Artists in the Studio oil painting a vase of long-dead flowers

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

"You & Me II" is part of a diptych

with white border edge

This portrait is based on a black & white photo of my jichan and bachan that hung in my family's home

Artists in the Studio oil painting a vase of long-dead flowers"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