Yuka Miyauchi is a painter, but she's not interested in landscapes. Her art is all about squid.

She uses squid ink in her work, she exhibits regularly and evangelizes about the animals' beauty. And she adores them served up on a plate.

Miyauchi, a 30-year-old native of Kagoshima Prefecture, says she never aspired to be an artist and nor did she care much about squid until 11 years ago, when she saw a bigfin reef squid caught by a neighbor.