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January 27, 2000
Web posted at: 12:54 p.m. EST (1754 GMT)

STANFORD, California (CNN) -- With a brush and indelible black ink, Drue Kataoka practices the Japanese art of sumi-e, a minimalist style that dates back 2,000 years.

The 21-year-old Stanford University student mastered the art at age 17. But the difference between Kataoka and sumi-e traditionalists is that she doesn't typically paint landscapes. She'd rather paint sports, especially women in sports.

Kataoka captured the moves of Stanford basketball star Kate Starbird using sumi-e. "I just tried to watch her, the reverse lay-up, over and over again on the footage and in real life," she says, "then tried to create the brush strokes that had that same kind of motion and release and dynamism to them."

View Kataoka's works on her Web site, and listen to what she told CNN's Don Knapp about art and inspiration.

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CNN Correspondent Don Knapp contributed to this report.

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