A Group Show at Kim Foster Gallery

Supernova, 30 x 30 inch, etching on claybord
2008




















Potentiality, 30 x 30 inch, etching on claybord
2008
















I'm showing these pieces in the group show at Kim Foster Gallery--- until Feb. 14th.
Yesterday we had opening. It was really great that a lot of people came despite of bad weather.
I received many compliments which made me happy and gave me energy to work harder. As long as someone wants to see my work I'll continue doing. At the same time, I'll try my best to make something that touch people's heart.

I have two more drawings in the show. Griffin and Uma--- I posted in the 2007 portfolio.

Portfolio 2008

Untitled
8x10, etching on clay board, 2008

This is the first piece I used a clay board.
It was quite exciting to use new material!

It is very difficult to see on the photo image.... I wish you can see and feel how smooth this is. The color that I used is iridescence. It depends on how the light hits it, you would see it differently.

It is owned by someone (!)

Dancing
10x10, etching on clay board, 2008

I depicted fish is dancing in the water.
Oh, my my... this piece... I really have to work hard because somehow it didn't look what I wanted to see at the beginning... It was a great challenge to make something that I really like.

This piece is now owned by someone.

Determination
8x8, etching on clay board, 2008

I made this piece for someone special. Someone who is fighting for her illness.

" When your determination changes, everything else begins to move in the direction you desire. The moment you resolve to be victorious, every nerve and fiber in your being immediately orient themselves towards your success..." by Daisaku Ikeda

2007 Portfolio

Griffin 24x36, Charcoal on paper















Uma 24x36, Charcoal on paper















Dilemma , Charcoal on paper



















Moon Light 30x22.5, Charcoal on paper


















Ahh 30x22.5, ink on paper

2006 Portfolio

Dragon Gate I

"Dragon Gate" is a series of drawing which is influenced by a passage from Nichiren (who was a Japanese monk lived in 13th century)

The passage is following:

A waterfall called the Dragon Gate exists in China. Its waters plunge a hundred feet, swifter than an arrow shot by a strong warrior. It is said that a great many carp gather in the basin below, hoping to climb the falls, and that any that succeeds will turn into a dragon. Not a single carp, however, out of a hundred, a thousand, or even ten thousand, can climb the falls, not even after ten or twenty years. Some are swept away by the strong currents, some fall prey to eagles, hawks, kites, and owls, and others are netted, scooped up, or even shot with arrows by fishermen who line both banks of the falls ten cho wide. Such is the difficulty a carp faces in becoming a dragon." (The Writing of Nichiren Daishonin 1002)

Dragon Gate II

Dragon Gate III

Development

Growth