This exhibition is the culmination of many months of working with ink and rice paper, outdoors in a variety of conditions.

The exhibition is titled “Be not defeated by the rain” 雨ニモマケズ (Ame ni mo makezu). The line is taken from the poem by the Japanese poet, Kenji Miyazawa (1896 – 1933)

“Be not defeated by the rain” Ink on rice paper

North and South views of Half Moon Bay. ( Repapered Japanese Shoji screen)

Half Moon Bay North                          Half Moon Bay South

(Ink on rice paper)

“Illuminated Fragments”, woven rice paper on a recycled shoji screen.

“Less is More”, Ink on rice paper.

“Happy Accidents”, Ink in rice paper.