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Suminagashi is a technique of floating ink on the surface of water to create an image or pattern. The patterns are then captured by laying a piece of paper over the surface of the water. This suminagashi emerged to me as a representation of a tsunami and likeness of "The Great Wave off Kanagawa" by Hokusai.

“Why the interest in Asian art?” Education, travel, and employment with international companies led me to becoming introduced to oriental culture on a professional level. While entrenched in the workforce competing with Japanese manufactured product, productivity standards, Musashi, and management styles, I entertained the idea of embarking upon oriental culture on a personal level as well. Little did I know where this immersion would lead me, and how immensely rewarding the saturation would be. The journey has taken me on a study of Tai Kwon Do philosophy and form, ikebana, Japanese architecture and fashion design, tradition, and symbolism; all culminating in sumi-e and oriental brush painting. One of the most impressionable...