“Misa’s Story“

From Kobe, Japan to Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn

Brooklyn artist Nina Talbot weaves elements of cultural heritage into her extraordinary portraits of immigrant shopkeepers and families in Brooklyn, with an eye for the visual elements of the setting that evoke the country of origin, and a keen interest in the ways their lives intersect with history.

The subject of this painting is Misa, an artist herself, who says, “While living in this international city of New York, a part of me has been changing because of the influences from the variety of cultures and people.”  Misa, a Kobe earthquake survivor, once worked giving tours to Japanese tourists at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Visit the LaborArts exhibit featuring Talbot’s paintings.