Out of Hand 1995 his pictures and the photographs

his pictures and the photographs of him chronicle a time in American history—WWII–that I felt was important to the formation of my own identity as a Japanese American

if not all

but he was also wary of painting that was merely about painting

The trains pass along making noise as they rattle voices of the past

and here the source is Psalm 34

Out of Hand 1995 his pictures and the photographsFrom the Artist My work tends to come out of personal experience of social and political issues and is often a way of working out my own fears and angst. That is a fairly common artistic urge, but I think that the artists book form is probably the most intimate and perhaps the most perfect form for presenting these concerns and having a dialog with another person. Even though the narrative content is usually personal as well as political, I am also