Upon viewing a piece of Tadashi Hayakawa's art I always have the feeling that something important, something central, is lurking just off the canvas. There is an earthy quality to all of his work, a gritty mixture of sand, water and the mess of life. But it is also familiar, something you feel you could have created yourself - had you continued painting with the same carefree vision of your youth.
Don't take that as a slight on his work. It isn't. As Tadashi said to me: "Imagination is more important than technique. The art has to express you." Who among us,
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