Painter Tim Okamura Offers an Urban Narrative in Two Exhibitions

Tim Okamura (photos provided) "As an artist who has worked with portraiture up to this point, I have been drawn to models I felt were compelling as subjects, who were interesting to me on an aesthetic and personal level, and that has generally been a diverse, multicultural group," said Brooklyn-based painter Tim Okamura. "I'm aware that this also happens to be a group that I believe has been under-represented in portraiture and figurative art on the whole -- to put it simply, these are faces tha...