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‘A line can go anywhere’

Wire sculptures The opening chapter of our new project starts with the introduction of two female artists who create using a wire line – transparent hanging sculptures, tri-dimensional drawings, installations.. Organic hanging crocheted wire sculptures of iconic Ruth Asawa meet exaggerated wire faces popping out of canvases of Fiona Morley. Separated by time and cultures, […]

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Beaches

Alcohol ink drawings (and few photos) This series of alcohol ink drawings was made by Hung to cheer me up in the aftermath of my unfortunate fall and ankle fracture while in Cuba trying to soak up some sun ahead of the Canadian winter.  In a life-changing split second, I ended up stuck for 10 […]

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Geometry, spaces, and emotions…

Ink on paper This is a study of a minimalist representation of space and dimensions by Hung. Using simple geometric elements and shapes. The rectangles of urban landscapes (visit also Urban Galleries),  triangular shades, horizontal lines of horizon(s), and angled ones adding perspective.  Color blocks,  softness of alcohol ink pens layering on soft paper.  The […]

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Drawing Mixed media Monotype prints

…of Women and Horses

Gel plate prints of drawings Recently, while browsing through the Museum of Archeology in Montreal, we stumbled upon the book ‘..of Horses and Man’ – much about warriors and conquerors and art representations of their glory.  Mounted on horses, swords thrusting victoriously… It was a cunning coincidence, as we were in the process of assembling a […]

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On top of my head

Gel plate monoprints The life spinning in unexpected ways, there is much on my mind, usually adaptable and efficient, yet vulnerable. Verbalizing feelings helps, but true listeners are rare…and there is always a sense of empowerment in ‘dealing with issues’ on your own, a false comfort in shielding others from a bother. Thus, I speak […]

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Drawing Mixed media Monotype print

Backgrounds

Mixed media art One of our fellow studio artists, speaking of her art process, said once: ‘..I start by splashing some inks onto the paper to see what happens…’ ..and then, a background, a serendipity, inspires the rest… How many incredible artworks have emerged from a splashed-on backgrounds? A foundation, beginning, an insinuation, a subtle […]

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Cat Art

Irresistible attraction Curiously, most of us are cat lovers. Animal lovers, rather. Living with cats, it is impossible not to rejoice in their elegance, posture, curiosity, playfulness, hunting instincts. Cats, often depicted in art pieces, as a sole subject, as a companion of people, women (revisit here some of woman/cat companion paintings), participants in domestic […]

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New Life

Monoprints of original drawings Sometimes, triggered by an impulse or a detail on an emerging work, I get overwhelmed with an urge to go back to my old paintings or sketches – there must be some kind of a continuity of thought, a thread linking past and present despite the evolution of the artistic style or […]

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Digital Drawing

Funky Doodle Tango

Drawings, zentangle Whatever you may have expected, this gallery show is exactly what the title says. Doodles, spontaneous, organic, bringing out intricate and deeply ingrained connections with the natural world, intertwined, mysterious, where everything is linked and interdependent. Creatures emerging discretely from the growth of twines and mushrooms, tangles of grass and twigs – creatures […]

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Collage Drawing Mixed media Monotype prints

What a beautiful name, Flower!

Botanical prints Planting in Canada is ‘scheduled’ for Victoria Day – second half of May.  Anything planted before that ‘turn of the season’ is in danger! Just a week before the ‘right planting date’, I rushed to cover my bougainvillea, recently moved from the winter indoors to the patio, to protect it from a sudden […]