AnShan City China Exhibition
2015.10.1-10: I am honored to share recognition with esteemed artists of the North America Branch – ICCPS . I have been notified that I have received the 中国遼寧分会後援会賞 Award in AnShan City China for the 2015 exhibition.
Chicago Tribune: Sumi-e Asian Ink Painting
Sumi-e Ink Painting
Patricia Larkin Green will demonstrate Sumi-e Ink painting. She is well known as a painter along with her skills in sumi-e ink painting. A turning point for her was learning to paint Sumi-e, (East Asian ink wash painting), where her goal is to capture the soul of the subject. When she paints a flower she is freed from reproduction and inspired to convey its movement and fragrance. Less is more. Her website is: patricialarkingreen.com.
i dreamt i was a butterfly sumi-e painting by Patricia Larkin Green
How do we know if life is not an illusion…
and what difference does it make?
Chuang Tzu, a contemporary of Mencius, is universally regarded as the greatest Taoist after Lao Tzu. His butterfly dream is probably the most celebrated dream ever to be recorded in the history of Chinese Philosophy, which makes it almost impossible to omit in any serious expositions of Chuang Tzu’s works. Whether or not the dream actually occurred is not a matter of great importance. What is important is that it has captured the minds of generations of Philosophers
Chuang Tzu, however, preferred something more compromising: “When I say you are dreaming, so am I.” In other words, we are all dreaming. This is best illustrated in his butterfly dream story. ‘The passage:
Once upon a time, Chuang Tzu dreamed that he was a butterfly, flying about enjoying itself. It did not know that it was Chuang Chou.
Artist Talk, Sumi-e Painting at Lemont Artist Guild
Artist Talk, Sumi-e Painting at Lemont Artist Guild, Patricia Larkin Green will provide an overview of the sumi-e tradition of Asian ink painting and a demonstration of Zen painting
Date: October 21st, 2015 7-9 pm
ICCPS Exhibition China October 2015
“ICCPS (International Chinese Calligraphic Art and Ink Painting Society)”, AnShan City, China invited by Society Founder, Ransui Yakata-2014
October 1-14, 2015
Award of Excellence: 2014, Jade Buddha Temple-China
Award of Excellence: Invitational, Jade Buddha Temple- “ICCPS (International Chinese Calligraphic Art and Ink Painting Society)”, AnShan City, China invited by Society Founder, Ransui Yakata-2014
Sumi-e Paintings on Exhibit at Heller Nature Center in Highland Park
November 2 through January 5th, 2014
Heller Nature Center is located at 2821 Ridge Road, Highland Park, north of Rt. 22..
Exhibiting with artists Reggie Sisker, Lynn Foster, Kay Thomas, Monica Cardestam, Ileane Tatar and Maxine Gladstone
2013 International Exhibition in China
October 1-October 10th, AnShan City, China
Dance of the Cranes by Patricia Larkin Green
The ICCPS – International Chinese Calligraphy and Ink Painting Society – will hold it’s 3rd annual exhibition in China in October 2013. Calligraphy and sumi-e artists from all over the world will be participating in this prestigious event. Countries include: Japan, China, USA, Canada, Holland, Argentina, Croatia, France, Germany, Australia, and Russia.
The North America Branch of ICCPS is honored to be participating. We will have 12 members represented. They include: Casey Shannon ~ USA Marc Bauer-Maison ~ Canada Tai Oi Yee ~ Canada William Preston ~ USA Kalpa MacLaclan ~ Holland Martha Goedings ~ Holland Alfred Krupa ~ Croatia Patricia Larkin Green ~ USA Patricia Ines Gomes ~ Argentina Meredith McPherson ~ USA Rona Conti ~ USA Alejandro Angio ~ USA
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Sumi-e informs my painting; I begin with the meditative process, stretching to inhabit my subject matter and leaving the mark on paper with my impression. It is a lovely way to create.
Madeleine Stanley-Jossem revealed painting as meditation to me. The sumi-e tradition of Asian ink painting from teacher to student moves in a continuum, with no end to the journey for truth. In sumi-e, the brush reveals your truth. The process is important. I learned hand to hand by observing her gracefully sway with her brush, dipping into her soul and tracing the ink like a gentle breath of life over delicate rice paper. Enjoy the discovery and come with me on my journey…