I longed to experience the Edo period more deeply by hiking the Nakasendo and feeling a closer connection to Hiroshige and Hokusai.

I was thinking recently which was the first image I created for the series 36 Views of the BT Tower . The first in the series actually...

As an artist and lover of art history, I've always been fascinated by the unexpected connections between different cultures and artistic...

In a time when information is more accessible than ever, the ancient parable of the blind men and the elephant has never been more...

I want to share with you a work of art you might not be so familiar with. Goethe once made a comment about minor artists and their place...

So it finally happened! after years of trying, my painting finally got accepted into the Royal Academy of Art Summer Exhibition 2024....

Creativity, at its core, is about sharing one's vision with the world. When a maker creates, they share their emotions, whether it's joy...

The French writer Marcel Proust (1871-1922), author of In Search of Lost Time (A la recherché du temps perdu) was an intensely visual...

The second print in the series 'Six Views of Dreams' is in fact a self portrait of myself in an office. It contains many details which I...

Though not as popular as 'The Great Wave' or 'Red Fuji', 'A Sudden Gust of Wind' usually comes third in popularity in the series 36 Views...

Around the end of the year, many people like to look back and measure their stages of development with their achievements. I do this too,...

As we approach the New Year, I felt it was appropriate to discuss my design of new year fireworks on the Thames and Hiroshige's...

"Some will say they do not wish to dream their lives away. As if life itself were not a dream, a very real dream from which there is no...

Foujita is most famous for his paintings of nudes and cats. Indeed, it's his paintings of cats that drew me to him the most. My other...

All art is a self-portrait, and this painting of a ship on gold leaf in mineral pigments is no different. It has a lot within to unpack...

I recently had the opportunity to see Noh being performed in London. Noh is one of the oldest continous forms of theatre in the world...

As you can probably tell from the title, this is going to be very personal. There is a dark side to my story of how I decided to become...

In my studies of the Rinpa school in Japan and their techniques for my own paintings, I suddenly realised something that I didn't think...

I recently painted two cats on gold leaf with mineral pigment. In composition I wanted them to mirror each other like the Gods of Wind...

Southern Barbarians Come to Trade Foreign traders and Japanese merchants interact with one another. Goods are inspected and money changes...