Hi All,
Below is a call for entries for artists of all mediums. A great opportunity to publish your work! I am now experiencing first hand what all my mentors have been telling me...it is becoming difficult to balance making art, documenting it and showing it, with work, paying bills, friends, travel and family. Making the work is not a problem, in fact that is all I want to do...it's the documenting and submitting that is hard for me! Any suggestions?
The live link isn't working for me right now so just visit www.studiovisitmagazine.com for submissions guidelines...sorry about that!
Hope all is well.
Tuesday, January 29, 2008
Wednesday, January 23, 2008
A Weekend in Kyoto
Last weekend, I made the trek out to Kyoto with my brother and his friend. We left at 5:30 in the morning and took the bullet train, making it there in two and a half hours! I got to see Mt. Fuji and then fell fast asleep.
Kyoto used to be the capital of Japan, and although it isn't any longer it still holds a lot of really historic feeling from when it was. The overall feeling of Kyoto is much different than Tokyo. Over the course of two days we visited about ten temples, 8 Gardens, a castle, walked through a bamboo forest, saw real live geisha, and a whirlwind of other great events.
My brother and I both agree that we can't believe it had only been two days, it felt like we saw a week's worth of sites! The highlight was a hall that was filled with over a thousand statues that were guarding one huge Buddha right in the center. I can't post a picture because we weren't allowed to take any, but below are some pictures to give you a sense of our trip. Enjoy!
Kyoto used to be the capital of Japan, and although it isn't any longer it still holds a lot of really historic feeling from when it was. The overall feeling of Kyoto is much different than Tokyo. Over the course of two days we visited about ten temples, 8 Gardens, a castle, walked through a bamboo forest, saw real live geisha, and a whirlwind of other great events.
My brother and I both agree that we can't believe it had only been two days, it felt like we saw a week's worth of sites! The highlight was a hall that was filled with over a thousand statues that were guarding one huge Buddha right in the center. I can't post a picture because we weren't allowed to take any, but below are some pictures to give you a sense of our trip. Enjoy!
Monday, January 14, 2008
Greetings from Tokyo!
Hi All,
Greetings from Tokyo! I arrived six days ago and have seen an incredible amount, almost all of the major spots in Tokyo, and then alot of the hidden gems. I am travelling alone so I can take my time and go wherever I want. My brother lives in Tokyo so I do always have a place to go back to which can be a tricky part of traveling. I do miss my studio but my brother had a spot all set up for me when I got here that I use as a painting area. My first day I walked around his neighborhood (Azabu Juban) and Roppongi Hills, in the last week I have also visited Asakusa with famous temples, Shibuya with a famous crosswalk that hundreds of people cross at a time, as well as places like the Tsukijui fish market (gross but awesome) and a huge beautiful garden that used to serve as a duck hunting pond and retreat for the royal families. I had tea in a teahouse that sat right on the water...Ulysses S. Grant visited there during his presidency to discuss "the state of the world"! and the only Parasite museum in the world. It's great! I also ate beef tongue last night!
More updates later, below is a picture of me in Kamakura. Enjoy!
Greetings from Tokyo! I arrived six days ago and have seen an incredible amount, almost all of the major spots in Tokyo, and then alot of the hidden gems. I am travelling alone so I can take my time and go wherever I want. My brother lives in Tokyo so I do always have a place to go back to which can be a tricky part of traveling. I do miss my studio but my brother had a spot all set up for me when I got here that I use as a painting area. My first day I walked around his neighborhood (Azabu Juban) and Roppongi Hills, in the last week I have also visited Asakusa with famous temples, Shibuya with a famous crosswalk that hundreds of people cross at a time, as well as places like the Tsukijui fish market (gross but awesome) and a huge beautiful garden that used to serve as a duck hunting pond and retreat for the royal families. I had tea in a teahouse that sat right on the water...Ulysses S. Grant visited there during his presidency to discuss "the state of the world"! and the only Parasite museum in the world. It's great! I also ate beef tongue last night!
