Rice Air" was inspired by the rice fields the artist grew up in Kagoshima, Japan. The way the rice fields swayed in the breeze remind her of the calm ocean ripples.
Splash! is inspired by the love for omusibi (or onigiri) the artist likes to snack on post surf. But sometimes she wishes she can just eat one as she makes her cutback!
Barrel is inspired by the artist's love for surfing. She is also eating one of her favorite snack - a rice ball!
Hungry" is inspired by one of those days when you are out surfing too long, telling oneself that this is the last wave, but ends up not being able to leave. Eventually you'll want a snack - a spam musubi or two!
Spam Buddy is inspired by the undying passion of spam musubi by so many in Hawaii. It is also inspired by the artist's desire to want to crawl into the rice itself for comfort, or could it be a portal to an another dimension?
Have you ever surfed for a long time, watched the morning crowd leave and the afternoon one roll in, and eventually you tell yourself if you'll ever paddle in, maybe after this one. Oh nope. Maybe another set. You're getting thirsty, and possibly very hungry. Wish someone would just deliver a spam musubi to the line up? Rice and Surf series was inspired by such silly notion of a surfer.