Dwight Hwang, helped by his wife, Hazel, lowers a piece of calligraphy paper onto a sheephead that has been painted with ink.His marine-focused art has gained fans among restaurateurs, art collectors and hotels such as the Four Seasons Sensei Lanai in Hawaii and Wynn Las Vegas.
“I love anything fish related; it’s how I’m wired,” says Hwang. During a seven-year stint in Tokyo as a film storyboard artist, he was excited to discoverprints displayed in sushi restaurants and tackle shops. He became obsessed with the art form, learning techniques in his free time from YouTube videos. “It took about three years for me to finally get something that looked like a fish,” he said. “That’s when it started to get exciting.
Finding this new passion made him realize that after working for more than 20 years in the movie industry, he was burnt out and rarely saw his kid.