Sumi-e, "black ink painting" ... a way of painting the rhythms and moods of Nature. It's fascinating to watch what happens on the paper: Xuan, Mulberry or Unryu are a few of my favorites. Each responds to the ink differently-- It's a balance of serendipity and brush skill. I may add "gems" of color with another medium, it's a distinctive finish for my paintings. Obeying only one rule: Less is More. Exhibitions 2021 Asian Pacific Arts Center Tacoma Feature Artist March thru April 2020 Nov. Vashon Art Center Group Show artist over 50 FOGUE Gallery & STUDIO- SHOWING FULL TIME Red Sky Gallery/Lake Forest Park- SHOWING FULL TIME 2019 University House Issaquah Group Show Oct-Feb 2020 Schack/Everett Garden Show Juried Group Show PSSA Loft/Olympia Group Show 2018 Olympia Art League Juried Show Aljoya Mercer Island Group Show Clarke & Clarke Feature Artist Oct American Art Gallery Tacoma/Sept Feature Artist Clarke & Clarke Art And Artifacts Feature Artist Mercer Community Center Sumi-e Group show PSSA Snohomish Mt Si Art Guild 2017: Abstraction Group Show Lakeshore Retirement Home Dec Alki Arts/Michael Birawer A Featured Artist Seattle Nov-Jan Columbia City Gallery "Magic Show" June-Sept 'W-ink' co-curator with Anna Macrae, Group Show: Ink/medium April-June 'Wind Walkers' Audubon Center Seward Park Group Show April Annual Spring Show Bemis Building Jury 2016 December 'DeLightful' Feature Artist January 'Expression of the Brush' American Art Gallery 2015 'Night Life' Columbia City Gallery Feature Artist August Ryan James Gallery Feature Artist 2014 May-June Kirsten Gallery P.S.S.A. Puget Sound Sumi Association May - July Shoreline City Hall Shoreline Gallery Lake Forest Park Featured Artist w/ Ellen Witebsky Seattle Waterworld Feb-June Group Show June Sekiguchi curator The Way of the Brush Group Show Lakeshore June Sekiguchi curator 2013 "Glow" Feature Artist Columbia City Gallery Nov-Jan 2010-2015 Alki Arts/Harbor Steps Diane Venti owner 2011 University House ERA curated by Charlotte Beale, University House Wallingford; 2008 Group Show. Oil Painters Of America Western Regional Show. Kirkland, Wa 2001-2006 Parklane Gallery, Kirkland, WA 2006 Kenmore Art Show Honorable Mention Prize (2006) 2008 Best of Gage Awarded 2nd prize in landscape category; Gage Academy of Art. 2007 - 2011 Oil Painters of America Juried Member 1995 - 2001 Eastside Fine Arts Assoc Member Education 2014 Drawing Suzanne Brooker 6 week course. 2011 Moon Lee Bellevue artist; private instruction in sumi-e /classic and contemporary'. 2010-11 Studied with Mitch Albala; author of Landscape Painting (2010 pub.) 2007-2009 Gage Academy of Art of Seattle: The Atelier Landscape in Oil with Suzanne Brooker; author of Portrait Painting Atelier 1986 Associates Art Degree: Seattle Central Community College |
I stand at my table while I apply Indian Ink on Xuan, Mulberry or Unryu paper. Once it has dried I bond the painting to gator board or cradle board. Cold wax medium is hand rubbed onto the painting's surface, this protects it. Giving a beautiful matte finish too. I use floater frames, without glass, for a contemporary presentation. The beauty of the Indian Ink and colors can be "touched with your eyes" and enjoyed for many generations. |