Sometimes several seemingly unrelated events and realities converge and conspire and cause us to change course.

For Japanese artist Kazuaki Kameyama, it was witnessing a stunning Hawaiian sunset, turning 40, and his admiration of Japanese painter Daigoro Yamashita, who sketched scenery wherever he went.

Trice inspired to follow his passion for fine art, Kazuaki-san gave up a career as a graphic designer and moved to the seaside town Shonan Shichirigahama in his home country Japan, where he felt he could paint “true sky” and “true ocean.” Working in acrylic and gouache, he sketched and painted daily.

Nearly eleven hundred days and eleven hundred works of art later, he was ready to exhibit. Realizing he could not display all his work on a wall surface, before his recent shows at Emon Photo Gallery in Hiroo, Tokyo, and Ginza Ito-Ya, Tokyo, he searched for an album that would suit the task.

The aim was to make a simple, beautiful and strong impact. The albums had to be well designed. I chose the Kolo Newport album … the cover windows allow me to title my work, and the quality of the albums protect my original art.

Kolo albums, in neutral colors, became an integral part of his exhibitions.

Visit Kazuaki-san's online gallery here.

- Ugo