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I am working on a piece for the 2nd Tokyo Gendai Art Fair, an international contemporary art fair that restarted last year after 30 years of absence. In Japan, small paintings are considered anything smaller than size F30. On the international market, even size F100 is not considered a large piece. This work will be an appropriate size for the art fair.

I am working on a piece for the 2nd Tokyo Gendai Art Fair, an international contemporary art fair that restarted last year after 30 years of absence. In Japan, small paintings are considered anything smaller than size F30. On the international market, even size F100 is not considered a large piece. This work will be an appropriate size for the art fair.

This work is the diversity we witness from deep within the dense forest with light seeping through the woods, from inside the waterfall. I enjoyed the hybrid sensation of figurative and abstract images in the work and so I proceeded making the work by aligning myself with nature and observing the silence of the falling water.

This work is the diversity we witness from deep within the dense forest with light seeping through the woods, from inside the waterfall. I enjoyed the hybrid sensation of figurative and abstract images in the work and so I proceeded making the work by aligning myself with nature and observing the silence of the falling water.

This work is about light, using pure gold powder and gofun (oyster shell power). Gold and gofun reminds me of the late Okumura Togyu's later Mt. Fuji work. The work I recently encountered by Takeuchi Seiho in a museum in New York was also gold and sumi (black ink). These great masters of Nihonga paintings pull me to create new work.  

This work is about light, using pure gold powder and gofun (oyster shell power). Gold and gofun reminds me of the late Okumura Togyu's later Mt. Fuji work. The work I recently encountered by Takeuchi Seiho in a museum in New York was also gold and sumi (black ink). These great masters of Nihonga paintings pull me to create new work.  

My work was exhibited at the Chicago Art Expo at Sundaram Tagore Gallery. Surrounded by other works of high quality, I once again feel the importance of their unique quality and of understanding of their own art history.

My work was exhibited at the Chicago Art Expo at Sundaram Tagore Gallery. Surrounded by other works of high quality, I once again feel the importance of their unique quality and of understanding of their own art history.

A great personal friend has passed away, and I am speaking at her memorial service. The late Mrs. Hiroko Murase was the person who helped me with many opportunities to have my works shown in New York. Her spirit will always be remembered.

A great personal friend has passed away, and I am speaking at her memorial service. The late Mrs. Hiroko Murase was the person who helped me with many opportunities to have my works shown in New York. Her spirit will always be remembered.

I am working on a piece for the 2nd Tokyo Gendai Art Fair, an international contemporary art fair that restarted last year after 30 years of absence. In Japan, small paintings are considered anything smaller than size F30. On the international market, even size F100 is not considered a large piece. This work will be an appropriate size for the art fair.
This work is the diversity we witness from deep within the dense forest with light seeping through the woods, from inside the waterfall. I enjoyed the hybrid sensation of figurative and abstract images in the work and so I proceeded making the work by aligning myself with nature and observing the silence of the falling water.
This work is about light, using pure gold powder and gofun (oyster shell power). Gold and gofun reminds me of the late Okumura Togyu's later Mt. Fuji work. The work I recently encountered by Takeuchi Seiho in a museum in New York was also gold and sumi (black ink). These great masters of Nihonga paintings pull me to create new work.  
My work was exhibited at the Chicago Art Expo at Sundaram Tagore Gallery. Surrounded by other works of high quality, I once again feel the importance of their unique quality and of understanding of their own art history.
A great personal friend has passed away, and I am speaking at her memorial service. The late Mrs. Hiroko Murase was the person who helped me with many opportunities to have my works shown in New York. Her spirit will always be remembered.