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Alden Cole and DoN attended the dedication ceremony to the new mural at 17th and Snyder in South Philly.  As soon as the choir began to sing DoN’s eyes filled with tears - the mural was eight years in the making and the joy the congregation expressed at having such a beautiful artwork depicting parishioners, clergy and symbolic members of formerly incarcerated people being re-introduced and welcomed into society was beatific.  Designed by artist Jonathan Laidacker, the work was painted by a rotating team of Philadelphia prison system detainees.  The Mural Arts Program works with five different prisons housing more than ten thousand prisoners; the art provides a sence of purpose and helps with reintroduction into the community.  Father D was so eloquent and thankful for the final installation of the work based on Raphael’s School of Athens.

The choir of the Church of Philadelphia performing before the new mural @17th and Snyder.

Father D speaking before his own likeness in the mural by Jon Laidacker.

Mural detail (these two are in the choir, Jon truly captured them in the mural).  

Jane Golden of Mural Arts Program speaking at the dedication.

Jonathan Laidacker speaking at the dedication ceremony for the mural he designed for Yhe Church of Philadelphia @ 17th and Snyder Ave in South Philly.  Yo!!! 

Jon included an excellent self-portrait in the mural - handsome! 

October 23rd, Alden Cole and DoN attended the opening of the Green Exhibit at Philadelphia City Hall, the 56th group exhibit for local emerging and professional artists with the exhibit focussing on concerns about our environment.  The art display cases have been updated with improved lighting and larger exhibition space allowing the 45 participating artists to show their own take on what it means to be green.  Carol Cole has always reused cast away objects to include in her striking sculptures which appear to made of metal and stone but usually turn out to be styrofoam and plastic - so clever.

Sculptor Carol Cole @ The Green Exhibit.

Dolores Poacelli @ Art in City Hall’s Green Exhibit.  Dolores reuses used aluminum printing plates which she dumpster dives for even though the rats scare her.  These two amazing pieces still reveal traces of the imagery that came before she sanded, rusted and glued the panels onto wood.

Gregory Farrar Scott’s Mask # 40 and Mask # 41 @ The Green Exhibit.

Junk Mail Shag by Valerie Linhart created with shredded junk mail.  DoN LoVeS iT!!!  The Green Exhibit @ Art in City Hall runs through January 23, 2009.  Support your local artists and go buy some art since their are no commissions and the quality is so high.  DoN even got to say,”Hi!” to Mayor Nutter. 

Sandra Benheim’s “Museum Pass“, a collage of museum passes and maps.  Art in City Hall, Philadelphia.

Paula Mendel’s “Growth Where You Least Expect it” @ Art in City Hall.

 

October was Breast Cancer Awareness Month. 

It feels appropriate to post this story on Thanksgiving since tonight DoN ate many of the native foods these two very interesting and entertaining historians described. Sunday, October 23rd, Alden Cole and DoN attended a splendid lecture by Carla and Allan Messinger who presented fascinating information about the Lenape Tribe, “The Original People“.  The hour was packed with so much information so pertinent to our current situation in America including the notion that by Autumn the people would have stored enough food to last until June of the following year (Economist Suzy Ormond recommends one have enough funds stashed to last eight months - hmmmm), that in 1737 the Indians were perpetrated a hoax when they were promised land forever (sounds like Bush’s ownership society hoax - hmmm), 45% of modern medicine is derived from native American plants (hmmm) and that if it were not for the Indians we wouldn’t know about beans, squash, tomatoes, chocolate or corn (yummm!).

Carla & Allan Messinger @ Da Vinci Art Alliance.

Indian artifacts on display @ Lenape Lifeways lecture.  The Messingers described a full cultural life that worked with the land and respected its resources and explained lessons remembered from the people who originally occupied the banks of the Delaware.  A people who mastered the art of survival.

Carla Messinger (a Lenape descendant) displaying authentic garb.  The lecture was sponsored by the Pennsylvania Humanities Council, you can learn more at www.lenapeprograms.info.

Lenape oject d’art.

Carla Messinger and David Foss @ Da Vinci Art Alliance.

 

Happy Thanksgiving.

