1) “Father III” 40 x 34 ink on panel

2) Original photo by Dorothea Lange, 1942

3) At the COLA show 2025

4) Original poster, 1942

A portrait of my father based on a photograph taken by Dorothea Lange when she was commissioned by the War Relocation Authority to photograph the Internment of Japanese Americans residing on the west coast during WWII

The piece is rendered using the text from a declaration that was posted all over San Francisco ordering people of Japanese descent to evacuate the West Coast where they eventually ended up in internment camps inland of the coast.

I was lucky to find three photographs taken by Dorothea Lange of my father and his family in San Francisco when he was 17. He went on to enlist into the U.S. Army out of the Topaz Internment camp in Utah and served as an interrogator and interpreter in the Pacific theatre for the Military Intelligence Service.

“Blue Wave” 30 x 40 acrylic on panel

San Francisco Art Fair April 16-19 at Fort Mason

Billis Williams Gallery Booth F06

Billis Williams Gallery
Intersect Palm Springs
Art + Design Fair
February 12-16
Palm Springs Convention Center
Palm Springs, California USA

Bluerider ART is honored to announce the launch of “Pegasus,” a special exhibition for the Year of the Horse. ”Pegasus” marks the beginning of 2026, the Year of the Fire Horse (Bingwu), symbolizing surging vitality and a fierce spirit of enterprise. Within the cycle of the Chinese Zodiac, the “Horse” has always been synonymous with masculinity, power, and speed, representing the primal drive to break free from shackles and forge ahead. The horse is not merely a traveler of the earth but a vessel for the soul; it is the medium connecting reality with ideals, and matter with spirit. In an era of rapid technological change, we crave this “Pegasus-like” courage—to refuse complacency, to shun well-trodden paths, and to reshape the world through imagination. 

These two works are up at

Bluerider ART LA · Manhattan Beach 

1030 Manhattan Beach Blvd, Manhattan Beach, CA 90266 

Opening Hours: Tue – Sun 10am – 6:30pm 

“She Buried Deep” 48 x 36 oil on canvas

Renaissance Black Series 1997-1998

In 1997 I discovered a technique used during the renaissance where they used many layers of paint to build a transparent, luminous black instead of an opaque, flat black. The colors used were yellow ochre, burnt sienna, terre verte green, alizarin crimson, prussian blue and aureolin yellow. In order to learn more about glazing and building a luminous dark I reduced my palette to these 6 colors. You can see the luminosity coming from the back instead of light highlights painted over the top.

Last week to see “Modulation: A 30 year Survey”
Sept 6th thru Oct 4th, 2025

Billis Williams Gallery
2716 S La Cienega Blvd
Los Angeles,, CA 90034

The show chronicles 30 years of my need to explore and learn materials and techniques as I seek personal forms and compositions.

“The Rose” 24×21 acrylic on panel 2025

“From Sea To Sky—The Blue Axis”
Bluerider ART LA • Manhattan Beach Inaugural Exhibition

Exhibition Dates:
September 20 – November 23, 2025
Bluerider ART LA • Manhattan Beach
1030 Manhattan Beach Blvd, Manhattan Beach, CA 90266
Hours: Tuesday – Sunday 10:00 am – 6:30 pm

“A Preference to be Entitled” 72×45 Oil on canvas 2006

From my “City or Nature; Longing and Need” (2004-2006) series where I juxtapose angular cityscapes with the curves of natural river rocks.

The feeling of support contrasted with the appearance of instability

“Modulation: A 30 year Survey”
Sept 6th thru Oct 4th, 2025

Billis Williams Gallery
2716 S La Cienega Blvd
Los Angeles,, CA 90034

The show chronicles 30 years of my need to explore and learn materials and techniques as I seek personal forms and compositions.

Bluerider ART LA | New US Flagship

Bluerider ART was founded in 2013 in Taipei city by tech entrepreneur Elsa Wang. With a strategic presence across three continents—Europe, the Americas, and Asia—the gallery operates long-term, self-managed spaces in key cities including London·Mayfair, Los Angeles· Manhattan Beach, Taipei·Dunhua and Shanghai·The Bund.

Bluerider ART proudly announces the grand opening of its new U.S. flagship with the inaugural exhibition From Sea To Sky — The Blue Axis, opening on September 20, 2025. Featuring the works of 16 internationally acclaimed artists, this exhibition converge along the Blue Axis in a powerful presentation of global creativity.

Participating Artists：
Willi Siber (Germany)
Yang Mao-Lin (Taiwan)
Josep Riera i Aragó (Spain)
Cao Jigang (China)
Carol Prusa (USA)
Nick Veasey (UK)
Bryan Ida (USA)
MARCK (Switzerland)
Pascal Dombis (France)
Thierry Feuz (Switzerland)
Sven Drühl (Germany)
Susanne Kühn (Germany)
Ruprecht von Kaufmann (Germany)
Chang Ling (Taiwan)
Jan Kaláb (Czech Republic)
Ramiro Smith Estrada (Argentina)

From Sea To Sky—The Blue Axis
Bluerider ART LA • Manhattan Beach Inaugural Exhibition
Press Preview & Opening Reception:
Saturday, September 20, 2025 | 4:00–7:00 pm
(public welcome)
Exhibition Dates:
September 20 – November 23, 2025
Bluerider ART LA • Manhattan Beach
1030 Manhattan Beach Blvd, Manhattan Beach, CA 90266
Hours: Tuesday – Sunday 10:00 am – 6:30 pm

“Modulation: A 30 year Survey”
Sept 6th thru Oct 4th, 2025

Billis Williams Gallery
2716 S La Cienega Blvd
Los Angeles,, CA 90034

The show chronicles 30 years of my need to explore and learn materials and techniques as I seek personal forms and compositions on my own terms.

Included are paintings from several series (1995-2025) that explore light, dark, and color; memory, time, and identity; marginalized communities; and humankind’s relationship to the natural environment through figurative and abstract imagery.

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“Christine” 60 x 37 ink on panel 2025

When the United States Constitution was signed only white, male, land owners were given the right to vote. The battle for voting rights began from the beginning.

In 1776 John Adams wrote a letter to James Sullivan to argue against extending voting rights to women. Adams believed that allowing women to vote would open a dangerous and endless source of controversy. The text is that letter.

On view at the City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs’ Independent Master Artist Project (COLA IMAP) 2025 show at

LA Municipal Art Gallery 4800 Hollywood Blvd

Exhibition Dates: July 17 – August 30

I will be there tomorrow after 2pm