Japanese inspired wall art pieces with all original ink illustrations by Michael de la Guerra.
He made it back, but I never got to see him before he passed away.
Walker loved Japanese culture, in a way I was almost jealous of; he was the most knowledgeable person I knew on the subject.
One thing I do know a bit about, however, is how the Japanese and their take on simplicity influenced minimalism as a design concept.
Since I find myself producing more art from a minimalist angle these days, and with the surge of interest in the "Japandi" design trend which is a merging of Japanese and Scandinavian approaches, I decided to put together my own homage to the Japanese style.
I was like a kid in a candy store when I started on this short series. I forgot how much I loved the vintage Japanese ink techniques, and I thought of Walker throughout the entire creative process, therefore these pieces are dedicated to his memory.
Choose your favorite of the three prints below, or...
Michael de la Guerra is an artist and a retired freelance writer who--under the name Michael Lopez--has been featured as a case study in the Harvard Business Review, published in The Huffington Post, banned from writing for Buzzfeed (long story), and featured as an expert in Fast Company, The Wall Street Journal, and more. He’s ghostwritten for NFL players and bank CEOs alike but remains at the mercy of NDAs signed during a decade-long copywriting career working with sought-after digital marketing agencies on high-converting campaigns for some of the largest names in business. He works in academia now and spends his creative energy on visual art and poetry.
