12/38 S'Pore $700 Date: 02/07/2004 A palm tree silhouetted against a cloudy, sepia-toned sky. The title is a reference to a notation made on an old photograph found in a Tokyo flea market. It is apparently a reference to 1938 Singapore, which was at the time under Japanese occupation. This is a painting of tropical tranquility that is the calm before the storm.

Size (inches): 36 1/8 x 28 5/8
Size (cm): 92 x 73
Medium: Oil on canvas
Price: $700
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Flight $550 Date: 02/07/2004 A bird launches off a telephone wire, blurring against the dark sky in a Tokyo suburb. This series explores the simplicty of form created by certain lighting situations. Looking up creates a sense of reflection, of stopping to look at the world around us.

Size (inches): 28 5/8 x 36 1/8
Size (cm): 73 x 92
Medium: Oil on canvas
Price: $550

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Kanashii Hana $450 Date: 02/07/2004 This painting casts the dark bark of the plum tree against a gloomy sky, which no matter how dark, still creates a silouette effect. Yet the pink and white flowers glow, creating a surreal effect. The use of subdued colors veering close to monochromatic suggests nostalgia.
"Kanashii hana" means "sad flowers" in Japanese, and is taken from an old song.

Medium: Oil on canvas
Size (inches): 23 5/8 x 28 5/8
Size (cm): 60 x 73
Price: $450
September $650 Date: 03/05/2004 Four canvases together frame a view of a bright blue sky through the trees, as if looking through a window. The silhouette effect of crisp, dark leaves and branches against a smooth, distant blue sky achieves the illusion of realism. This is in tension with the painterly treatment of the trees, with energetic brush strokes.

Size (inches): 31 1/2 x 39 1/2
Size (cm): 80 x 100
Quadriptych (four canvases)
Medium: Oil on canvas
Price: $650
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