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Tag Archives: New York
Holiday Show with Stars: New Decade
Contemplate in this Holiday Season… The year 2020 is upon us. On a social and personal level, the holiday season is a busy time with family, preparing for vacation, shopping, and parties. These events are tremendous but also a bit … Continue reading
Posted in art, Creative process, Encaustic, Events and Reviews, exhibition, Mixed Media, New York, News/Announcement, Quotes, Stars and/or Desert, wax or beeswax
Tagged art, collage, cosmos, desert, encaustic, exhibition, gallery, inspiration, mixed media, New York, stars
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‘Mono no aware’ and Japanese mentality
As I researched Japanese ancient poems *‘Hyakunin Isshu’ 百人一首 and keep creating my encaustic mixed media art series that is related to it by investing my emotions and imagination, I started to feel a ‘Mono no aware’ feeling/mentality is in some … Continue reading
Posted in art, Creative process, Encaustic, exhibition, Included Japanese日本語も, Japanese word, Mixed Media, New York, News/Announcement, wax or beeswax
Tagged art, calligraphy, Encaustic painting, exhibition, Japan, Japanese, New York, poem
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Holiday Shows with Stars and Code
Enjoy Holiday Shows this Winter: Stars, Code… In this beautiful holiday season, I am truly hoping you have a moment for yourself – even in the middle of busy time. Treat yourself with quiet time by walking in a park, … Continue reading
Posted in Creative process, Encaustic, exhibition, Mixed Media, New York, News/Announcement, Quotes, Seattle, Stars and/or Desert, Uncategorized, wax or beeswax
Tagged art, collage, encaustic, exhibition, mixed media, New York, Seattle, stars
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Text in My Work and Something about Chagall
For some years now, I have been employing text in a number of my works and series. The recent works have something to do with stars, the Milky Way and deserts. To see a couple of works, please visit my … Continue reading
Posted in Creative process, Encaustic, Printmaking/Intaglio, Quotes
Tagged art, beeswax, Beyond Time and Space, Bible, carborundum, Collagraph, 百人一首, desert, encaustic, encaustic paint, Hyakunin Isshu, intaglio, Isaiah, Marc Chagall, Milky Way, mixed media, monotype, New York, poem, printmaking, scriptures, Seattle, stars, text, wax
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Drawn to Stars
I was walking on the street in Seattle the other night. I was rushing but looked up at the sky and noticed a couple of stars in between the cracks of clouds. Deep blue-black sky and white clouds. It was … Continue reading
Posted in Creative process, Encaustic, Printmaking/Intaglio
Tagged art, beeswax, behind the scene, desert, encaustic, Milky Way, mixed media, mountains, New York, Seattle, stars, Washington
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When You Don’t Feel Inspired… (Story from Chuck Close)
What would you do when you don’t feel motivated? Or the time you don’t feel inspired – for work or for anything else you need to do? Do I always feel motivated or inspired to create artwork? – No. I … Continue reading
Posted in Creative process, Photography, Quotes
Tagged art, behind the scene, CBS, Chuck Close, Hollywood, inspiration, Jackson Pollock, MFA, New York, Note to Self, Painters, painting, Philip Glass, Portfolio, portraiture, Seattle, Seattle Art Museum, stars without make-up, TV program, University of Washington, Vanity Fair, Yale University
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Story Behind the Move
New York – Seattle O barco está mais seguro no porto, mas não é esse o objetivo dos barcos. 「船は港にいるとき最も安全であるが、それは船が造られた目的ではない。」 パウロ・コエ−リョ “The boat is safer when anchored at the harbor, however that is not what it’s built for.” … Continue reading
Posted in Creative process, Photography, Quotes
Tagged Anderson Cooper, art, boat, Converge Gallery, El Camino, exhibition, gallery, group show, harbor, Japan, journey, light, Manhattan, move, moving, New York, New York City, NYC, Pacific Northwest, Paulo Coelho, Pennsylvania, photography, Saint-Malo, Seattle, Sun, The Pilgrimage, United States, Visual Arts, water, Williamsport, yacht
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Numbing Your Emotions – Creative Process This summer, when I was sorting out books in my apartment in New York to determine whether to keep them or give them away, one book caught my attention. It was Dispatches from the … Continue reading