"In the Oriental tradition, an aspiring artist would often learn much of their technique by copying old paintings or exercises given by a teacher, and this is the way I learned the art. The painter works on a horizontal surface rather than on an easel.

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For many years I was inspired by the beauty and simplicity which I often found in Oriental paintings, and was fortunate to find an extraordinary teacher, Nobu Yamamoto, in Santa Barbara, who was teaching ink painting.  I do the paintings as traditional brush paintings are done, using mainly sumi ink on rice paper, usually with limited color, although some are very colorful…" - Susy Barrymore