Carl McGrady has been around the world and back, but he says that Japan has been his greatest single influence. Starting in Butler, Pa USA his art interests took him to Chicago, New York, Japan, Hong Kong, Honolulu, Napa, Ojai (CA) and Miami. In addition, he has spent extensive time in Canada, Europe, and Caribbean/Latin America. He is a student of the Art Institute of Chicago, University of Chicago and Sophia University, Tokyo, Japan. He was influenced by the Ukiyo-e Masters and mentored by great Japanese Artists as Unichi Hiratsuka and Shiko Munakata, Japan’s Masters of black and white Modern Japanese Prints.