PAUL HORIUCHI
"I believe that the art of painting, and the painting itself, should convey a feeling
of serene satisfaction and inner harmony."
The Gordon Woodside - John Braseth Gallery had exclusively represented Paul Horiuchi for 36 years.
Paul Horiuchi's paintings have been exhibited regularly in the Northwest and throughout the United States.
He is included in many major museum collections.
He was born in 1906 on the shores of Lake Kawaguchi, Japan. As a child he learned
calligraphy and later studied sumi techniques under the artist, Iketani. After, he moved to Seattle
in 1946 he studied with Zen Master, Takazaki, who introduced him to Mark Tobey. In 1954, Paul Horiuchi
executed his first collage, a medium that would later become his hallmark.
Horiuchi said that his collages are "attempts to produce areas of peace and serenity with which to
balance the sensationalism- the fast, hard tempo- of our time." Through his skillful use of paint
and Japanese rice paper he has become a master at communicating this wish to his audience.
