Art meets meditation in the ancient Asian technique of ink wash painting. A contemporary award winner will show how it’s done when the Lemont Artists Guild presents a demonstration by Patricia Larkin Green.
Live Sumi-e Demonstration
Patricia Larkin Green Live Painting
The Year of the Rooster officially starts the first day of the new lunar year, which follows the phases of the moon. This year is Saturday, January 28th! As the year of the Monkey comes to an end and the Rooster begins – we are proud to host a series of special events for the day!
Celebrate the New Year with a Live Sumi-e Demonstration of the 2017 Fire Rooster by Patricia Larkin Green!
Larkin Green received the 日本ならや本舗賞 2016 Nayara Brush Award for the Fire Rooster Sumi-e (Asian Ink) Paintings in AnShan City, China.
January 28th, 2017
Saturday 12:00 – 12:30 PM
Hiroshima-Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Exhibition
Voices of Hiroshima: An Afternoon of Survivor Testimony with live Poetry
This event will include words from Mr. Clifton Truman Daniel, President Truman’s
grandson and peace advocate, testimony by atomic bomb survivor Mr. Takashi Teramoto,
and poetry recitals. Live ensō painting and poetry reading by Patricia Larkin Green.
Japanese Culture Center
October 1-29, 2016 Chicago, IL USA
Hiroshima Nagasaki World Peace Exhibition
As a symbol of peace, a paper crane
folded by Obama is presented in the
exhibition, with the message he wrote in
Hiroshima: “We have known the agony
of war. Let us now find the courage,
together, to spread peace, and pursue
a world without nuclear weapons.”
Sadako Sasaki, a survivor of the U.S.
strike on Hiroshima, folded nearly 1,000
cranes as a traditional prayer for healing
before she died of leukemia 10 years after
the bomb strike. She was 12 years old.
Larkin Green will be demonstrating Asian Ink Painting at Lillstreet during Ravenswood ArtWalk
Artist Patricia Larkin Green on right showing some of her scrolls after China ICCPS exhibition
On Saturday September 10th from 2-3 PM with Lillstreet Art Center located at:
4401 N. Ravenswood Ave.
Chicago, IL 60640
Painting and Drawing room B: third floor in the main building
Artist Patricia Larkin Green demonstrates Asian Ink Painting
Artist Patricia Larkin Green displays brushes for Asian Ink Painting
Larkin Green receives ICCPS Naraya Brush Award in China 2016
2017 Fire Rooster by Patricia Larkin Green
I am honored to share recognition with esteemed artists of the North America Branch – ICCPS . My paintings 2016 Fire Monkey and 2017 Fire Rooster have received the 日本ならや本舗賞 Naraya Brush Award in AnShan City China for the 2016 exhibition.
2016 Fire Monkey by Patricia Larkin Green
Creative Brunch Series: Sumi-e Ink Painting
2016.9.25: Sumi-e Painting at Lillstreet, Sunday, September 25th, 2016 11-4 pm Experience the meditative practice of traditional Japanese ink painting, sumi-e, the art of painting using a brush (fude), ink (sumi) and thin, absorbent “rice-paper” (washi). Fundamental brushstrokes will be reviewed and insights into the “way of the brush” will be discussed, while you experiment with your original work.
Patricia Larkin Green Sumi-e Artist
Creative Brunch Series workshops are held in our private event space, Lillstreet Loft, and include a catered brunch. All ages and skill levels are welcome, but guests must be 21+ to participate in adult beverages.
Date: September 25th, 2016 11-4 pm
Location: Lillstreet Art Center
4401 N. Ravenswood Ave.
Chicago, IL 60640
(773)769-4226
Chicago, IL 60640
(773)769-4226
Link: Sumi-e Class Lillstreet
http://www.chicagoartistsresource.org/events/creative-brunch-series-sumie-e-ink-painting
Destination Asia Festival-Asian Ink Painting Demonstration
Artist Patricia Larkin Green with Large Sumi-e Brush
Japanese Culture Center – 日本文化会館
2016.8.4: Japanese Culture Center – 日本文化会館: Introduction to Sumi-e Course
Three Dahlias One Bee by Patricia Larkin Green
中国遼寧分会後援会賞 Award from China
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, Invitational, AnShan City– “ICCPS (International Chinese Calligraphic Art and Ink Painting Society)”, AnShan City, China invited by Society Founder, Ransui Yakata-2015
Honored to receive 中国遼寧分会後援会賞 Award from AnShan City China ICCPS Invitational
Lemont Artists Guild draws top talent for lecture
Lemont Artists Guild to draw on top talent for lecture: Award-winning Larkin Green to demonstrate ink wash painting
(Photo provided by Laurie Peacock and Maggie Rife Ponce)
By RENEE TOMELL – rtomell@shawmedia.com
Sumi-e Ink Ensō Painting demonstration and workshop
Japanese Cultural Center: Nov. 7th, 2015-12:30 Enso Demonstration & Workshop
Patricia Larkin Green’s studio
Scrolls from both the Nakashima Collection and the private collection of the JCC will be on display in addition to Ikebana flower arrangements.
Additionally, an ensō demonstration and sumi-e workshop by Patricia Larkin Green, sumi-e artist, who will demonstrate painting ensō and lead participants in meditation before practicing their own ensō at 12:30 PM on Saturday. The Artist will provide hands-on guidance and discuss a brief history of the ensō (a hand-drawn circle in one uninhibited brushstroke to express a moment when the mind is free to let the body create).
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