There Are So Many Times,

that I wish I was an artist,

especially when I see work such as this, entitled Meltdown it is the work of 40-year old artist Manabu Ikeda's and is his latest creation, it’s about 4ft x 4ft and took about 5 months to create, typically he spends years on a single creation, which is so dense in detail that a single 8-hour work day yields just a 4-inch square,

above is a small section of Meltdown, which explores the aftermath of the 2011 earthquake the work was recently on view at the West Vancouver Museum, next month he will embark on a 10 by 13 foot panel in Madison, Wisconsin which the artist estimates will take upward of three years to complete, I just wish I had this sort of talent.