The Palm Beach Show

Abstraction is a great medium in the hands of an artist like Okamura as he uses it to intensify the feelings he wants to convey from a simple idea like a wave to something that sublimely feels larger.

Known for his screen printing and abstract expressionist paintings, Arthur Okamura (1932–2009) was a Japanese American artist who rose to prominence in the 1960s as a book illustrator and member of an artist community based in Bolinas, California.

Arthur Okamura had an impressive artistic career working primarily in California for much of his career. He did come out of the Art Institute of Chicago, an art seminar at Yale University and the University of Chicago. And he earned a living as an art professor and teacher and his list of exhibitions and awards throughout his career is highly impressive. He was a solid artist who explored a number of different styles throughout his career.