LoVe

DoN

 

November 13th Shoshana and DoN traveled to Wilmington for the opening of Doris Peltzman’s one-person show at the prestigious Carspecken Scott Gallery at 1707 Lincoln Street.  Even though the evening was drizzly many of Doris’ fans came out to celebrate her glorious floral paintings.  With more than fifty paintings on display DoN couldn’t help but have his mood brightened by the strong colorations and confident brush-work from giddy to somber to solemn flower paintings.

“Tarte du Jour“, oil on canvas by Doris Peltzman.

As artist Sue Barnes said, “They are Doris!”  Artist and teacher Stanley Beilen stated, “Doris has solidified her skills, kind of born with a painters gifts with inborn color preferences.  Doris did all the good things in life, now her painting quality and brushwork is maturing.” 

View through the window of Carspecken Scott Gallery in Wilmington, Delaware of Doris Peltzman’s art exhibit.

Painting by Doris Peltzman.

DoN spoke extensively with gallerist Fred Carspecken on how he came to know Doris.  ”Doris came in a year ago and made friends with Laurel (Fred’s assistant) and became part of a group show, when I returned some pieces to her studio in Philadelphia I expected to be there only 30 minutes but five hours later we were still talking.  Now I adore her, I love her work and that she’s created a second life for herself.  She’s done everything right.”  Since Carspecken Scott Gallery has been in business for 35 years, DoN thinks Fred knows of what he speaks.

Doris Peltzman (in red) hosting her one person opening at Carspecken Scott Gallery in Wilmington, De.

“Queen Anne’s Lace” by Doris Pelzman.  Sue Barnes told DoN Doris was visiting Sue’s shore house and instead of painting the water like all her friends she found a simple flower to study.  The restrained palette and smooth brushwork is unusual for Doris, perhaps that’s why this painting had a red dot next to it - DoN LoVeS red dots!!!

Paintings by Doris Peltzman @ Carspecken Scott Gallery.

Painting by Doris Peltzman in the window of Carspecken Scott Gallery, this is one of Doris’s latest and largest paintings to date.  Her exhibit runs through early January - try to make the trip to Wilmington, the joyous flowers will make you forget your Winter blues. 

 

 

Fine art photographer Bonnie Schorske currently is exhibiting skillful black and white photos in the front room of Artists’ Gallery, an artist co-op in Lambertville, NJ.  Bonnie has chosen to focus on two major subjects for her show: dogs and pigeons.  DoN loves dogs so was immediately drawn into how Bonnie captured urban canines and how they patiently tolerate the conditions their masters impose.  DoN has tied up ArT DoG Katy outside of many shops and the image of a dog on a short leash really pulled on his heartstrings.

But pigeons!?! Yuk - right?  But, Schorske intersperses masterful images of the urban pests with historical factoids, shedding new light on the much maligned birds.  Did you know pigeon poop was used to invent gunpowder?  Or their important missions as information carriers before electronic communication?  Or that they live 30 years!?! 

 Dog portraits by Bonnie Schorske @ Artists’ Gallery.

Artists’ Gallery is shared by 18 other fine artists, several of which are included in the currentAbsolutely Abstract show @ The Philadelphia Sketch Club.  The group rotates exhibits in the front room with two artists sharing the space and the rest of the group displaying work in the back rooms.  DoN was surprised to see art friends Rich Harrington (who recently saved the day for the Hitoshi Nakazota lecture @ PSC).  Rich is a professor of illustration at Moore College of Art and has several masterful watercolors on display.

Artist Richard Harrington @ Artists’ Gallery in Lambertville.

Painting by Andrew Werth @ Artists’ Gallery.  Werth won an award @ PSCs Absolutely Abstract show.

Artist Gail Bracegirdle @ Artists’ Gallery.  Gail also has work in the Absolutely Abstract show.  Gail teaches a class called “Watercolor Anarchy” @ The Art Colony of Ty Hodonish.

Artist Carol Sanzalone shares the front room with Bonnie Schorske @ Artists’ Gallery in Lambertville.  Carol’s bold, fluid watercolors are a perfect counterpoint to Bonnie’s photographic realism.  The trip to Lambertville with art buddies Shoshana, Shirleen and Alden Cole was adventurous and left us each wishing we had more time to wander around the quaint village. Artists’ Gallery is located at 32 Coryell Street, Lambertville, NJ 08530.

