[image_with_animation image_url=”8549″ alignment=”” animation=”None” box_shadow=”none” max_width=”100%”] Several years ago I took a few Chinese Ink painting classes from Kiki MacInnis and Bang Jin Sun at Pratt. I learned about several styles of traditional and contemporary ink painting, none of which I can remember well enough to name at the moment (sound of shuffling through old notes), but to make my point with a blunt sharpie instead of a fine pencil point of detail, roughly, I do remember there is Chinese Ink in expressionist style. Given the spring days we’ve been having, and my own hunger for spring, I thought it was time to enjoy some sumi branches. Cherry branches are such food for the eyes, after our drizzly grey winters. Here are several cherry and plum blossom paintings by Huang Yongyu, born 1949, painted in the contemporary expressionist style. I can’t say when all of these were painted since most paintings don’t have full labels, but the ones that are time stamped say 1974.
Plum Blossoms, 1974
” load_in_animation=”none Hey – if you’re eager for spring cherry blossoms, there’s a 1 day workshop on April 8th you might enjoy: Angie Dixon is teaching Blooms and Branches, in which students will learn to paint traditional sumi ink blooms and branches. Angie completed graduate studies in the People’s Republic of China at the Zhejiang Academy of Fine Arts. We invited her to the League because she was highly recommended by Hannah Deberg, who took several of Angie’s workshops, and said we should get her if we can. Hannah is very rarely incorrect about anything, and Angie is wonderful. Bring the spring!
Hey there. I wanted to send out a little personal thank you about V. Notes, this unusual and personal blog series of thoughts and ideas related to art. Initially started as a way to give my painting students more information outside of class, V. Notes now has over 1,000 readers. Many subscribers are part of …
Richard Diebenkorn Diebenkorn was an American painter. His early work is associated with abstract expressionism and the Bay Area Figurative Movement of the 1950s and 1960s. His later work were instrumental to his achievement of worldwide acclaim. Wikipedia Born: April 22, 1922, Portland, OR Died: March 30, 1993, Berkeley, CA Artwork: Cityscape I, Ocean Park #54, …
José Guadalupe Posada (1851–1913) was a Mexican printmaker who used calavera illustrations to make political satires and cultural critiques. He was particularly influential in the role of printmaking as a medium of social and political engagement. His popular satire was printed in inexpensive newspapers and periodicals, and was accessible to the lower classes. His prolific …
[image_with_animation image_url=”7866″ alignment=”center” animation=”None” box_shadow=”none” max_width=”100%”] Connectivity Report, System 1 New work by Claire Putney Watercolor, burned maps and text on paper Don’t miss this show, Leaguers! Reception 1st Thursday, Feb 1, 5:00-9:00 Showing through February CORE Gallery 117 Prefontaine Pl S, Seattle, WA 98104 https://www.coregallery.org/ Do you like these unusual effects? Claire Putney is …
Huang Yongyu; Spring Blossoms
[image_with_animation image_url=”8549″ alignment=”” animation=”None” box_shadow=”none” max_width=”100%”] Several years ago I took a few Chinese Ink painting classes from Kiki MacInnis and Bang Jin Sun at Pratt. I learned about several styles of traditional and contemporary ink painting, none of which I can remember well enough to name at the moment (sound of shuffling through old notes), but to make my point with a blunt sharpie instead of a fine pencil point of detail, roughly, I do remember there is Chinese Ink in expressionist style. Given the spring days we’ve been having, and my own hunger for spring, I thought it was time to enjoy some sumi branches. Cherry branches are such food for the eyes, after our drizzly grey winters. Here are several cherry and plum blossom paintings by Huang Yongyu, born 1949, painted in the contemporary expressionist style. I can’t say when all of these were painted since most paintings don’t have full labels, but the ones that are time stamped say 1974.
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Hey there. I wanted to send out a little personal thank you about V. Notes, this unusual and personal blog series of thoughts and ideas related to art. Initially started as a way to give my painting students more information outside of class, V. Notes now has over 1,000 readers. Many subscribers are part of …
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[image_with_animation image_url=”7866″ alignment=”center” animation=”None” box_shadow=”none” max_width=”100%”] Connectivity Report, System 1 New work by Claire Putney Watercolor, burned maps and text on paper Don’t miss this show, Leaguers! Reception 1st Thursday, Feb 1, 5:00-9:00 Showing through February CORE Gallery 117 Prefontaine Pl S, Seattle, WA 98104 https://www.coregallery.org/ Do you like these unusual effects? Claire Putney is …