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"When I paint, I find my everyday concerns fall away and I’m left with only the joy of colour and canvas."

After growing up in Japan, Ai arrived in Australia in 2005 and in 2010 she established herself as a respected and accomplished artist in Brisbane. Her exquisite oil paintings of nature – most often featuring water – offer viewers a feeling of depth, calm and serenity…. much like Ai herself.

Ai now also shares her knowledge and great love of painting with students as part of the Brisbane Painting Classes core team.

In 2010, Ai won the inaugural Lethbridge 10 000 Art Award. She has had numerous solo exhibitions of her work at Lethbridge Gallery in Brisbane, as well as exhibiting in Sydney, Melbourne and San Diego art fairs.