Japanese artist Toru Kamei creates sensual, dreamlike paintings that reference nature and mythology. While some of his pieces delve into the enchanted worlds of serpentine gods and mermen, other works offer a surrealist take on vanitas painting. Like the Northern Renaissance still lifes, Kamei’s work meditates on the fragility of life and the imminence of mortality. But his work takes on a bizarre dimension when one notices the eyeballs popping out of the flowers he paints, making them look haunted and eerily alive.
Hi-Fructose co-founder Annie Owens has a new giclée print available in our store. The 13" x 20" "Piggies" prints are limited to 40, with 20 of those sold in the Hi-Fructose store. All are signed and numbered. Order it 
Seattle-based artist 
Germany native