As an artist I consider my work to be a blending point between Eastern and Western cultures. I was born into the desert and grew there with an old Japanese farm family, but I was raised by the western sea and its cities. Continually, I have been pulled from side to side, but I refuse to isolate these parts into halves. With illustration, I attempt to design for emotional and nostalgic quality. By drawing from multiple cultures and their aesthetic roots, I am able to create a new individual voice.