 

 

In the pool room of PSC on the first floor, self-taught artist Rik Viola presents a one-person show of wildlife paintings.  Squirrels, chipmunks, birds, insects, kitties, and more but DoN’s favorite is the running wolf accompanied by a crow.  Since the wolf is DoN’s animal totem learning that crows often will work alongside wolves to find and track food was spiritually enlightening. Viola’s exhibit is entitled “Art on the Wild Side” with a broad selection of paintings based on the theme of animal life, the exhibit is on display through 1/3/09.

Painting by Rik Viola @ The Philadelphia Sketch Club.

Artist Rik Viola with his art @ PSC.

Mona Geesa by Rik Viola @PSC. 

Preying Mantis by Rik Viola @ Philadelphia Sketch Club.  

 

Philadelphia Sketch Club‘s Annual Absolutely Abstract Exhibition 2008

Awards:

First Prize

Michelle Marcuse, “Receiving Your Qualities”

Second Prize

Hunter Stabler, “Colander Lattice”

Third Prize

Lisa Lawinski, “FIREPIE“

Honorable Mentions:

Karen Steen, “Population Sample”

Daniel Buchler, “River“

Andrew Werth, “Figment”

Ben Cohen, “The Reef”

James Moss, “Things That Matter”

David Foss, “Black and White (K)not“

Emily Brett Lukens, “Black Fragments” 

Absolute Abstract winners.  

1st Prize Michele Marcuse’s “Receiving Your Qualities” (center) is a digital print on wax paper then coated with more wax – so innovative.  Ben Cohen’s “The Reef” (left of center) is watercolor and metal – cool!  David Foss’ “Black and White K(not)” is from a series of new works taking him in a different direction from his past works; Foss is the director of the Da Vinci Art Alliance which has a new exhibit called Patricia X 2 with paintings by Pat Burns and Patricia O’Halloran opening December 5^th.

Second Prize winner, Hunter Stabler’s amazing “Colander Lattice“, graphite and ink on paper and yes, it’s done by hand. WoW!!! 

Carole J Meyers with her monotype entitled, “Ensnared“.  The lower painting is by illustrator/painter Mark Weber.

Gallery view @ PSC before the 11/16 reception party started.  Thanks to everyone who provided refreshments including the anonymous donor who provided $50 for supplies.

Honorable mention winner Emily Brett Lukens.

Absolutely Abstract artist Jed Williams with his mixed media work, “The Fiery Tilt.”

Jed is a dual citizen of France and the US and spends half the year in France, DoN can really see the cosmopolitan experience he brings to each of his creations.

 

Arlene Arons with her mixed media work entitled “Asia“.  

 

Artist, Emma Ehrenthal with her watercolor, “Fishing” (The small piece at the top). The color saturation in her work reveals her experience painting with oils, very little transparency for watercolor but excellent brushwork and composition.  It’s no wonder the jurors selected her piece. 

DoN wishes to thank all the artists and corporate contibutors for helping make this year’s exhibit such a big success including Dick Blick’s on Chestnut Street for funding our catalog allowing us to produce a color cover as well providing fun-filled gift bags, Utrecht Art Supplies for providing generous gift bags and a gift card, OvernightPrints.com for their generous half off coupon and North Penn Art for their gift certificate.  The Absolutely Abstract committee truly raised the bar for future exhibitions at the Philadelphia Sketch Club. The exhibition continues through November 30th.

LoVe

DoN

All photography by DoNBrewerMultimedia.

 

Over the Summer, Alden Cole and DoN made regular trips to Bartram’s Garden in West Philly to work on paintings for the Da Vinci Art Alliance’s “Art of the Tree” exhibit.  Today on a snowy cold day, I remember sitting in the humid heat painting the fantastic lotus in full bloom in the water Lilly pond, including in the composition an unusual tree with large thorns and small shiny leaves.  DoN wondered aloud what type of tree it was and a voice from behind said, “It’s a Toothache Tree.”  One of the many gardeners had been watching DoN paint and was very helpful in explaining the many plants in the historic garden.  The anesthetic effect of the thorns from the Toothache Tree was used by the Indians to soothe sore gums. 

