Trevor Shimizu keeps the plastic wrap that comes with his canvas deliveries. Torn pieces accumulate. They are flattened and rolled, one bundle per year.

He uses leftover paint from the day’s work and applies it to bits of canvas that were trimmed off of larger canvases.

His children’s drawings have been archived over the years. Recreations from drawings made around the age of four are superimposed over color representations of sunrise or sunset.

One large painting depicts renderings of his children, their stuffed toys, and plants from around the yard. A lived perspective, rather than imagined.