Audrey Kawasaki

Audrey Kawasaki (born March 31, 1982 ) is a Los Angeles-based painter, known for her distinctive portrayals of young, adolescent women. Her works are oil paintings painted directly onto wood panels, and her style has been described as a fusion of Art Nouveau and Japanese manga, with primary influences like Gustav Klimt and Alphonse Mucha, saying “The merging of realistically molded faces and bodies against the contrast of flat lines and patterns is so stimulating to me.”

Kawasaki studied fine art painting for two years at the Pratt Institute in New York City, but left after two years without completing her degree. In 2005, Kawasaki designed the cover art for Alice Smith's For Lovers, Dreamers & Me.

Oyasumi, 2006, oil & graphite on wood, representative of Kawasaki's most common medium.