Ikeda Manabu is the perfect example of why the arts need to be funded. How could the Japanese artist have had time to develop his style of impossibly detailed drawings while simultaneously holding down a full-time job?

Maybe he did, but the Japanese government does give artists a lot of money compared to the US because the Japanese realize a robust artistic culture is essential to a well-rounded society. Americans, on the other hand, often view artists as lazy and spoiled people who don’t know what hard work is. I wonder what they would consider easy about Manabu’s work.

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Japanese artist Ikeda Manabu creates the most detailed, expressive, and awe inspiring artwork which literally rolls across the canvas with subtle colours amidst waterless wave-like formations. Each work is constructed upon a series of intricate miniatures which play out across broader themes of unrest and movement.