I’ve always been drawing and painting. My grandfather was an artist, an oil painter. I think much of my early artistic drive was spurred on by him. I paint in oils. In more recent years, I paint in watercolors. I’m inspired by what I see, using my photographs as source material. Currently, it’s all things Japan: the seasons, festivals, shrines and temples, lanterns. I love the physical painting process. It is a beautiful thing to watch how something flat can appear to have form and...more