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Medium: Sumi Ink
Night Player
By Chaco Terada
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Chaco Terada, originally from Japan, was trained at a young age in the art of calligraphy. When Chaco was in her twenties she had the opportunity to work on her calligraphy in ten co...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art by Medium: Sumi Ink
Materials
Silk, Sumi Ink, Pigment
Shades of Flower
By Chaco Terada
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Chaco Terada, originally from Japan, was trained at a young age in the art of calligraphy. When Chaco was in her twenties she had the opportunity to work on her calligraphy in ten co...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art by Medium: Sumi Ink
Materials
Silk, Sumi Ink, Pigment
'View of Yoshida', After Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川廣重, Ukiyo-e Woodblock, Tokaido
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
An ink on paper, Nishiki-e and Yoko-e woodblock landscape showing a view of the workers looking out over the river from the scaffolding of Yoshida Temple, circa 1850. Signed in Kanji...
Category
Mid-20th Century Art by Medium: Sumi Ink
Materials
Sumi Ink, Washi Paper
Nishiki 3
By Chaco Terada
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Chaco Terada, originally from Japan, was trained at a young age in the art of calligraphy. When Chaco was in her twenties she had the opportunity to work on her calligraphy in ten co...
Category
2010s Abstract Impressionist Art by Medium: Sumi Ink
Materials
Silk, Archival Ink, Sumi Ink
Nishiki 1
By Chaco Terada
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Chaco Terada, originally from Japan, was trained at a young age in the art of calligraphy. When Chaco was in her twenties she had the opportunity to work on her calligraphy in ten co...
Category
2010s Abstract Impressionist Art by Medium: Sumi Ink
Materials
Silk, Archival Ink, Sumi Ink
The Moon Lay 1
By Chaco Terada
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Chaco Terada, originally from Japan, was trained at a young age in the art of calligraphy. When Chaco was in her twenties she had the opportunity to work on her calligraphy in ten co...
Category
2010s Abstract Impressionist Art by Medium: Sumi Ink
Materials
Silk, Archival Ink, Sumi Ink
Wall Canvas 1
By Chaco Terada
Located in Dallas, TX
Valley House Gallery recently presented "Listening in the Silence" — our first solo exhibition of work by Chaco Terada, a native of Japan who has called Dallas home since 1992. Born ...
Category
2010s Abstract Art by Medium: Sumi Ink
Materials
Silk, Sumi Ink, Pigment, Archival Pigment
To the Flow 2
By Chaco Terada
Located in Sante Fe, NM
practiced since childhood. I take a line from one character, and when that brushstroke is made it tells me where the next one should be placed. This method of working is untraditional. I have found that the details and individual lines of a character are beautiful by themselves. I may use the individual brushstrokes that form a written word, Japanese letters...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art by Medium: Sumi Ink
Materials
Silk, Sumi Ink, Archival Pigment
Written All Over Your Face: Shiraz - Gyotaku Style Sumi Ink Octopus Painting
By Jeff Conroy
Located in Chicago, IL
A small octopus is inked in the Japanese style of Gyo-Taku print making over an illustrated diagram of the human brain. Using sumi ink to "print" the octopus, the artist then embell...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art by Medium: Sumi Ink
Materials
Sumi Ink, Watercolor, Mulberry Paper, Color Pencil
'Shinmachi Bridge', After Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川廣重, Ukiyo-e Woodblock, Tokaido
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
An ink on paper, Nishiki-e and Yoko-e woodblock landscape showing a panoramic view of Shinmachi Bridge, Hodogaya, circa 1850. Signed in Kanji upper left, "Hiroshige Ga" for Utagawa (...
Category
Mid-20th Century Art by Medium: Sumi Ink
Materials
Sumi Ink, Washi Paper
Memory Bouquet
By Chaco Terada
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Chaco Terada, originally from Japan, was trained at a young age in the art of calligraphy. When Chaco was in her twenties she had the opportunity to work on her calligraphy in ten co...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art by Medium: Sumi Ink
Materials
Silk, Sumi Ink, Pigment
Dialogue
By Chaco Terada
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Chaco Terada, originally from Japan, was trained at a young age in the art of calligraphy. When Chaco was in her twenties she had the opportunity to work on her calligraphy in ten co...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art by Medium: Sumi Ink
Materials
Silk, Sumi Ink, Pigment
Veil for the Memories
By Chaco Terada
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Chaco Terada, originally from Japan, was trained at a young age in the art of calligraphy. When Chaco was in her twenties she had the opportunity to work on her calligraphy in ten co...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art by Medium: Sumi Ink
Materials
Silk, Sumi Ink, Pigment
Written All Over Your Face: Jabroni - Gyotaku Style Sumi Ink Octopus Painting
By Jeff Conroy
Located in Chicago, IL
A small octopus is inked in the Japanese style of Gyo-Taku print making over an illustrated diagram of the human brain. Using sumi ink to "print" the octopus, the artist then embell...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art by Medium: Sumi Ink
Materials
Sumi Ink, Watercolor, Mulberry Paper, Color Pencil
Cleo McGee Grading Papers
By John Cobb
Located in Dallas, TX
“What he has learned from the art of the museums, Cobb has fully assimilated and modified in the development of his own personal vision. And while enriched by these historical perspe...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art by Medium: Sumi Ink
Materials
Paper, Sumi Ink, Watercolor, Pencil
Wall Canvas 3
By Chaco Terada
Located in Dallas, TX
Valley House Gallery recently presented "Listening in the Silence" — our first solo exhibition of work by Chaco Terada, a native of Japan who has called Dallas home since 1992. Born ...
