Richard Kirsten Daiensai (1920-2013) Was a Seattle artist, painter, printmaker, sculptor, and Zen Buddhist priest spent several months each year for 49 years wandering through Japan and Korea. Nearly all his paintings and prints were done in the quiet and solitude of those retreats, thus creating art that reflects the divine energy that exists in all things. Often, the spiritual quality of his work is tempered with a sense of cosmic joy and warm humor.