Open Studio Invitation- Electric Butterflies Art Installation

Come for the Open Studio, stay for the Summer Festival (Natsu Matsuri) in Onishi! Grab your Suica Card and jump on the train. Get out of the big city for a summer day trip! My latest work is an installation piece entitled: – Electric Butterflies – Demise & Disposal of the electronic personality. A technologicalContinue reading “Open Studio Invitation- Electric Butterflies Art Installation”

Progress Report – Shiro Oni Studios Artist Residency

One week done and only one week left to go! More photos of my adventures and the work I’ve been doing on my Electric Butterflies art installation project:  June is the rainy season here in Japan and the raindrops clinging to this momiji (Japanese Maple) in the pale morning light were a lovely sight asContinue reading “Progress Report – Shiro Oni Studios Artist Residency”

2nd Most Important Item in our Expat Life: Local Calendar

Just purchased our Japanese 2014 Wall Calendar! After my Japanese/English electronic dictionary app, the local calendar hanging on our wall is the most important item for us living here in Japan. Most holidays are so different or so subtle in their observance that I don’t even know it is a holiday until I’m at theContinue reading “2nd Most Important Item in our Expat Life: Local Calendar”