Category
2010s Abstract Art by Medium: Sumi Ink
Materials
Silk, Sumi Ink, Pigment, Archival Pigment
Written All Over Your Face: Palooka - Gyotaku Style Sumi Ink Octopus Painting
By Jeff Conroy
Located in Chicago, IL
A small octopus is inked in the Japanese style of Gyo-Taku print making over an illustrated diagram of the human brain. Using sumi ink to "print" the octopus, the artist then embell...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art by Medium: Sumi Ink
Materials
Watercolor, Mulberry Paper, Color Pencil, Sumi Ink
Frida Kahlopus: Gloomy Gus- Gyotaku Style Sumi Ink Painting of an Octopus
By Jeff Conroy
Located in Chicago, IL
A small octopus is inked in the Japanese style of Gyo-Taku print making over a playful background of black and white images of Frida Kahlo. Using sumi ink to "print" the octopus, th...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art by Medium: Sumi Ink
Materials
Sumi Ink, Watercolor, Mulberry Paper, Color Pencil
M. Saffell Gardner "Mt. Vernon Haiku", Sumi Ink on Watercolor Paper
By M. Saffell Gardner
Located in Detroit, MI
This monochrome abstract work by M. Saffell Gardner is a sumi ink on watercolor paper piece that evokes the feelings of a dark American poem. Sumi ink, also c...
Category
2010s Art by Medium: Sumi Ink
Materials
Sumi Ink, Watercolor
'Shichiri Ferry', After Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川廣重, Ukiyo-e Woodblock, Tokaido
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
An ink on paper, Nishiki-e and Yoko-e woodblock landscape showing a view of two boats off the coast of Kuwana. Signed in Kanji upper right, "Hiroshige Ga" for Utagawa (Ando) Hiroshig...
Category
Mid-20th Century Art by Medium: Sumi Ink
Materials
Sumi Ink, Washi Paper
Silver Lining: Creole Lady Marmalade - Gyotaku Style Sumi Ink Octopus Painting
By Jeff Conroy
Located in Chicago, IL
A small octopus is inked in the Japanese style of Gyo-Taku print making. Using sumi ink to "print" the octopus, the artist then embellishes it with colored pencil to convey an extra...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art by Medium: Sumi Ink
Materials
Sumi Ink, Watercolor, Mulberry Paper, Color Pencil
'View of Hamamatsu', After Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川廣重, Ukiyo-e Woodblock, Tokaido
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
An ink on paper, Nishiki-e and Yoko-e woodblock landscape showing a winter scene in Hamamatsu, circa 1850. Signed in Kanji upper right, "Hiroshige Ga" for Utagawa (Ando) Hiroshige (J...
Category
Mid-20th Century Art by Medium: Sumi Ink
Materials
Sumi Ink, Washi Paper
'A View of Kanagawa', After Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川廣重, Ukiyo-e Woodblock, Tokaido
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
An ink on paper, Nishiki-e and Yoko-e woodblock landscape showing a panoramic view of the banks of Kanagawa, circa 1850. Signed in Kanji upper left, "Hiroshige Ga" for Utagawa (Ando) Hiroshige (Japanese, 1797-1858) and printed circa 1946 by Gihachiro Okuyama (1907-1981). An exceptionally crisp image with fresh color, printed on traditional Washi paper and showing delicate bokashi gradation of sumi ink in the foreground, horizon and upper sky. Sheet Dimensions: 10.25 H x 15.25 W inches.
Travelers pass through a section of the Kanagawa post station, dominated by a variety of shops, each with views looking out over the water. A number are tea houses, outside of which stand waitresses inviting travelers inside. On the water we see several small fishing boats, as well as larger shipping vessels...
Category
Mid-20th Century Art by Medium: Sumi Ink
Materials
Washi Paper, Sumi Ink
'Travelers at Kanaya', After Utagawa Hiroshige, Ukiyo-E Woodblock, Tokaido, Edo
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
An ink on paper, Nishiki-e and Yoko-e woodblock landscape showing a group of figures unloading goods on the bank of the Oi River near Kanaya in Shi...
