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Sumi-e Ink and Gouache on Rice Paper - 10.5.9.5

This painting begins a series of imagined landscapes executed in sumi ink and watercolor or gouache.  My idea was to use colors and forms that would suggest an idea of a fanciful reality where colors are not static or "normal."

"Windy July, Sea Oats"

Sumi ink on paper, 9x12

As an exercise, I use sumi ink on "rice" paper. The nature of the ink, brush, and paper force me to discipline my mind while I release my expression and motions.

In July, the sea oats hold their heads high and bend their long stems in unison to the sea breeze.