okinawa in 1948. Her mother is from Okinawa and her father from the Philippines. She was raised in Shuri, Okinawa overlooking the Shuri Castle ruins that resulted from the great “Battle of Okinawa”. After a surprise first prize win of an art contest sponsored by Okinawa Times Newspaper, Rommy was inspired to continue painting throughout her high school tenure. After graduation, she moved to Yokohama, married her husband and raised three children. During this time, she opened an Okinawan restaurant in Bashamichi, one of the first Okinawan restaurants in the Kanto area. Rommy returned back to Okinawa for her 20th high school reunion during which time her classmates recalled her great art talent. She again was inspired to pick up her paintbrush and started working in oil pastel once again.  For the last 25 years, “Rommy” has worked in various media - including oil painting, watercolors, Japanese sumi-ink, lithographs, mixed-media, and photography.  She has exhibited her artworks at various shows throughout Yokohama. Rommy presents three themes in her 7artscafe exhibit “Landscapes of Japan and Overseas”, “Cats” and “Erotica”.

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