Category
Mid-20th Century Art by Medium: Sumi Ink
Materials
Washi Paper, Sumi Ink
Solitude
Located in Denver, CO
Solitude
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Art by Medium: Sumi Ink
Materials
Plaster, Wood, Sumi Ink, Encaustic
'Fudesute Mountain', After Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川廣重, Ukiyo-e Woodblock, Tokaido
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
An ink on paper, Nishiki-e and Yoko-e woodblock landscape showing a view of travelers admiring Mt. Fudesute in Sakanoshita. Signed in Kanji lower left, "Hiroshige Ga" for Utagawa (An...
Category
Mid-20th Century Art by Medium: Sumi Ink
Materials
Sumi Ink, Washi Paper
Cheetahpus - Gyotaku Style Japanese Sumi Ink Painting, Cheetah Patterned Octopus
By Jeff Conroy
Located in Chicago, IL
A newly discovered sea creature?? No, just an imaginative artist creating a Gyo-Tako print of large octopus by Jeff Conroy entitled "Cheetahpus". To achieve this remarkable painting, the artist inks the octopus using traditional sumi ink then "prints" it onto Mulberry paper - a soft, handmade paper. He then embellishes the details with watercolor to give extraordinary dimension and interest to its overall aesthetic. Framed as shown.
Jeff Conroy
Cheetahpus
sumi ink and watercolor on mulberry paper
25h x 36.50w in
63.50h x 92.71w cm
JEC080
Gyotaku - A Japanese word translated from "gyo" meaning fish and "taku" meaning stone impression and is believed to get its inspiration from Chinese stone rubbings of calligraphy, which then gave rise to printing . This tradition dates back to the mid-1800s and was used by fishermen to record their catches, but has also become an art form of its own. Prints were made using Sumi ink and Washi paper. It is rumored that Samurai would settle fishing competitions using Gyotaku prints. This original form of Gyotaku is still utilized today, and can be seen hanging in fish and tackle shops all...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art by Medium: Sumi Ink
Materials
Watercolor, Sumi Ink, Mulberry Paper
Alga Aligata No. 5 - seaweed kelp oceanic abstracted work on paper
Located in Burlingame, CA
Original work of art that utilizes both painting and drawing - Mixed-media: Sumi Ink, graphite, metallic pigment and acrylic on Moulin de Larroque paper, made by hand in a mill in Fr...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art by Medium: Sumi Ink
Materials
Metal, Gold Leaf
Alga Aligata No. 4- seaweed kelp oceanic abstracted work on paper
Located in Burlingame, CA
Mixed-media: Sumi Ink, graphite, metallic pigment and acrylic on Moulin de Larroque paper, made by hand in a mill in France. The mixed media work is inspired by seaweed / kelp at a E...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art by Medium: Sumi Ink
Materials
Metal, Gold Leaf
The Blue Ring of Cape Fourcroy - Gyotaku Painting of Octopus on Nautical Chart
By Jeff Conroy
Located in Chicago, IL
An octopus is inked in the Japanese style of Gyo-Taku print making. Using sumi ink to "print" the octopus, the artist then embellishes it with colored pencil to convey an extraordin...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art by Medium: Sumi Ink
Materials
Sumi Ink, Watercolor, Mulberry Paper, Color Pencil
'View of Kusatsu', After Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川廣重, Ukiyo-e Woodblock, Tokaido
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
An ink on paper, Nishiki-e and Yoko-e woodblock landscape showing a view of a Kusatsu in Shiga Prefecture, circa 1850. Signed in Kanji lower right, "Hiroshige Ga" for Utagawa (Ando) ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Art by Medium: Sumi Ink
Materials
Sumi Ink, Washi Paper
'View of Imagiri', After Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川廣重, Ukiyo-e Woodblock, Tokaido
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
An ink on paper, Nishiki-e and Yoko-e woodblock landscape showing a view of Imagiri Beach and Promontory near Maisaka, circa 1850. Signed in Kanji center left, "Hiroshige Ga" for Uta...
Category
Mid-20th Century Art by Medium: Sumi Ink
Materials
Sumi Ink, Washi Paper
"Delivered and Discarded (positives) #2" wall hanging ink and Tyvek assemblage
By Yoonmi Nam
Located in Philadelphia, PA
"Delivered and Discarded (positives) #2" is an original wall-hanging piece by Yoonmi Nam. This piece is made from the flattening out packing boxes that the artist traces to depict t...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art by Medium: Sumi Ink
Materials
Found Objects, Sumi Ink, Synthetic Paper
'View of Hiratsuka', After Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川廣重, Ukiyo-e Woodblock, Tokaido
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
An ink on paper, Nishiki-e and Yoko-e woodblock landscape showing travelers on the Nawate Road in Hiratsuka, circa 1850. Signed in Kanji upper left, "Hiroshige Ga" for Utagawa (Ando)...
