Having divided my time between growing up in Japan and the United States, with frequent trips to France, I consider myself a mutt of the three cultures. I may have developed from such experience a particular sensitivity as an "insider-outsider", a curious nomad often trying to identify what constitutes a city, a culture, or a person.
I study and interpret the essence of a subject as if I were creating a portrait or translating a language. A place, a memory, or an emotion all become portraits that I steep myself in to gather information and step out of to tell their unique stories in an attempt to evoke feelings, a universal language without physical form.
In my most recent paintings, I encapsulate visions I experienced during meditation practice. It is a healing practice in itself and a medicine in the outcome.
