4th Gualan International Print Biennial 

exhibiting

The Blue Avatar Ghost Print*

May 15 - June 15, 2013

Guanlan Art Museum

Guanlan Original Printmaking Base

Shenzhen China

the blue avatar ghost print

The Guanlan International Print Biennial includes just fewer than 300 superior quality artworks promoting China’s rich printmaking legacy and includes numerous distinguished members of the international print community.

The biennial is being held at the Guanlan Original Printmaking Base that makes up an actual village, a center dedicated to printmakers. The printmaking complex is located in an ancient fishing village in the Bao’an District of Shenzhen that is very close to Hong Kong.
 

Read Sue Wang for CAFA ART INFO review of the exhibit here. 

*Ghost print: A light printed impression of the image caused by remaining ink from an earlier use of the printing plate.

detail of print

blind embossing of mat

Pulse New York Contemporary Art Fair
 

M. Cheon aka KIM IL SOON's 

The North Korean Political Pop Art Campaign

SQUIRT WATER NOT BULLETS

MAKE ART NOT MISSILES 

We spoke no words to each other as we stood together in front of her painting. With only the niceties of smiles, she handed me a badge that read, MAKE ART NOT MISSLES. She nodded towards my camera indicating that it would be ok if I took a picture of her and I blurted out, "Um-hum...ok, I got it...fun, yeah, I'm gonna take your picture!"

KIM IL SOON, Sons of Joseon: Squirt Water Not Bullets, 2013

same mind 同意 agree

Maryland 1968
My new friend had a big playhouse in her backyard. As we entered her playhouse, the small, silk ball caught my eye and I reached out to grab it. To my horror a spider jumped onto my hand, wrapping around my middle finger. The more I tried to shake the spider off, the more it clung to my hand. It bit me and then fell into the grass. Being stung by bumblebees while running barefoot through the clover fields behind my house was nothing new to me but the spider’s bite made my hand swell and throb in pain, later turning completely purple. I do not recall how the day ended, I am sure my mother came to pick me up, but I never did see my new friend again.

solarplate etching print THE PROPHET'S HAT
has been selected Winner in the 1st 2013 ShowcaseArtSlant Competition

 

Other prints from the series:

Rest in Action

The Seat of Mind

November 2012

The brillant New York based printmaker, Peter Freleng, came to my studio to teach and enlighten me about the benefits of using the printmaking method, Solarplate Etching, in my work. 

To properly expose the plates, Peter brought a light box unit that was built by the pioneer of solarplate etching, Dan Welden, with whom Peter has worked with since he was 15 years old.

 

Inked sample plate for THE PROPHET'S HAT

 Arts Day Festival
PS261 Boerum Hill Brooklyn 

February 1, 2013

Itajime Shibori Workshop 
I taught Catherine Pacilio's amazing 5th grade class!
 

Here's a really fun video from last years festival by the dynamic duo 
Gale Mayron & Seth King:

This year I Co-Chaired the Arts Day Festival with Kendra Foley and with
much generous help by members Ellen Levine, Rick Knutsen, Cena Crane, Ellen Neises,
Claire James, John Payne, Thomas Seltzer, and the PS261 art teachers 
Haya Moline and Tanya Stanger. 

The Arts Day is an annual festival at PS261 organized by members of the
PTA Arts Committee in collaboration with teachers, parents, students and the
community. On Arts Day, regular classes are suspended to celebrate the creativity
of the teachers and students who make the PS261 school life rich in art. 

The second annual Arts Day, held on February 1st, brought over 50 artists into
the school for a day of visual art, theater, dance, design and music. Thanks
to all the artists that offered their talents, every class in the school 
participated in a hands-on workshop, a performance in the auditorium,
and school wide art projects.

Photos that I took of other workshops & assemblies during the second annual 
Arts Day, February 1, 2013 can be seen here: 

http://ps261arts.org/arts-day-2/

Wild Black Eyed Susan
on view at

VISIONS of NATURE

Steinhardt Conservatory Gallery

Brooklyn Botainic Garden

February 2 - March 23, 2013

Reception

February 3, 2013

2 - 4 pm 
SOLD

  

Maine August 2012
Last March, I won a bid on a week vacation for my family in Maine at the PTA's spring auction for my twin daughter's elementary school in the Boerum Hill neighborhood of Brooklyn. In Maine, many days began with rain so we spent the mornings painting on the covered porch. By afternoon the sky opened up to a clear, bright blue and the sun. Bug eaten wild Black Eyed Susan flowers grew in abundance everywhere.

detail of painting

detail of embossed mat

faye & martine painting on the porch

bug eaten wild black eyed susan

 sunset on the dock

insects

NEW WORK

 my private thoughts

 gentle hand

door ask hear