Category
Mid-20th Century Art by Medium: Sumi Ink
Materials
Sumi Ink, Washi Paper
'A View of Tsuchiyama', After Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川廣重, Ukiyo-e Woodblock, Tokaido
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
An ink on paper, Nishiki-e and Yoko-e woodblock landscape showing a daiymo procession caught in the rain. Signed in Kanji lower left, "Hiroshige Ga" for Utagawa (Ando) Hiroshige (Jap...
Category
Mid-20th Century Art by Medium: Sumi Ink
Materials
Sumi Ink, Washi Paper
'Nihon-Bashi Station', After Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川廣重, Ukiyo-e Woodblock, Tokaido
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
An ink on paper, Nishiki-e and Yoko-e woodblock landscape showing a panoramic view of the Nihonbashi business district in Tokyo, circa 1850. Signed in Kanji lower right, "Hiroshige ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Art by Medium: Sumi Ink
Materials
Sumi Ink, Washi Paper
'View of Yoshiwara', After Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川廣重, Ukiyo-e Woodblock, Tokaido
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
An ink on paper, Nishiki-e and Yoko-e woodblock landscape showing a view of Mt. Fuji warmly illuminated by the morning sky. Signed in Kanji center right, "Hiroshige Ga" for Utagawa (...
Category
Mid-20th Century Art by Medium: Sumi Ink
Materials
Sumi Ink, Washi Paper
'View of Kanaya', After Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川廣重, Ukiyo-e Woodblock, Tokaido
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
An ink on paper, Nishiki-e and Yoko-e woodblock landscape showing a view of travelers crossing the Ōi River at Kanaya, circa 1850. Signed in Kanji center right, "Hiroshige Ga" for Utagawa (Ando) Hiroshige (Japanese, 1797-1858) and printed circa 1946 by Gihachiro Okuyama (1907-1981). An exceptionally crisp image with fresh color, printed on traditional Washi paper and showing delicate bokashi gradation of sumi ink in the foreground, horizon and upper sky. Sheet Dimensions: 10.25 H x 15.25 W inches.
The procession from a previous print emerges from the river, having completed its crossing. Porters lie down to rest after the river crossing, while a large crew of men struggle to move a particularly heavy palanquin (presumably containing a daimyo) across the home stretch...
Category
Mid-20th Century Art by Medium: Sumi Ink
Materials
Sumi Ink, Washi Paper
'View from Goyu', After Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川廣重, Ukiyo-e Woodblock, Tokaido
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
An ink on paper, Nishiki-e and Yoko-e woodblock landscape showing a view of women stopping travelers in Goyu, circa 1850. Signed in Kanji lower left, "Hiroshige Ga" for Utagawa (Ando...
Category
Mid-20th Century Art by Medium: Sumi Ink
Materials
Sumi Ink, Washi Paper
'Hashirri Teahouse', After Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川廣重, Ukiyo-e Woodblock, Tokaido
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
An ink on paper, Nishiki-e and Yoko-e woodblock landscape showing travelers at a teahouse in Otsu, circa 1850. Signed in Kanji upper left, "Hiroshige Ga" for Utagawa (Ando) Hiroshige...
Category
Mid-20th Century Art by Medium: Sumi Ink
Materials
Sumi Ink, Washi Paper
"Playing the Zither" Chinese Ink Painting with Text "The Whole World is Happy"
Located in Austin, TX
A handmade copy after 范曾 Fan Zeng (Chinese, born 1938) painting titled "Playing the Zither", by 謝 Xie 天成 Tiancheng of 寥天閣 Chamber of Boundless Sky.
The Calligraphic Text "天下都樂" tra...
Category
1990s Art by Medium: Sumi Ink
Materials
Silk, Sumi Ink
Untitled (Study for Līnea)
Located in Washington, DC
Poured beeswax work by Mary Early from her "Study for Līnea" series.
"The production, or “pouring,” of beeswax elements has become a meditative process that is integral to my art practice, serving as an observation of time, materials, and space. The raw beeswax I use has taken its form at the end of a long series of natural processes followed by a manufacturing process, and once it is in my hands, the studio becomes a factory. I apply my own methods of transforming the material by casting the beeswax into three-dimensional forms. Once I have fixed both a place and a time in the future for a potential installation, I begin to determine how the beeswax lines will take their aggregated shape in that space and, simultaneously, how many lines might be manufactured for that particular space in the amount of time available."
