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This painting was inspired by my harvesting rice with a sickle in the autumn. In Japan, which has many mountainous regions and few plains, rice farmers take advantage of small, terraced paddies built into the inclines of mountains. The red spider lilies are purposefully planted near rice fields in order to deter mice and other animals from invading the rice paddies

“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...