Detail of Japanes Crane’s head during the mating dance
In sumi-e painting, when you observe what you paint, you become it.
You no longer see the Japanese Crane as separate from you,
you have feathers and throw your head back as you dance with your brush
and touch the paper with your breath…
FEATHERED FLIGHTS AND FANTASIES
FEATHERED FLIGHTS AND FANTASIES
L’oiseau Libre by Patricia Larkin Green
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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PatriciaLarkinGreen L’oiseau libre
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
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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 sumi-e painting by Patricia Larkin Green
Reciprocity 54 x 15 Sumi-e Painting by Patricia Larkin Green
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…
Wild Apple Dreams Sumi-e painting by Patricia Larkin Green
This scroll is on the way to an exhibit in China!
Sumi-e Exhibition at the Jade Buddha Temple in Anshan City in China
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