Mary Early (born 1975, Washington, DC) lives and works in Washington, DC. She studied visual art, film, and video at Bennington College, and her work has been exhibited at the United States Botanic Garden, Washington Project for the Arts, the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Second Street Gallery (Charlottesville, VA), Hemphill Fine Arts (Washington DC,) the Austrian Cultural Forum (Washington DC), Galerie Im Ersten (Vienna, Austria), Kloster Schloss Salem (Salem, Germany), Kunstlerbund Tubingen (Tubingen, Germany), and the American University Museum (Washington DC) among other regional and national galleries.
Her early work incorporated formed concrete, tarpaper and paraffin wax, fabricated wood structures, and, increasingly over the years, surfaces coated with wax as a method of preserving or concealing an object within. Recent works have relied solely on solid forms cast in wax, abandoning the use of any permanent armature. Temporary installations are guided by schematic drawings and plans, which then serve as a permanent record.
In 2014 she exhibited her first large-scale installation of wax lines at Second Street Gallery in Charlottesville, VA, followed by temporary installations in response to various historical sites in Salem, Germany (2016) and Tubingen Germany (2017). In 2017 she participated in the exhibition “Twist-Layer-Pour” at the American University Museum, which included Untitled [Curve], an installation of thousands of beeswax lines assembled on the floor of the museum. In spring 2018 she was commissioned to create a temporary installation at the Sun Valley Center for the Arts, Sun Valley Idaho. This work took the form of two intersecting curtains of hanging beeswax lines bisecting a 12’ foot x 18’ foot room, providing an immersive and enclosed viewing space.
Early’s work is included in the collections of the US Department of State/Embassy of Panama, Kimpton Hotels, and the District of Columbia Art Bank among other public and private collections. She is a recipient of the Artist Fellowship Grant from the DC Commission on Arts & Humanities, Washington DC (2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2011, 2009, 2007).
Early is the director of HEMPHILL Fine Arts, Washington, DC, and serves on the boards of Hamiltonian Artists and Washington Sculptors Group. She handles the work of contemporary artists and artist estates, including the work of William Christenberry, Colby Caldwell, Hedieh Javanshir Ilchi, Linling Lu, Mingering Mike, Robin Rose, Renée Stout...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Geometric Art by Medium: Sumi Ink
Materials
Wax Crayon, Sumi Ink, Archival Paper, Graphite
'View of Shono', After Utagawa Hiroshige, Ukiyo-E Woodblock, Tokaido, Edo
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
An ink on paper, Nishiki-e and Yoko-e woodblock landscape showing a view of travelers in Shono, circa 1850. Beside the path, a grove of trees is si...
Category
Mid-20th Century Art by Medium: Sumi Ink
Materials
Washi Paper, Sumi Ink
Koi Pond Conclave - Japanese Style Gyotaku Painting on Archival Kraft Paper
By Jeff Conroy
Located in Chicago, IL
In Japan they are known as Nishikigoi, or living jewels. These brilliantly colored varieties of the Amur carp have been selectively bred by family owned fisheries for generations. When I began this series of Gyotaku (Japanese fish printing) I studied the many varieties of Koi, each with their own unique colors and patterns. My particular favorites are the Tanchos which can be identified by the distinct red spot on their heads. To create these pieces I print common carp I catch myself with sumi ink using traditional techniques used by Japanese fisherman...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art by Medium: Sumi Ink
Materials
Sumi Ink, Watercolor, Archival Paper
Untitled (Līnea Study), 2022
Located in Washington, DC
Original work by Mary Early. Graphite, wax crayon, and sumi ink on Arches paper, 12.25 x 16".
"The production, or “pouring,” of beeswax elements has become a meditative process that is integral to my art practice, serving as an observation of time, materials, and space. The raw beeswax I use has taken its form at the end of a long series of natural processes followed by a manufacturing process, and once it is in my hands, the studio becomes a factory. I apply my own methods of transforming the material by casting the beeswax into three-dimensional forms. Once I have fixed both a place and a time in the future for a potential installation, I begin to determine how the beeswax lines will take their aggregated shape in that space and, simultaneously, how many lines might be manufactured for that particular space in the amount of time available."
Mary Early (born 1975, Washington, DC) lives and works in Washington, DC. She studied visual art, film, and video at Bennington College, and her work has been exhibited at the United States Botanic Garden, Washington Project for the Arts, the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Second Street Gallery (Charlottesville, VA), Hemphill Fine Arts (Washington DC,) the Austrian Cultural Forum (Washington DC), Galerie Im Ersten (Vienna, Austria), Kloster Schloss Salem (Salem, Germany), Kunstlerbund Tubingen (Tubingen, Germany), and the American University Museum (Washington DC) among other regional and national galleries.
Her early work incorporated formed concrete, tarpaper and paraffin wax, fabricated wood structures, and, increasingly over the years, surfaces coated with wax as a method of preserving or concealing an object within. Recent works have relied solely on solid forms cast in wax, abandoning the use of any permanent armature. Temporary installations are guided by schematic drawings and plans, which then serve as a permanent record.
