A member of a royal family attended the presentation in Tokyo, and I had the honor of showing her the collaboration work. She told me that purple is the color of her nation's royal family.
At the international art fair “Tokyo Gendai” held in Japan, I participated in a roundtable discussion on Japanese Art with a graphic designer Mr. Taku Sato and NHK chief producer Ms. Kyoko Kuramori. The venue was packed with an overwhelming number of attendees.
I taught art to sixth graders at Suginami Dairoku Elementary School. I visit elementary schools all over Japan to meet children. I have all wonderful experiences.
I'm back in New York attending the reception for the 25th anniversary of the Sundaram Tagore Gallery.
The anniversary exhibition displayed works by outstanding artists, and my works were also exhibited among them. It was bustling with many people, including collectors, museum people, and art critics.
I am at the Smithsonian National Museum of Asian Art in Washington, D.C. Behind me is a pair of six-panel folding screens. It will be a part of the museum's collection.
I'm talking with the Museum curator, Dr. Frank Feltens, about the expressions of waterfalls. He agrees with me that the gravity is beautiful.
I encountered an extraordinary work by Ōkyo Maruyama that I had never seen before. Carps wriggle their bodies in the river's flow. Opposite the painting was Kōrin Ogata's work depicting water. Encountering various Japanese artworks related to water, I felt deeply moved. I wondered if my own work would also connect to this context.