More updates later, below is a picture of me in Kamakura. Enjoy!
Saturday, December 22, 2007
Emerging Line
Hi All,
Below is the press release for Emerging Line, my most recent show. Emerging Line is my first show in New York City, as well as the first show that I have hung drawings rather than paintings. Two of my very close friends Ebenezer Archer Kling and Justin Paszul are in the show as well. Emerging Line is the first show to be held at the brand new Temporary Gallery in the Lower East Side. Click on the image below for details, and I hope you can make it to the show! Also, the two drawings that I have in the show are in my last post. Hope all is well.
Below is the press release for Emerging Line, my most recent show. Emerging Line is my first show in New York City, as well as the first show that I have hung drawings rather than paintings. Two of my very close friends Ebenezer Archer Kling and Justin Paszul are in the show as well. Emerging Line is the first show to be held at the brand new Temporary Gallery in the Lower East Side. Click on the image below for details, and I hope you can make it to the show! Also, the two drawings that I have in the show are in my last post. Hope all is well.
New Drawings
Hi Everyone,
Due to a recent and large donation of paper I have been been working primarily with charcoal and pastel on paper. Below are two of my recent drawings. I am continuing to work with similar shapes and patterns while addressing more complicated ways of dealing with space and becoming more ambitious with my mark making. Hope all is well!
Due to a recent and large donation of paper I have been been working primarily with charcoal and pastel on paper. Below are two of my recent drawings. I am continuing to work with similar shapes and patterns while addressing more complicated ways of dealing with space and becoming more ambitious with my mark making. Hope all is well!
Happy Birthday Ebenezer You Can Have This Drawing. 30"x40" Charcoal and pastel on paper. 2007
Nessy in 1776. 30"x40" Charcoal and pastel on paper. 2007
Tuesday, November 6, 2007
New Hampshire Institute of Art Bienniale
Hi Everyone,
I have recently had a painting accepted into the New Hampshire Institute of Art's Biennial which was open to artists from all over New England. You can see an image of "Combine" the accepted painting, in one of my earlier posts. The juror was Pamela Clark Cochrane, the director/owner of The Clark Gallery in Lincoln where I showed six of my paintings earlier in the year.
Also representing Montserrat in the Biennial is student Bradford Rusick and faculty members Judith Brassard Brown and Fred Lynch as well as fellow alum Mike Wells. The opening will take place on November 15th from 5-7 pm in the main building at 148 Concord Street. I hope to see you there! For more information visit www.nhia.edu/
I have recently had a painting accepted into the New Hampshire Institute of Art's Biennial which was open to artists from all over New England. You can see an image of "Combine" the accepted painting, in one of my earlier posts. The juror was Pamela Clark Cochrane, the director/owner of The Clark Gallery in Lincoln where I showed six of my paintings earlier in the year.
Also representing Montserrat in the Biennial is student Bradford Rusick and faculty members Judith Brassard Brown and Fred Lynch as well as fellow alum Mike Wells. The opening will take place on November 15th from 5-7 pm in the main building at 148 Concord Street. I hope to see you there! For more information visit www.nhia.edu/
Sunday, October 7, 2007
A New Show!
Hi Everyone, again I apologize for the distance between new entries. I have taken a new job at Montserrat College of Art working as an Admissions Representative. It's a great job, but it is time consuming, I am traveling all over Massachusetts and spent all last week in Connecticut. Anyways, I do have a new show coming up. I had a painting accepted in to "Equinox," the Fall Member's show at the Copley Society of Art on Newbury Street in Boston. This is the third show that I have been accepted into that is affiliated with the Copley Society. The opening is October 18th , I won't be there because I will be traveling in Chicago, but I hope that you can make it! Below is the painting that I submitted, there are about thirty pieces in the show, with a wide variety of styles. You can get more information about the show at www.copleysociety.org.
Sharmi, Acrylic and pastel on panel. 28"x30". 2007.
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