When I paint animals, I do not just observe and copy them, but I try to extract their unique forms and express their human expressions and inner nature by once passing them through my own filter. I want to paint pictures that make you feel nostalgic, as if you have met them somewhere before and are reunited with old friends. I hope you will enjoy such a dialogue with them.   Yuji Kanamaru HP http://www.kanamaru.cc/yuji/