LOVE

LOVE explores the world where one is born and raised among the flowers. They have all over slept and have woken to find that they had been weaved into leis.

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Paddle

Paddle illustrates a surfer’s nonchalant attitude toward the unknown future.

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Weave

Weave explores the world where one is born and raised among the flowers. They have all over slept and have woken to find that they had been weaved into leis.

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Tandem

Tamdem is inspired by the beautiful Hawaiian quilt. In this piece, a friend is kindly giving her maki-sushi friend a ride to the shoreline.

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Dawn Patrol - HK

Dawn Patrol - HK is inspired by another piece that was commissioned by a private collector. In it, the surfers overlook the NYC cityscape. The artist wanted to take that concept and make it her own, this time depicting the scenery that she grew up seeing - the cityscape of Hong Kong, from the Kowloon side.

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Quilt

Quilt is inspired by the beautiful Hawaiian quilt. In this piece, a surfer tries to walk to the nose in a world where the beautiful quilt patterns naturally adorn the skies!

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Riceful

Riceful is inspired by the beautiful Hawaiian quilt. In this piece, a surfer tries to walk to the nose in a world where the beautiful quilt patterns naturally adorn the skies!

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Ti Diving

Ti Diving is inspired the beautiful ti leaves that grow in the artist’s backyard. In this piece, the people live among and inside of the leaves and they are coming out to get to work by diving off of the leaves! They are so excited to go to work!

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Did You Get Milk?

This piece is illustrated from the point of view of Mr. Tanaka. His wife, Mrs. Tanaka, greets him at the door when he came home from work. She only asked him to get one thing from the store - milk. She’s had a long day working from home and also watching their children. Find out what happened to Mr. Tanaka on his way home in the “Why He Forgot the Milk” piece in the same series!

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Why He Forgot the Milk

Why He Forgot the Milk is one of the pair to Did You Get Milk? - where Mr. Tanaka’s wife greets him when he comes home from work asking if he has picked up the milk at the store on his way home. This piece illustrates why he forgot the milk - simply by assisting this lost surfer who has entered his world to surf.

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Forage

Forage illustrates a world the rainbow gatherer/harvester/collector lady, Sachiko, finds a hidden and hard to locate rainbow under the ti leaves with the guide of the millet seed butterfly fish! Sachiko also makes an appearance in other pieces, 9 to 5 and Rainbow Diver.

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Red Ginger

Red Ginger illustrates a world where two co-workers bump into each other in public, oblivious to the fact that they both love to become red gingers in their free time to mingle with the millet seed butterfly fish.

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Hibiscus

Hibiscus illustrates a world where millet seed butterfly fish, a tropical reef fish found in the waters in Hawaii feast on their favorite treat - the red hibiscus flowers!

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Gift

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NATURAL HABITAT

“NATURAL HABITAT” series was first exhibited in public in March 2022 at POLU GALLERY. It is a developing series.

ARTIST STATEMENT:
“Natural Habitat” series is a concept I’ve been toying with for the past few years. What does it mean to me? Where is it? What is the concept of “home”?

I’ve done quite a lot of moving from place to place in my upbringing. Although immensely grateful for that experience now as an adult, I found myself wondering what it feels like to have that “home” that remains unaffected through generations. The concept of natural habitat where one makes its home fascinates me. Where it meets all the environmental and mental conditions for its needs to survive. Then I thought to myself - my natural habitat is wherever my family is.

It doesn’t matter how long you’ve lived in once place. All that matters to me is that my family is there. That’s where I’m from. That is my natural habitat where it supplies me with everything I need to survive. Family and hugs. And noodles.

Then I also thought to myself: What would happen if I switch around one natural habitat with another? What if the reef fish swam through the atmosphere, feasting on red ginger? What if the beautiful Hawaiian quilt patterns naturally adorned the skies? Why not live and dive off of the ti leaves? Heck, for that matter, let’s check out the surf overlooking what looks like an un-surf-able cityscape. Maybe there is a break out there that they can only see.

Now, let me ask you this: Where is your natural habitat?