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Clouds, sky, a bird and a dress. — Appears, occasionally, on: YukoNagai.Art Home Page

A dress with painted barcode on the beach with a large moon above it. — Appears, occasionally, on: YukoNagai.Art Home Page

Abstract line drawing of a flower petal and artist painting it. — Appears on: “Artist” Page

Palm trees and historical building against blue sky. — Appears in: Blue Sky Diptych

Sea gulls in flight. — Appears in: Creative Self Exploration – Epilogue: Celebration of Life

Restaurant with a tall christmas tree, in motion blur lines. — Used for Updates page in December 2024.

Christmas lights at a cafe at dusk, motion blurred. — Appears in: I Like To Fly

Two gulls hovering over dark sea surface. — Appears in: Creative Self Exploration – Part Eight: You in the Moment

Empty coffee cup layered over sea shore. — Appears in: One Word Poetry, November 2024.

A gull in flight layered over sea surface — Appears in: Creative Self Exploration – Part Seven: Frequency and You

Two gulls flying over dark sea. — Appears in: Creative Self Exploration – Part Six: Imaginative Treasure Hunt

A sea gull overlay on ocean picture. — Appears in: Creative Self Exploration – Summer Break!!

A gull flying over sea surface. — Appears in: Creative Self Exploration – Part Five: Past. Present. Poetry.

A gull in flight over night sea. — Appears in: Creative Self Exploration – Part Four: Let’s Pretend!

Two gulls flying over sea surface. — Appears in: Creative Self Exploration – Part Three: Your Creative Flow

A soaring gull in flight. — Appears in: Creative Self Exploration – Part Two: You, The Temple.

Lily blossom and a bud, and hand painted dress in monochrome. — Appears on: Web Store “SpiderLily.Red” Home Page

A gull in flight, an abstract collage. — Appears in: Creative Self Exploration – Part One: Your Clean Slate

Gardenia blossom with a sea surface image layered. — Appears in: Timeless

A camelia blossom in dusk low light with sea shore image layered on. — Appears in: Blue Camelia

Moon rise over sea horizon captured in bold geometry, — Appears in: Photo A Day, November 2023

Abstract traces of city lights in monochrome. — Appears in: Photo A Day, November 2023

A red car parked by a desert road, and the photographer's reflection on car window. — Appears in: Desert Sensibility

A dress with abstract lily petal on the beach under enlarged moon. — Occasionally appears on Home/Landing Page.

Abstract line drawing, a drawing hand holding a pencil and layered hand-written letters. — Appears in: Contact Page

Abstract line drawing of a lily petal layered over a sea shore image. — Appears in: Store Policy Page

Painted feathers and blurred ocean. — Appears in: If/

A mug cup placed on a driftwood at sunset on the beach. — Appears in: Small Things, They say.

A dress with painted barcode by sea shore with moon overlay. — Appears, occasionally, on: YukoNagai.Art Home Page

A dress with painted barcode by sea shore with moon overlay. — Appears, occasionally, on: YukoNagai.Art Home Page

Image of sea shore at sunset layered over Japanese apricot blossoms and hand writing. — Appears in: Ume Sentiment

Abstract line drawing of a lily petal layered over hand written letters. — Appears in: Ume Sentiment

Image of sunset sea horizon layered over Japanese apricot blossoms and hand written letters. — Appears in: Ume Sentiment

Hand-written letters layered over an abstract line drawing and Ume blossoms. — Appears in: (The) Promise Of Spring

Soft-focused ocean photo layered with a line drawing of a lily petal. — Appears in: Cookie Policy Page

Photo of Ume blossoms layered over sea horizon at sunset. — Appears in: Untitled.

Line drawing of a petal with artist's hand at work. — Appears in: Copyright Policy Page

Pencil line drawing layered over magnolia blossom. — Appears in: Privacy Policy Page

Line drawing, an artist's hand layered with a flock of swans. — Appears in: Accessibility Statement Page

Abstract line drawing with hand written letters. — Appears in: Copycat Strat: Is Imitation Flattery?

Abstract drawing of a spider lily petal. — Appears in: Beauty will save the world.

Abstract drawing of a spider lily petal. — Appears in: Beauty will save the world.

Abstract drawing of a spider lily petal. — Appears in: Beauty will save the world.

An abstract line drawing layered with a hand written letters. — Used for the Artist page.

A bird wing and photographic prints of ocean horizons. — Appears in: Sky Is Ours.

Night Ocean. — Appears in: Cocoon.

Winter Ocean Waves with a Leaf overlay. — Appears in: True Visions

Swimming pool geometrical cross pattern. — Appears in: Trinity.

Moon above shore. — Appears in: Trinity.

Sea shells with sea shore. — Appears in: Sea/She

A Fishing Cormorant with Gardenia. — Appears in: Individuation is a bitch!! – a postscript.

A Fishing Cormorant with an Anklet. — Appears in: Individuation is a bitch!! – a postscript.

Spider Lily Red, a diptych, the petals and their abstract interpretation. — Appears, occasionally, on: YukoNagai.Art Home Page

A Fishing Cormorant with Sun Flower. — Appears in: Individuation is a bitch!! – a postscript.

