A tranquil koi pond expresses the idea of many levels seen in one glance, the flowers that float on the surface, the ripples in the water and the colorful fish that live beneath the surface. I wanted to capture the serenity of all three levels. This painting was inspired by several ponds, one in the Ala Moana mall in Honolulu, one at the Water Conservation garden in Rancho San Diego, but mainly from the pond in the Japanese Friendship Garden in San Diego's Balboa Park.

This collage painting was created by gluing torn shreds of hand-painted ephemera, including sheet music, maps, old book pages, and foreign language newspapers.