Alden Cole’s “DoN Painting in Bartram’s Garden”, oil on recycled cutting board.

Mixed media by Liz Niklus.

Carved wood by R.J Wallner in Bartram’s Garden Gallery.

Solid brass owl sculpture by Michelle Post.

Painting by Ken Tutjamnung

Paintings on left by DoN Brewer, paintings on right by Victoria Necins and Alden Cole, luminary by Alden Cole.

Another day DoN painted a landscape with a Carolina Silverbell Tree with a hint of the Schuylkill River peeking through the trees; painting plein air can be intoxicating and tiring, DoN has to bring all the supplies to the location hopefully not forgetting something important.  Art friend, Aida accompanied DoN one sunny day and we both produced decent paintings.  Check out the Bartrams Garden website for the history of this amazing nature space, even better visit the garden and wander the paths along the river. 

“Carolina Silverbell” by DoN Brewer. oil on canvas.

“Bartram’s Garden” by DoN Brewer, oil on canvas.

 

“Lotus and the Toothache Tree” by DoN Brewer, oil on rag board.

  

Da Vinci Art Alliance art party @ Bartram’s Garden Gallery in America’s oldest barn.

Alden and DoN each completed three paintings appropriate for the show which ran the weekend of October 23^rd starting with a lovely cocktail party and awards presented by Dr. Deb Miller.  Shoshana, Shirleen and Alden sipped wine and nibbled snacks with members of the Da Vinci Art Alliance and watched the sun set over the Philadelphia skyline.

DoN can’t wait for Spring and the chance to paint the beautiful flowers and trees in this lovely, restful space hidden on the edge of Philadelphia.

Philadelphia Sketch Club’s Absolutely Abstract Opening Reception and Awards 

Sunday 11-16-2008 2-5:00 PM

Juror Lecture by Hitoshi Nakazato ”Eat This, and Have a Cup of Tea“, Friday 11/14 8:00 PM

Gallery Hours: Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday & Sunday 1 - 5:00 PM

Absolutely Abstract Exhibition Committee:

 

Deborah Riccardi, Chair

DoN Brewer, Co-Chair

William H. Patterson, III

William Taylor

Yeoun Lee

Dorothy Roschen

Deborah Horsting

Lois Schlachter

M. Bruce Vieth

Pat Wilson-Schmid

James Bongratz

Steve Iwanczuk

Rik Viola

Ben Cohen

Dr. Dick Goldberg

Sy Hakim

Lynn Matheos

Joyce Mansfield-Devine

 

Jurors

 

Cameron McMillan and Hitoshi Nakazato

 

Exhibitions Committee Co-Chairs:

 

Lois Schlachter and Stephen Iwanczuk

 

Philadelphia Sketch Club President

 

Bill Patterson

 

Executive Director

 