A Californian beach. — Appears in: #CaliforniaStrong

Beach with a large rock and a tourist. — Appears in: #CaliforniaStrong

A spider lily petal over sea shore. — Appears in: Things seldom make sense for the first 98 percent of the process.

A spider lily petal over sea. — Appears in: Abstraction in Nature, March 12, 2017.

A Spider Lily Petal, abstract, acid dye on silk, detail, process — Appears, occasionally, on: YukoNagai.Art Home Page

Waves and a journal book with a line drawing of a wave. — Put together and uploaded to Cargo Collective in January 2017.

Head lights in a wing mirror. — Appears in: Zine One (Revisited)

Sea gulls over water surface. — Appears in: Dried persimmons from Sado Island made me think of.

Sea gulls over dark water surface. — Appears in: Dried persimmons from Sado Island made me think of.

High rise buildings at night and a coffee cup with a packet of sugar on cafe table. — Photographed late April 2016, put together and uploaded to Cargo Collective in early July 2016.

Lights at a night port. — Appears in: (there are) things between black and white.

Magnolia blossom over ocean. — Appears in: (there are) things between black and white.

Dark clouds over sea. — Appears in: (there are) things between black and white.

An abstract pencil drawing over ocean waves. — Appears in: Edited Black and White Images

A dead gull on the beach and painted feathers. — Appears in: Edited Black and White Images

A flower petal drawing over ocean. — Appears in: Edited Black and White Images

A hand painted dress on the beach with painted feathers. — Appears in: Edited Black and White Images

A hand painted dress with a wing drawing. — Appears in: Edited Black and White Images

A hand painted dress and a magnolia blossom. — Appears in: Edited Black and White Images

A hand painted dress and the oceanic horizon. — Appears in: Edited Black and White Images

A bird on a branch and a feathers painted on fabric and a painter's hand. — Put together sometime in 2014, uploaded to Flickr on April 26, 2015.

An ocean wave with a feather drawing. — Appears in: Nature as an Inspiration – March 7, 2016

A hand with light rectangles, and blurry waves. — Uploaded to Flickr on May 01, 2015. Captured and put together around the same time.

Ocean waves in blur. — Appears in: Almost Transcendent Blue

Water birds on lake, and a crow on a rock. — Uploaded to Flickr on May 14, 2015, put together into diptych around the same time.

Ocean with Clouds. — Appears in: Grain Haiku

Self reflection on a fish eye mirror. — Appears in: Inspired Moments, 2014.

Wounded gull on the beach. — Appears in: Process in Pictures: Wing Dress (2007 – 2009)

Sea shore at night. — Appears in: Process in Pictures: Indigo Dragon Top (2006)

Sea at night. — Appears in: Process in Pictures: Indigo Dragon Top (2006)

Sea shore at sun rise. — Appears in: I recommend Dawn.

Wild summer flowers. — Appears in: I recommend Dawn.

Summer field at dawn. — Appears in: I recommend Dawn.

Rice field at dawn. — Appears in: I recommend Dawn.

Sea shore with gulls reflections. — Appears in: Seagull, you fly.

Two kites in flight before moon. — Appears in: The Best Thought I’ve Ever Thought

Leaves, logs and a hanging bridge. — Appeared in a now-deleted post titled “True Blue”, Spring 2013.

Blurred traffic lights at dusk in the city. — Appears in: Miss California

Tail lights in blur at sunset. — Appears in: Miss California

Distant city scape and freeway traffic lights in blur. — Appears in: Miss California

Airplane wing in morning sky. — Appears in: California

San Francisco city streets in setting sun. — Appears in: California

A surfer on a wave. — Appears in: California

Sunset at the sea. — Appears in: California

Neon market sign. — Appears in: California

Open farm field. — Appears in: California

Museum dinosaur skeleton. — Appears in: California

Dry desert hills. — Appears in: California

Bay with a pier. — Appears in: California

A feather drawing layered on clouds. — Appears in: Sunken Feathers

A feather drawing layered on sea sparkles. — Appears in: Sunken Feathers

A feather drawing layered on ocean — Appears in: Sunken Feathers

A feather drawing layered on clouds. — Appears in: Sunken Feathers

A feather drawing layered on shore. — Appears in: Sunken Feathers

Christmas tree and people in the city, in blur. — Appears in: Light Calligraphy

Moon light over the shore. — Appears in: Light Calligraphy

Candle lights patterns. — Appears in: Light Calligraphy

Light house lights patterns. — Appears in: Light Calligraphy

Street lights patterns. — Appears in: Light Calligraphy

Dress with a dyed wing creative process. — Appears in: Art is a Process, Revisited.

Layered photos of a textile art piece. — Appears in: Art is a Process, Revisited.

A surfer, a gull and ocean. — Uploaded to Flickr on November 18, 2012. Photos taken on October 10, 2010.

Abstract image of a swimming pool. — Appears in: Pool Series

Abstract image of a swimming pool. — Appears in: Pool Series

Abstract image of a swimming pool. — Appears in: Pool Series

Abstract image of a swimming pool. — Appears in: Pool Series

Abstract image of a swimming pool. — Appears in: Pool Series

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