new painting beginnings

I'm beginning another painting now that I'm in DC. At least, I think it will be a painting... right now its only pen and ink but I'm enjoying working only with lines.

Katherine's Window

children's book illustrations.

design examples

IF my paradise

goodbye for real

Goodbye to Taiwan... for real this time. I will miss the children, the Chinese, the zhen zhu nai cha, the night market, the cafes, the Taiyal tribe, everything, everything Taiwan.

if fortune

IF fortune. Click for larger.

if green

A little bit of green in a very non-green landscape.

Hong Kong

A very few pictures of Hong Kong (and Macau)--was there two weeks ago, and am now in the States looking at grad schools.

earth quakes...

just felt an earthquake!

Ye Liu rock formations

I travel Taiwan with Julianna, and last week we visited Ye Liu, a tiny fishing town in the north famous for its huge eroded rocks. Taiwan is geologist's paradise. Now that I'm living in Taipei, surrounded by concrete and clubs, I really appreciate last year and the fact that it is a jungle/beach/earthquake/crazy rock island. These are, according to the terrible English translations at the park, "mushroom rocks", "candle rocks" and "tofu rocks".

if hidden

there is a ghost "hidden" very poorly in here. :)

new new painting

Taipei Landscape 2, 5 ft x 3 ft, mixed media and watercolor on watercolor paper, plus details. Now that I look at the file, though, it seems unfinished. Maybe I will do a wash later on.

漫畫

Stumbled across a crazy 漫畫 convention at my college's gym. At first, it made me think of the culture of cuteness in Asia--girls holding dolls, wearing pink wigs, etc. But as I walked around more, I realized, unlike my stereotype of manga, most of the women weren't dressed up to be cute. They were much more into the super-heroine look, but really it was difficult to generalize.

I do think the Japanese aesthetic is really interesting, one of the most exciting in the world. So I guess thats why I took such an inordinate amount of pictures.