An internationally renowned master of the mezzotint print, Hamanishi uses the very nature of this medium to create velvety black backgrounds and richly detailed images laden with a sense of mystery and intrigue. His works are in the collections of several museums, including the Metropolitan Museum and the British Museum.

Born in Idaho Falls, Daniel Kelly is a painter, printmaker and multi-media artist. He studied at the University of Portland and Portland State University. Following graduation, Kelly moved to San Francisco, working in glass and mosaics before studying romantic-expressionist painting with Morton Levin. Upon seeing a book of woodblock prints, Kelly pursued the print…

Woodblock prints made textural with metallic leaf collaged onto the block, which may be embossed or etched, resulting in rich and diverse images of space and moons and shadowy horizons.  Tamekane says he savours the past and anticipates the future to be a time of hope and advancement for the human spirit…

Master of brush and ink and its expression on paper, Shinoda explores the Japanese aesthetic of negative space and yin and yang counterpoint to its fullest manifestation as abstraction. Her traditional training informs the mastery and perfect balance of her work. Original waka poetry and calligraphic form are sometimes merged with abstraction reflecting…