{"id":437,"date":"2018-07-05T00:56:07","date_gmt":"2018-07-05T00:56:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ellenmilliongraphics.com\/blog\/?p=437"},"modified":"2018-07-05T00:56:07","modified_gmt":"2018-07-05T00:56:07","slug":"featured-artist-mayumi-ogihara","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ellenmilliongraphics.com\/blog\/?p=437","title":{"rendered":"Featured Artist: Mayumi Ogihara"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to Ellen Million Graphic\u2019s Featured\u00a0<b>Artist of the Week<\/b>! Each week, we select an EMG artist and share their work and history. We hope you enjoy getting to see incredible artists this way.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/portraitadoption.com\/portrait.php?id=2647\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-438\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ellenmilliongraphics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/MayumiOgihara-PortraitAdoption1-240x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ellenmilliongraphics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/MayumiOgihara-PortraitAdoption1-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.ellenmilliongraphics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/MayumiOgihara-PortraitAdoption1.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 85vw, 240px\" \/><\/a>This week, the spotlight turns to\u00a0<b>Mayumi Ogihara<\/b>! Originally from Japan, Mayumi now lives and creates in BC, Canada. While she began as primarily a portrait artist, she discovered a talent and love for creating fantasy art &#8211; which she\u2019s been practicing with great skill and passion ever since. You can discover more about her, explore her a portfolio full of soulful and emotive illustrations, and even watch videos of her process at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mayumiogihara.com\">www.mayumiogihara.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_440\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-440\" style=\"width: 212px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ellenmilliongraphics.com\/sketchfest\/sketchfestart.php?id=18425\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-440\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ellenmilliongraphics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/StarBright-by-MayumiOgihara-212x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"212\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ellenmilliongraphics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/StarBright-by-MayumiOgihara-212x300.jpg 212w, https:\/\/www.ellenmilliongraphics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/StarBright-by-MayumiOgihara.jpg 354w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 212px) 85vw, 212px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-440\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8220;Star Bright&#8221;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Mayumi has been an excellent friend and supporter to Ellen Million Graphics for years &#8211; her Sketchfest gallery is especially impressive, since she\u2019s been a regular participant for the last four years. She also provides portraits to the Portrait Adoption site, where she even now has several portraits available that are rife with story potential.<\/p>\n<p>Each of the illustrations included in this feature gallery have products available, and we invite you to explore more at her pages over on EMG as linked below.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_442\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-442\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ellenmilliongraphics.com\/sketchfest\/sketchfestart.php?id=18556\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-442\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ellenmilliongraphics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/ElvenPrince-by-MayumiOgihara-300x213.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"213\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ellenmilliongraphics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/ElvenPrince-by-MayumiOgihara-300x213.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ellenmilliongraphics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/ElvenPrince-by-MayumiOgihara.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-442\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8220;Elven Prince&#8221;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_443\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-443\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ellenmilliongraphics.com\/sketchfest\/sketchfestart.php?id=18646\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-443\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ellenmilliongraphics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/GuardianoftheForest-MayumiOgihara-300x214.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"214\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ellenmilliongraphics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/GuardianoftheForest-MayumiOgihara-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ellenmilliongraphics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/GuardianoftheForest-MayumiOgihara.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-443\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8220;Guardian of the Forest&#8221;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Mayumi\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/portraitadoption.com\/paartist.php?profile=876\">Portrait Adoption gallery<\/a>.<br \/>\nMayumi\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ellenmilliongraphics.com\/sketchfest\/sketchfestartist.php?id=876\">Sketch Fest gallery<\/a>, including art available on various products.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/portraitadoption.com\/portrait.php?id=2593\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-445\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ellenmilliongraphics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/MayumiOgihara-PortraitAdoption2-239x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"239\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ellenmilliongraphics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/MayumiOgihara-PortraitAdoption2-239x300.jpg 239w, https:\/\/www.ellenmilliongraphics.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/MayumiOgihara-PortraitAdoption2.jpg 399w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 239px) 85vw, 239px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The pieces featured here are:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/portraitadoption.com\/portrait.php?id=2647\">Portrait<\/a>, ready for adoption.<br \/>\n\u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ellenmilliongraphics.com\/sketchfest\/sketchfestart.php?id=18425\">Star Bright<\/a>.\u201d ACEO print available!<br \/>\n\u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ellenmilliongraphics.com\/sketchfest\/sketchfestart.php?id=18556\">Elven Prince<\/a>.\u201d Original available!<br \/>\n\u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ellenmilliongraphics.com\/sketchfest\/sketchfestart.php?id=18646\">Guardian of the Forest<\/a>.\u201d Print, and ACEO print available!<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/portraitadoption.com\/portrait.php?id=2593\">Another portrait<\/a>, ready for adoption.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to Ellen Million Graphic\u2019s Featured\u00a0Artist of the Week! Each week, we select an EMG artist and share their work and history. We hope you enjoy getting to see incredible artists this way. This week, the spotlight turns to\u00a0Mayumi Ogihara! Originally from Japan, Mayumi now lives and creates in BC, Canada. While she began as &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ellenmilliongraphics.com\/blog\/?p=437\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Featured Artist: Mayumi Ogihara&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[58,11],"class_list":["post-437","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-featured-artists","tag-featured-artist","tag-mayumi-ogihara"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ellenmilliongraphics.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/437","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ellenmilliongraphics.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ellenmilliongraphics.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ellenmilliongraphics.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ellenmilliongraphics.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=437"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.ellenmilliongraphics.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/437\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":447,"href":"https:\/\/www.ellenmilliongraphics.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/437\/revisions\/447"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ellenmilliongraphics.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=437"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ellenmilliongraphics.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=437"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ellenmilliongraphics.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=437"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}