Before leaving for Japan over 40 years ago, he spent $1.95 on the only art book he could afford. At the back of this small book by Tokuriki was an invitation, “If the reader of this book has a chance to visit Kyoto, feel free to contact the author.” Daniel Kelly became Tokuriki’s pupil and subsequently his work has been collected by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Museum of Modern Art, the British Museum, and the Smithsonian.

Daniel is an exciting artist, with an ever-changing style. All of his prints from the last few years have some element of mixed media, including lithography, cement block printing, and hand coloring. Daniel says this about his process, “I really don’t like it if I have a concept – it doesn’t exist yet – and people say you’re going to run into this and that problem. I want to slap those people out of my way. If there’s a problem, I dig deeper. Painting is like war. I get in there and battle and fight. It’s either me or the painting. One of us will win.”