“Hugo at Birth” 1995

Oil on canvas, 14” x 12”. Collection of Hugo Nakashima Brown, Austin, TX.  Hugo was my 1st grandchild.  I have always thought that children are most interesting at birth.   They still carry echos of their past life.  This was taken just minutes after Hugo was born and he looks more like a grouchy old […]

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“Memories – Medley” 12-panel byobu 1995

Oil and gilding on byōbu (folding screen).  Collection of Bernice Steinbaum. The wooden cores of this byōbu were rescued by Marty Amt from the dumpster behind the Freer Gallery.  They were the remains of a folding screen Twelve Months – Children at Play.  It is normal that when Asian screens age they are restored and […]

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“Vortex Bali Mona” 1995

Mixed media on paper. 22″ x 30″. I had just spent a couple weeks in Bali.  In front of the temples I saw many sculptures of naked people.  While Indonesia is a Islamic country Bali is mostly Hindu/Buddhist.  In recognition of the large numbers of Muslim tourist in Bali the genitals of the naked sculptures […]

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