Barbara Murray

Catalog of Artists

1. Untitled, Eva Meyer - Inkjet print. $200

2. Hair, Eileen Eckstein - Scan & Digital $100

3. Patty’s Hat, Pat Hill - Oil$750

4. Think Tank, Lois Schlachter - Acrylic $600

5. Opus 7, Arlene Arons - Mixed Media$175

6. “Crassula”, Michael G. Young - Acrylic, Mixed Media. $500

7. Saturn’s Wing, Susan Ellis - Photomicrograph $125

8. Dancing in the Street, Rose Marie Strippoli - Acrylic $1,200

9. Circle Series #7, Katy Lin - Oil on Canvas$450

10. Kudzu, Merle Spandorfer - Pulp Painting $900

11. Apprehension vs Dread, Douglas Smith - Black & White Giclee $165

12. August II, Jack Myers - Acrylic on Masonite, gesso $350

13. The God Circuit, David Foss - Acrylic$900

14.  light being (Rick Selvin), DoN Brewer - Digital Photograph $350

15. Low Light, William Montgomery - Giclee $675

16. My Garden, Anne Martin - Oil on Canvas $950

17. Orifices III, Eileen Ballerino - Pastel $700

18. End Cut, William Montgomery - Giclee $675

19. Dakota Winter, Nancy Alter - Collagraph $900

20. Origins, James F. Watkinson - Pencil & Ink on Book Covers $1,500

21. In Repeat, Abby Schmidt - Melted Crayon $400

22. Conflagration Self-Portrait, PJ Foster - Oil Mixed Media Collage $20,000

23. light being (Anne D’Harnoncourt), DoN Brewer - Digital Photograph  $200

24. Light and Shadow, Naomi Rubin - Water-Based Ink Hand-Pulled Print $425

25. Tracey Love 1, Douglas Smith - Hand Colored Black & White $165

26. Ecollage #40, Marlene M. Robinson - Mixed Media $450

27. Things That Matter, James Moss - Acrylic on Canvas $500

28. Population Sample, Karen Steen - Mixed Media $500

29. The Reef, Ben Cohen - Watercolor/Metal $250

30. Firepie, Lisa Lawinski - Acrylic & Crayon $900

31.  Receiving Your Qualities, Michelle Marcuse - Digital print $2,000

32. Black & White (K)not, David Foss - Acrylic $450

33. River, Daniel Buchler - Mixed Media on Board $250

34. Colander Lattice, Hunter Stabler - India Ink and Graphite $1,800

35. Figment, Andrew Werth - Acrylic on Canvas $800

36. Black Fragments, Emily Brett Lukens - Ink  $450

37. Flutter, S. Mallary Johnson - Pencil on Paper $300

38.  Abstractions in Shades of Orange, James F. Watkinson - Pencil & Ink on Bookcovers $1,200

39. Earliest Landscape, M. Bruce Vieth - Oils $275

40. Passing Through, Romano Zamprioli - Acrylic $950

41. Untitled, Naomi B. Rubin - Mixed Media $395

42. Great Day for Lizards, Jane Hilles - Acrylic on Paper $160

43. Fishing, Emma Ehrenthal - Watercolor $800

44. Musical Score, Language Drawing Series, Pamela Birmingham - Ink on Mylar $1,000

45. Cognitional Abstracts, Mina Smith-Segal - Watercolor $295

46. Final Examination, Michael G. Jerista - Mixed Media on Canvas $550

47. Parade, Margo Tassi - Mixed Media $400

48. Iron, Ben Cohen - Watercolor/Graphite $500

49. New Space I, Joanne Bosack - Oil $1,800

50. Distance Radience, Richard Hamwi - Watercolor, Ink Collage $5,000

51. 71-44, Roger LaPelle - Drawing $700

52. Midnight Jewels II, Arlene Renee Finston - Encaustic $1,500

53. Lush, M. Frank Rush - Oil $425

54. Remains of the Day, Arthur B. Ostroff - Oil pastel $425

55. Bushkill Falls, Deborah Riccardi - Oil on Canvas $1,250

56. The Swamp #2, Jessica Milby - Etching $180

57. Growth Series:  Maple Tree, Heather Siple - Gelatin Silver Rayogram $300

58. Emerging, Woody Carter - Pastel $400

59. Rulying?, Carolyn K. Coyce - Acrylic $600

60. Burning Man, Cynthia Groya - Cinecolle Etching $350

61. Sunday Dot-to-Dot, Judy Engle - Color Photo From Paper Negative $450

62. Topographic Calligraphy, Lee Muslin - Color Photograph $175

63. Rust 2, Neal Knobler - Photograph  $150

64. Orvieto Copper, Elizabeth Bard - Digital Photograph $225

65. Conundrum, Karen Frank - Acrylic $500

66.  The Fiery Tilt, Jed Williams - Mixed Media on Board $250