In 2014 she exhibited her first large-scale installation of wax lines at Second Street Gallery in Charlottesville, VA, followed by temporary installations in response to various historical sites in Salem, Germany (2016) and Tubingen Germany (2017). In 2017 she participated in the exhibition “Twist-Layer-Pour” at the American University Museum, which included Untitled [Curve], an installation of thousands of beeswax lines assembled on the floor of the museum. In spring 2018 she was commissioned to create a temporary installation at the Sun Valley Center for the Arts, Sun Valley Idaho. This work took the form of two intersecting curtains of hanging beeswax lines bisecting a 12’ foot x 18’ foot room, providing an immersive and enclosed viewing space.
Early’s work is included in the collections of the US Department of State/Embassy of Panama, Kimpton Hotels, and the District of Columbia Art Bank among other public and private collections. She is a recipient of the Artist Fellowship Grant from the DC Commission on Arts & Humanities, Washington DC (2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2011, 2009, 2007).
Early is the director of HEMPHILL Fine Arts, Washington, DC, and serves on the boards of Hamiltonian Artists and Washington Sculptors Group. She handles the work of contemporary artists and artist estates, including the work of William Christenberry, Colby Caldwell, Hedieh Javanshir Ilchi, Linling Lu, Mingering Mike, Robin Rose, Renée Stout...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Geometric Art by Medium: Sumi Ink
Materials
Wax Crayon, Sumi Ink, Archival Paper, Graphite
Mountain Landscape
By Hijikata Torei
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Ink and gold on paper silk mounted to hanging scroll
Brush wash scroll
Signed Torei sha, sealed Hirokuni and Torei
Painting size: 42 x 16"
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Category
Art by Medium: Sumi Ink
Materials
Sumi Ink
Abstract Beeswax Line Painting Untitled (Study for Līnea)
Located in Washington, DC
Poured beeswax work by Mary Early from her "Study for Līnea" series.
"The production, or “pouring,” of beeswax elements has become a meditative process that is integral to my art practice, serving as an observation of time, materials, and space. The raw beeswax I use has taken its form at the end of a long series of natural processes followed by a manufacturing process, and once it is in my hands, the studio becomes a factory. I apply my own methods of transforming the material by casting the beeswax into three-dimensional forms. Once I have fixed both a place and a time in the future for a potential installation, I begin to determine how the beeswax lines will take their aggregated shape in that space and, simultaneously, how many lines might be manufactured for that particular space in the amount of time available."
Mary Early (born 1975, Washington, DC) lives and works in Washington, DC. She studied visual art, film, and video at Bennington College, and her work has been exhibited at the United States Botanic Garden, Washington Project for the Arts, the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Second Street Gallery (Charlottesville, VA), Hemphill Fine Arts (Washington DC,) the Austrian Cultural Forum (Washington DC), Galerie Im Ersten (Vienna, Austria), Kloster Schloss Salem (Salem, Germany), Kunstlerbund Tubingen (Tubingen, Germany), and the American University Museum (Washington DC) among other regional and national galleries.
Her early work incorporated formed concrete, tarpaper and paraffin wax, fabricated wood structures, and, increasingly over the years, surfaces coated with wax as a method of preserving or concealing an object within. Recent works have relied solely on solid forms cast in wax, abandoning the use of any permanent armature. Temporary installations are guided by schematic drawings and plans, which then serve as a permanent record.
In 2014 she exhibited her first large-scale installation of wax lines at Second Street Gallery in Charlottesville, VA, followed by temporary installations in response to various historical sites in Salem, Germany (2016) and Tubingen Germany (2017). In 2017 she participated in the exhibition “Twist-Layer-Pour” at the American University Museum, which included Untitled [Curve], an installation of thousands of beeswax lines assembled on the floor of the museum. In spring 2018 she was commissioned to create a temporary installation at the Sun Valley Center for the Arts, Sun Valley Idaho. This work took the form of two intersecting curtains of hanging beeswax lines bisecting a 12’ foot x 18’ foot room, providing an immersive and enclosed viewing space.
Early’s work is included in the collections of the US Department of State/Embassy of Panama, Kimpton Hotels, and the District of Columbia Art Bank among other public and private collections. She is a recipient of the Artist Fellowship Grant from the DC Commission on Arts & Humanities, Washington DC (2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2011, 2009, 2007).
