Time is an ocean, and we are the waves.
This piece is part nostalgia, part homage, and part commentary. How do the waves of time and culture allow us to reinvent and reencounter the work of the past? We transform it and modify it, and yet something essential remains.
Hokusai's Great Wave Off Kanagawa - perhaps the most famous Japanese painting in history - set into a Gameboy, the iconic 90s product from Japanese company Nintendo, digitized into modern pixels, and then traditionally painted. A completed loop of time and culture.
This print is available in multiple sizes, both with high-quality paper prints and special limited-edition canvas prints. Each print is hand-signed by the artist, and limited edition pieces are also numbered.
If you want something in a different size not shown here, feel free to reach out, and we can make it happen!
Justin Trevor Inkwell - 2025