67. Tone Poem 2, Myra Ryan - Pastel $350

68. Late Autumn, Dorlynn Starn - Ink on Paper $500

69. Channels #1, Laura Marconi - Oil on Treated Paper $700

70. Relentless Passion, Sandi Neiman Lovitz - Acrylic on Canvas $1,700

71. Blue Rush #1, Rai Delnoce Senior - Inkjet Print $150

72. Jean’s Night, Favi Dobo - Oil $600

73. Tumult, Harvey Alpert - Mixed Media $900

74. Gate, Harold Venable - Acrylic $950

75. Mandela #2, Bob Minnick - Acrylic $100

76. First Fig, Clifford E. Bailey - Oik on Canvas $400

77. Maze, Scott L. Dickson - Acrylic, Pencils on Tin   $200

78. Candy Coated, Melissa Quinter - Mixed Media $250

79. Verdant Complex 100, Bill Cechak - Oil $1,200

80. Snacks Time, Katy Lin - Acrylic on Canvas $450

81. Rothrock’s Red Gum, Susan Ellis - Photomicrograph $125

82. Stroll, Mark Weber - Oil, Graphic $300

83. Colony, Karen Steen - Mixed Media $500

84. Flight, Marlene M. Robinson - Watercolor $100

85. Tree Pattern, E. S. Holmes - Black&White photo plus Enhancement  $350

86. Scent of an Angel, Michelle Marcuse - Digital print $2,000

87. Ce n’est absolument pas concret - This is Absolutely Not Concrete, William Taylor - Photograph $150

88. Scrittura, Love Letter Series, Pamela Birmingham - Ink, Mylar, Xerox Transfer $800

89. Abstract #2, Ron Morley - Oil $250

90. Ensnared, Carole J. Meyers - Monotype $800

91. Junctures, Mark Weber - Oil, Graphic $600

92. She Hoisted One Pastel Sheet to the Wind, Judy Engle - Collage $450

93. Wood & Fabric, Jess Joern - Oil    $850

94. Boundaries, Cara Liguori - Graphite/Colored Pencil $750

95. Metalic Universe, Eileen Ballerino - Mixed Media $900

96. Morse Code, Lee Muslin - Color Photograph  $175

97. Pompeii, Italy, Don Camera - Chromagenic Print. $0

98. Into the Woods, Frances Du Bon - Gouache $200

99. Gentle Reminders, Sandra Benhaim - Mixed Media on Birch $975

100. Circumambient Love, Rick Nicholas - Mixed Media $850

101. Vessels, Evalyn F. segal - Digital $200

102. Lotus Exotica, Bonnie Randall - Mixed Media $450

103. Wave, Cynthia Groya - Cinecolle Etching $350

104. Remains of the Season, Marie Davis Samohod - Acrylic $400

105. Asia, Arlene Arons - Mixed Media $175

106. Open Your Mouth and Close Your Eyes, Lynn Costomivis - Collograph. Board, Gesso $1,300

107. Fanfare, Arnold Winkler - Digital Composite $260

108. Joyous Color, Frances Du Bon - Gouache $400

109. Winterscape, Elizabeth Wilde - Mixed Media $250

110. Gold Rush #1, Rai Delnoce Senior - Mixed Media $150

111. Autumn Abstract #2, Christine Leinbach - Acrylic $250

112. Can’t let Go, Joan M. Palmer - Oil on Canvas  $400

113. White Spots with Ink, Emily Brett Lukens - Ink $450

114. Plate, Robert Solomon - Wax, Canvas Pigment $1,800

115. Stream Ripples, Arthur B. Ostroff - Etching $185

116. Effulgence, Karen Frank - Acrylic $500

117. Cove II, Lisa Lawinski - Acrylic & Crayon $425

118. Key West, Michael G. Jerista - Acrylic $1,275

119.  Edge of the Woods, Jane Hilles - Gouache $300

120.  Untitled, Donna Quinn - Mixed Media on Canvas $875

121.  Painting: Red Rock, Brian Boutwell - Oil on Canvas $300

122.  Father Sky, Mother Earth, Sarah Baltzell - Film, Photoshop $300

123.  Poseidon’s Possession, Carole J. Meyers - Monotype $880

124.  PODS, S. Mallary Johnson - Pencil on Paper $300

125.  Insect, Gail Bracegirdle - Watercolor and Collage $325

126.  Bell Painting, Cameron McMillan 

127.  Hiroshima Series #1692, Hitoshi Nakazato

Jurors Biographies

 Cameron McMillan

