So, I have some pics (family stuff) which I decided to turn into gifts. You can do this for Mother’s Day…it’s quick, easy and fun! All you need is a color printer, a photo (or more than one), the paper labels come on, tape, and some wood. The cool part is that “white” doesn’t print and the underlying wood will show through in those areas (this allows for some cool compositing)…like a clipping mask…only using a second glossy/no...

Every year I send out a Christmas letter to friends and family full of pictures. Our pictures are taken with whatever the typical consumer grade gadget we have on us. In more recent years, that’s been iPhones.  This year marks a threshold being crossed where the picture quality really has gotten spectacular. The sharpness, color balance and just general quality is amazing.

It was one whale of a stormy day here on the coast of Oregon (USA) and I decided I'd go south along the coast to see if I could get any wave shots. I'd gotten about as far south as I was going to have daylight for and only had high winds and frazzled waves to shoot so I hadn't taken much. Stopping at a tourist/rest area place I was looking at the churning surf and something caught my eyes as it came zipping around a rock as it came from the harbor. After swearing at the fellow for ha...

Kazuya Akimoto Art Museum   "Musing Skinny Asian Woman": Asian expressionism woman distorted portrait painting, contemplative pose, posture theme, Asian new expressionism, female posing body, contemporary figurative painting #9782, 2011 | Kazuya Akimoto Art Museum   named and added to gallery #8 ,2011  at Kazuya Akimoto Art Museum     " Musing Skinny Asian Woman " acrylics 21"x18" listed in New Paintings  2011 ...

Kazuya Akimoto Art Museum   "Talk to Me I am the Queen": black and white contemporary female profile portrait painting, contemporary realism, black color symbolism, female symbolism, acrylic painting #9765, 2011 | Kazuya Akimoto Art Museum   named and added to gallery #8 ,2011  at Kazuya Akimoto Art Museum     " Talk to Me I am the Queen " acrylics 21"x18" listed in New Paintings  2011       ...

Kazuya Akimoto Art Museum   "Morning Woman in the Mirror": colorful expressionism female daily life portrait painting, mirror reflected figure, figurative symmetry, colorful interior, contemporary expressionism, portrait expressionism painting #9757, 2011 | Kazuya Akimoto Art Museum   named and added to gallery #8 ,2011  at Kazuya Akimoto Art Museum     " Morning Woman in the Mirror " acrylics 21"x18" listed in New Pa...

Kazuya Akimoto Art Museum   "Our Lady of the Seven Sorrows": contemporary the Blessed Virgin Mary pop portrait painting in Japanese manga and anime style, Stabat Mater Dolorosa, Japanese pop art, Japanese pop expressionism, contemporary Japonism, iconographical religious portrait painting #9749, 2011 | Kazuya Akimoto Art Museum   named and added to gallery #8 ,2011  at Kazuya Akimoto Art Museum     " Our Lady of the Seven Sorrows ...

Kazuya Akimoto Art Museum   "Japanese Gigantic Jellyfish rising towards the surface":abstract nature surrealism painting, Nomura's Jellyfish, echizen kurage, odd sea creature, Japanese animal symbolism, natural symbolism, surreal pointillism, deep sea sight, acrylic painting #9743, 2011 | Kazuya Akimoto Art Museum   named and added to gallery #8 ,2011  at Kazuya Akimoto Art Museum     " Japanese Gigantic Jellyfish rising " ...

Kazuya Akimoto Art Museum   "Back Torso of Venus": contemporary abstract realism painting, real-life sculpture, ancient Aphrodite statue back view image, contemporary classicism, Greek and Roman classical art theme, female body symbolism, new classicism, acrylic painting #9733, 2011 | Kazuya Akimoto Art Museum   named and added to gallery #8 ,2011  at Kazuya Akimoto Art Museum     " Back Torso of Venus " acrylics 21"x18...

Kazuya Akimoto Art Museum   "New Birth on the Cross": abstract spiritual painting, abstract birth, abstract symbolism, complementary colors, religious symbolism, contemporary Christianity art, purple and yellow, acrylic painting #9729, 2011 | Kazuya Akimoto Art Museum   named and added to gallery #7 ,2011  at Kazuya Akimoto Art Museum     " New Birth on the Cross " acrylics 21"x18" listed in New Paintings  2011 ...

Kazuya Akimoto Art Museum   "Male Farm Worker in Blue Tank Top": distorted expressionist male portrait painting, abstract impressionism, human face distortion, high contrast bust portrait, contemporary expressionism acrylic painting #9715, 2011 | Kazuya Akimoto Art Museum   named and added to gallery #7 ,2011  at Kazuya Akimoto Art Museum     " Male Farm Worker in Blue Tank-Top " acrylics 21"x18" listed in New Paintin...

Kazuya Akimoto Art Museum   "Green Calf Bearer": famous ancient Greek sculpture (The Moschophoros, Hermes Kriophoros) theme contemporary painting, expressionist interpretation of Ancient Greek Art, man and animal, colorful human figure, mythological, acrylic painting #9708, 2011 | Kazuya Akimoto Art Museum   named and added to gallery #7 ,2011  at Kazuya Akimoto Art Museum     " Green Calf Bearer " acrylics 21"x18" lis...

Kazuya Akimoto Art Museum   "Yellow Sunbath on Yacht Deck": contemporary expressionist summer sea scene painting, abstract summer resort, complementary blue and yellow, abstract sunlight and sea, expressionism seascape, acrylic painting #9699, 2011 | Kazuya Akimoto Art Museum   named and added to gallery #7 ,2011  at Kazuya Akimoto Art Museum     " Yellow Sunbath on Yacht Deck " acrylics 21"x18" listed in New Painting...

Kazuya Akimoto Art Museum   "Emperor Moth" : abstract animal,insect, bug symbolism painting, natural surrealism, moth flight captured in motion, abstract wing texture pattern, acrylic artwork #9693, 2011 | Kazuya Akimoto Art Museum   named and added to gallery #7 ,2011  at Kazuya Akimoto Art Museum     " Emperor Moth " acrylics 21"x18" listed in New Paintings  2011         Keywords ...

Kazuya Akimoto Art Museum   "The Black Sun": abstract space scene painting, abstract landscape, abstract symbolism, black and red, spiral line pattern, abstract space, abstract distorted field line pattern, mythological, brush stroke pattern, dark acrylic painting #9676, 2011 | Kazuya Akimoto Art Museum   named and added to gallery #7 ,2011  at Kazuya Akimoto Art Museum     " The Black Sun " acrylics 21"x18" lisited in...