Early is the director of HEMPHILL Fine Arts, Washington, DC, and serves on the boards of Hamiltonian Artists and Washington Sculptors Group. She handles the work of contemporary artists and artist estates, including the work of William Christenberry, Colby Caldwell, Hedieh Javanshir Ilchi, Linling Lu, Mingering Mike, Robin Rose, Renée Stout...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Geometric Art by Medium: Sumi Ink
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Wax Crayon, Sumi Ink, Archival Paper, Graphite
Cincuenta 1: framed sumi ink painting on handmade paper from India: gray, black
By Antonio Puri
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
This is a framed sumi ink, acrylic, and mixed media painting on paper in gray, black, and white. It is a highly textured work on heavy, handmade khadi paper from India, hand torn for...
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2010s Abstract Art by Medium: Sumi Ink
Materials
Paper, Sumi Ink, Mixed Media, Acrylic
Red Rum - Gyotaku Style Sumi Ink Painting of an Octopus
By Jeff Conroy
Located in Chicago, IL
A small octopus is inked in the Japanese style of Gyo-Taku print making. Using sumi ink to "print" the octopus, the artist then embellishes it with colored p...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art by Medium: Sumi Ink
Materials
Sumi Ink, Watercolor, Mulberry Paper, Color Pencil
Fallen Angels Always Rise
Located in Hollister, CA
Fallen Angels Always Rise is a layered meditation on resilience, transformation, and the quiet persistence of spirit. Katherine Filice’s composition unfolds in a textured field of su...
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2010s Abstract Art by Medium: Sumi Ink
Materials
Sumi Ink, Archival Paper
Autumn Cotilion - Japanese Style Gyotaku Painting on Marbled Mulberry Paper
By Jeff Conroy
Located in Chicago, IL
In Japan they are known as Nishikigoi, or living jewels. These brilliantly colored varieties of the Amur carp have been selectively bred by family owned fisheries for generations. When I began this series of Gyotaku (Japanese fish printing) I studied the many varieties of Koi, each with their own unique colors and patterns. My particular favorites are the Tanchos which can be identified by the distinct red spot on their heads. To create these pieces I print common carp I catch myself with sumi ink using traditional techniques used by Japanese fisherman dating back the mid 1800's. I then tint the images using watercolor. In each piece I hope to translate a sense of movement to give the viewer a sense of calm one might experience watching the living versions lazily meandering around a serene pond. —Jeff Conroy
Several koi swim in a circle while autumn leaves fall on the surface of the water in this Gyo-tako method of painting by artist Jeff Conroy. After inking and taking impressions of the koi, the artist then uses watercolors to enhance their beauty. By using marbled mulberry paper to print on, he has created the illusion of water with the swirls of the mulberry paper. The paper itself has a soft hue and slightly wavy texture adding the overall feel of the artwork. This artwork is unframed. Contact gallery for framing options.
Jeff Conroy
Autumn Cotillion
sumi ink and colored pencil on mulberry paper
25h x 37w in
63.50h x 93.98w cm
JEC103
Gyotaku - A Japanese word translated from "gyo" meaning fish and "taku" meaning stone impression. It is the traditional Japanese method of printing fish, a practice which dates back to the mid-1800s. This form of nature printing was used by fishermen to record their catches, but has also become an art form of its own. Gyotaku is a Japanese method of printmaking that traditionally utilizes fish, sea creatures or similar subjects as printing "plates" in its process. The literal translation of the word is "fish stone rubbing...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art by Medium: Sumi Ink
Materials
Watercolor, Sumi Ink, Mulberry Paper
"Around", Colorful Abstract, Black and Rainbow, Drawing and Painting
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This abstract drawing titled "Around" is an original artwork by Jason Andrew Turner made of sumi ink, gouache, and copic ink on paper. The artist incorporates techniques of painting...
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2010s Contemporary Art by Medium: Sumi Ink
Materials
Paper, Ink, Sumi Ink, Gouache
ARoomWithAView (pattern, abstract landscape, neutrals, organic, chine colle)
Located in New York, NY
Mixed Media Paper Composite Fused on and behind BFK Rives Printmaking Paper Acrylic, Oil Paint with Sumi Ink Painting and Drawing on Glassine Sheet, Overlaid with Mylar, Ink Lines a...
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2010s Contemporary Art by Medium: Sumi Ink
Materials
Paper, Sumi Ink, Mixed Media, Oil
Untitled (Līnea Study), 2022
Located in Washington, DC
Original work by Mary Early. Work is graphite, wax crayon, and sumi ink on Arches paper, 12 1/4 x 16".
"The production, or “pouring,” of beeswax elements has become a meditative process that is integral to my art practice, serving as an observation of time, materials, and space. The raw beeswax I use has taken its form at the end of a long series of natural processes followed by a manufacturing process, and once it is in my hands, the studio becomes a factory. I apply my own methods of transforming the material by casting the beeswax into three-dimensional forms. Once I have fixed both a place and a time in the future for a potential installation, I begin to determine how the beeswax lines will take their aggregated shape in that space and, simultaneously, how many lines might be manufactured for that particular space in the amount of time available."
