FALLBROOK ART ASSOCIATION SPRING 2020 OPEN JUDGED SHOW

May 20 through June 21, 2020

OUR JUDGE: HAJIME OHNO

Hajime (pronounced Haj-Mae) was born into a rice farming family in a small town in Hokkaido, the northernmost island of Japan. When he was seven his family moved to Sapporo, Hokkaido’s capital.Hajime moved to the U.S. in the early 1980’s where he studied art and graphics art at Harris School of Art in Tennessee. Included in his studies were human anatomy, perspective drawing and

illustration in the tradition of Howard Pyle, N.C. Wyeth and Norman Rockwell. Hajime paints primarily in oil and has painted over 70 animal portraits in oil or mixed media.

JUDGE’S STATEMENTWhen evaluating show entries Hajime looks for the following:

Originality in idea and the selection of subject matter. A high degree of technique or execution.

An “uncanny” quality that keeps the viewer captivated.