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Welcome to galleries for my late mother's paintings and portraits of my life based in Phoenix, Arizona since 2000. Born and grew up in Japan, I am still enjoying a sense of adventure by living away from my home country Japan.

Galleries feature snapshots of my friends and teachers from West African drumming, nature of Arizona, and impressions from my travel to various destinations. I wish to capture moments which may be unnoticed otherwise yet revealing unique charm and blessing of people, artifacts and nature around me. Enjoy!

Sincerely,
Since February 2005

P.S. Please let me know if you are uncomfortable with photographs you are in. I will remove them from the site immediately. Images in these galleries are copyright protected; Use without permission is prohibited.

Featured Galleries

My Mother's Paintings : Reiko Kubota 1930-1999. Born in Kumano, Shimane Pref., Japan. Lived in Matsue for many years. Loved paintings all her life. Studied under Painter Tadao Tomioka.

My Mother's Paintings

Reiko Kubota 1930-1999. Born in Kumano, Shimane Pref., Japan. Lived ...

Updated: Nov 14, 2006 9:59am PST

My Favorite Photos : Portraits of my life based in Arizona since 2000. This gallery is to show my favorite photos from other smugmug galleries of mine. You may find hyperlinks to those galleries in the caption area below photo.

My Favorite Photos

Portraits of my life based in Arizona since 2000. This gallery is to ...

Updated: May 24, 2008 2:43pm PST

Mar - Herman's 7th Visit to Arizona : Welcome back, Herman - Marking your visit to Arizona for the seven consecutive years! Photos here are from the pleasant weekend workshop up in Pine from March 20th to 23rd, 2008 - Jonas, you did a good job for gracefully bearing with me chasing "kodak moments" 24x7 for you and your father. This message applies to all workshop participants... thank you. As always, many thanks to Lorin and Bernd to have made it happen ... and to Mamiba for feeding us and drumming together. Rhythms we learned: Dibon, Kawa and a rhythm for klin(?) Photos from Herman's visit 2007: http://kubm.smugmug.com/gallery/2594502_DtGTC#136753238

Mar - Herman's 7th Visit to Arizona

Welcome back, Herman - Marking your visit to Arizona for the seven con ...

Updated: May 13, 2008 9:59pm PST

Spring in Seattle : My first visit to a capital of North West in April 2008. Megue once visited the city a long time ago with her late father. We had so much fun to experience what the city offers. Above all, we were so grateful for friendliness of people we encountered during our brief weekend visit.

Spring in Seattle

My first visit to a capital of North West in April 2008. Megue once v ...

Updated: May 24, 2008 2:17pm PST

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