Mary Early (born 1975, Washington, DC) lives and works in Washington, DC. She studied visual art, film, and video at Bennington College, and her work has been exhibited at the United States Botanic Garden, Washington Project for the Arts, the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Second Street Gallery (Charlottesville, VA), Hemphill Fine Arts (Washington DC,) the Austrian Cultural Forum (Washington DC), Galerie Im Ersten (Vienna, Austria), Kloster Schloss Salem (Salem, Germany), Kunstlerbund Tubingen (Tubingen, Germany), and the American University Museum (Washington DC) among other regional and national galleries.
Her early work incorporated formed concrete, tarpaper and paraffin wax, fabricated wood structures, and, increasingly over the years, surfaces coated with wax as a method of preserving or concealing an object within. Recent works have relied solely on solid forms cast in wax, abandoning the use of any permanent armature. Temporary installations are guided by schematic drawings and plans, which then serve as a permanent record.
In 2014 she exhibited her first large-scale installation of wax lines at Second Street Gallery in Charlottesville, VA, followed by temporary installations in response to various historical sites in Salem, Germany (2016) and Tubingen Germany (2017). In 2017 she participated in the exhibition “Twist-Layer-Pour” at the American University Museum, which included Untitled [Curve], an installation of thousands of beeswax lines assembled on the floor of the museum. In spring 2018 she was commissioned to create a temporary installation at the Sun Valley Center for the Arts, Sun Valley Idaho. This work took the form of two intersecting curtains of hanging beeswax lines bisecting a 12’ foot x 18’ foot room, providing an immersive and enclosed viewing space.
Early’s work is included in the collections of the US Department of State/Embassy of Panama, Kimpton Hotels, and the District of Columbia Art Bank among other public and private collections. She is a recipient of the Artist Fellowship Grant from the DC Commission on Arts & Humanities, Washington DC (2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2011, 2009, 2007).
Early is the director of HEMPHILL Fine Arts, Washington, DC, and serves on the boards of Hamiltonian Artists and Washington Sculptors Group. She handles the work of contemporary artists and artist estates, including the work of William Christenberry, Colby Caldwell, Hedieh Javanshir Ilchi, Linling Lu, Mingering Mike, Robin Rose, Renée Stout...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Geometric Art by Medium: Sumi Ink
Materials
Wax Crayon, Sumi Ink, Archival Paper, Graphite
Rhythm Hut #17: framed abstract ink painting on art paper in red & black w/ moon
By Antonio Puri
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
This is a framed mixed media ink painting (sumi inks, India inks, and walnut inks) on paper in red, black, and earth tones. It is framed in a white painted wood shadowbox frame. Orga...
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2010s Abstract Art by Medium: Sumi Ink
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Walnut, Paper, Sumi Ink, India Ink
Illusion, acrylic, resin, and sumi ink on canvas over panel, 48 x 32 inches.
Located in New York, NY
Jongwang Lee's paintings challenge a dormant potential he believes lives within all humans. Inspired by Buddhist philosophies of space, Korean ideas of communication with the soul, a...
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2010s Contemporary Art by Medium: Sumi Ink
Materials
Canvas, Resin, Sumi Ink, Acrylic, Wood Panel
Lincoln 1860, acrylic, resin, and sumi ink on canvas over panel, 36 x 24 inches.
Located in New York, NY
Jongwang Lee's paintings challenge a dormant potential he believes lives within all humans. Inspired by Buddhist philosophies of space, Korean ideas of communication with the soul, a...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art by Medium: Sumi Ink
Materials
Canvas, Resin, Sumi Ink, Acrylic, Wood Panel
Quicksilver - Gyotaku Style Sumi Ink Painting of an Octopus
By Jeff Conroy
Located in Chicago, IL
A small octopus is inked in the Japanese style of Gyo-Taku print making. Using sumi ink to "print" the octopus, the artist then embellishes it with colored p...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art by Medium: Sumi Ink
Materials
Sumi Ink, Watercolor, Mulberry Paper, Color Pencil
Compassion, acrylic, resin, and sumi ink on canvas over panel, 24 x 24 inches.
Located in New York, NY
Jongwang Lee's paintings challenge a dormant potential he believes lives within all humans. Inspired by Buddhist philosophies of space, Korean ideas of communication with the soul, a...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art by Medium: Sumi Ink
Materials
Canvas, Resin, Sumi Ink, Acrylic, Wood Panel
Nuance 1
By Chaco Terada
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Chaco Terada, originally from Japan, was trained at a young age in the art of calligraphy. When Chaco was in her twenties she had the opportunity to work on her calligraphy in ten co...
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2010s Contemporary Art by Medium: Sumi Ink
Materials
Silk, Sumi Ink, Archival Pigment
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