Originally from Indiana, Cameron McMillan has been teaching and showing her work on the east coast for 20 years. She has a B.F.A. from Indiana University, a Post-Graduate Diploma from the Edinburgh College of Art in Scotland, and an M.F.A. from Yale University. Cameron has received a Ford Foundation Grant and two Andrew Grant Fellowships. She has taught at Georgetown University, American University, Rowan University and a number of art schools in Washington, D. C. and the Philadelphia area.  Her paintings are large mixed media pieces inspired by her love of color, walking in the woods, and deep connection with the figure. She received The Cultural Incentive Grant for a recently completed mural and the Bucks Foundation Grant.  She also was a curator for shows and wrote two catalogs.  The one she is the proudest of is the “Women Mentoring Women” Show at Rowan University, Glassboro, NJ

Artist’s Statement:   

   “I paint all the things in life that move me.  Sometimes these are events or images that cause me pain and sometimes these are events or images that give me great joy.”

Bell Painting, Cameron McMillan

Hitoshi Nakazato

Born in Tokyo 1936, received his BFA Tama Art University; M.S., University of Wisconsin and MFA, University of Pennsylvania.  He lives in NYC.  He has exhibited in New York, Philadelphia, Japan, and Europe.  He is presently working on “Young New York Poets and Hitoshi Nakazato&#xu201D; Exhibition in Hiroshima that is opening August 6, 2009. He also has a one-man show at the Machida International Print Museum, Tokyo in 2010.  Hitoshi is an internationally known Master printmaker and painter.  Hitoshi taught for forty years at the Graduate School of Fine Arts, University of Pennsylvania.  Other honors include the John D. Rockefeller III Fund (1967); Creative Artists Public Service, NY (1975); Japan/United States Consortium for Environmental Planning and Design Education (1982).  Solo exhibitions include Erikson Gallery, Philadelphia (1999); Gallery Kuranuki, Osaka, Japan (1998); Tokyo Gallery, Tokyo (1993, 1982, 1979,1977)

Public Collections :

Museum of Modern Art, NY, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto, Japan, Pennsylvania Academy of Fines Arts, Phila., Hyogo Museum of Modern Art, Kobe, Japan, Brooklyn Museum of Art , NY, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., National Museum of Art, Osaka, Japan, Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Art, Tokyo, Japan, Tochigi Museum of Art, Utsunomiya, Japan, Hara Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, Japan, Takamatsu Museum of Modern Art, Takamatsu, Japan, Shizuoka Museum of Art, Shizuoka, Japan, Setagaya Museum of Art, Tokyo, Japan, Okayama Museum of Art, Okayama, Japan, Ohara Museum of Modern Art, Kurashiki, Japan, Wakayama Museum of Modern Art, Wakayama, Japan, Japan Foundation, Kokusai Koryu Kikin, Tokyo, Japan, Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham, AL, Tikotin Museum of Haifa Museum, Haifa, Israel, Utsunomiya Museum of Art, Ibaragi, Japan

Artist’s Statement:

“New possibilities may dwell outside what is known.  Believing that the Line Outside Series would lead me there, I continue to paint the homage to Sengai who had reached the Terra Incognita. (Sengai, written as Monk on Cliff or Line Outside) The Monado Series is based on the idea that all the philosophers since the Greeks painted pictures of the universe applying Monadology or elementology. On this concept, painting is about building my own micro-cosmos with paintery elements.”    Hitoshi Nakazato on April 10, 2007.

Hiroshima Series #1692, Hitoshi Nakazota  

Figment, Andrew Werth - Acrylic on Canvas

Junctures, Mark Weber - Oil, Graphic

The Fiery Tilt, Jed Williams - Mixed Media on Board

Black & White (K)not, David Foss - Acrylic

light being (Rick Selvin), DoN Brewer, digital photograph

Abstract photography @ PSCs Absolutely Abstract

Philadelphia Sketch Clubs Annual Absolutely Abstract 2008.

Philadelphia Sketch Clubs Annual Absolutely Abstract 2008.

 

71-44, Roger LaPelle - Drawing

Candy Coated, Melissa Quinter - Mixed Media

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