Artwork by Beban

1975 – Meditation from Dream Garden series (24" x 24" – oil on canvas)

There really was a monk at Shitennoji whose shaved head was greener than the snapping turtles I saw in the pond. - collection of Nu Sutto, Cebu

Haleakala

2004 – Haleakala from Achi Kochi series (20" x 20" panels – acrylic on canvas)

My favorite place on Maui. - collection of G. Ling

1975 – Nashia Toria from Dream Garden series (24" x 24" – oil on canvas)

The Natatorium by Kapiolani Beach Park in Waikiki, all the happy bathers of Queen's Surf. - collection of Hawaii State Foundation of the Arts, Honolulu

1975 – Sand Island from Dream Garden series (30" x 36" – oil on canvas)

On days off of working in Waikiki, I used to dream of spending my afternoons at Sand Island looking at the chubby ones. - collection of Nu Sutto, Cebu

1992 – Banana Tree from Yuu series (36" x 30" – oil on canvas)

This was the view looking from our patio at our noisy neighbor's house. I made the banana tree bigger than it was - almost as if by doing so would muffle out the noise. - Private Collection

1992 – Patio Bird from Yuu series (24" x 36" – oil on canvas)

In this painting, I started to paint out our noisy game-show loving neighbors. That's the eye of a mynah bird I kept (circled in orange). - Private Collection

2001 – Reflections from Gorse & Haggis series (40" x 40" – oil on canvas)

Monochromatic study, the only one I kept of the series. The Scottish landscape. - Private Collection

2004 – Banana from Stuff in My Kitchen series (16" x 19" – pastel on paper)

My first pastel. Training Nanook to eat bananas. - collection of A. Isaacs

2005 – Red Tomato from Stuff in My Kitchen series (6" x 5.5" – pastel on paper)

Momotaro tomato. - collection of A. Isaacs