FEATHERED FLIGHTS AND FANTASIES
FEATHERED FLIGHTS AND FANTASIES
Featuring the work of:
Jerry Alt & Patricia Larkin Green
Curated by: Barbara Hirschfeld
The Metropolitan Club
233 S. Wacker Drive, 66th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606
Date: Friday, March 1
Time: 7:30 to 9:30
“Sumi-e (East Asian ink wash painting) … Meditation and planning are essential. It is impossible to correct the line once on paper. My hand betrays my inner state, requiring a balance of self-control and spontaneity. I distill my subject’s essence in my mind while grinding the ink. Every brush-touch must be full-charged with meaning, with useless detail eliminated. When I paint a flower I am freed from reproduction and inspired to convey its movement and fragrance.
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Title: L’oiseau libre by Patricia Larkin Green
Feeling free as a bird
Medium: sumi-e ink on rice paper (highly absorbent mulberry paper) mounted on silk scroll
Size: 25” x 14”
Reciprocity receives Juror Award
patricialarkingreen.com
Just confirmed a show at the Metropolitan Club Willis Tower (formerly Sears Tower) January 15 through March 15! Installing show today with curator @Barbara Yarbrough-Hirschfeld. The show is featuring four of my sumi-e scrolls depicting birds alongside the stunning photography work of @Jerry Alt.
Reciprocity
Reciprocity is one of my sumi-e scrolls enroute from Japan for the second ICCPS exhibit in China opening October 1st
I Dream of Wild Apple Blossoms in Spring…
This scroll is on the way to an exhibit in China!