Artists in the Studio oil painting his glasses

his glasses

30"x24" oil on stretched canvas

"You & Me II" is part of a diptych

*This one is also available as a 5"x5" print in the print shop*

a vase of long-dead flowers still propped up beside his palette and brushes

Artists in the Studio oil painting his glasses"Artists in the Studio" is part of the Daburu collection, a partnered exhibition with my friend and fellow Japanese American artist Marie Okuma Johnston at Gallery 110. This collection explores our bicultural identities and experiences between the United States and Japan. Daburu is the Japanese hepburn spelling of double, a rising identity of mixed race Japanese. Traditionally, mixed race Japanese have been called hafu or half, which only places value