Juxtapoz art magazine reported Mace's sudden 1997 deportation from Japan, although specific reasons were not provided. Unexpectedly back in America the artist set out on the road, which became the basis for his 365DAZE project of 1998. For this project the artist spent the full year of 1998 driving around the United States, over 30,000 miles (48,280 km) by his own account, doing a drawing-per-day, embellishing whatever found-media he came across in whatever part of the country through which he happened to be traveling.
