Chinese Brush Art - American Style: 10,000 brush strokes in search of that 1 "perfect brush stroke": 2015

Sunday, November 8, 2015

Saturday, August 22, 2015

I'm in the exhibition !!

I received a letter today notifying me that my original Chinese Brush Art painting was accepted into this show in October.

Tuesday, June 2, 2015

Iris and bird

I never tire of painting the iris. I added the birds. Title is " Breakfast "

Sunday, May 10, 2015

A fun 3 days of Chinese Brush Art class with these ladies

These ladies and I spent three wonderful days with Virginia Lloyd-Davies as our instructor. We had lots of fun and learned a lot. I learn something new every day. Each instructor I've had has helped me improve as an artist. Thank you Virginia!

Born in Washington, DC of British diplomatic parents, Virginia Lloyd-Davies and her husband Dennis DiVito moved from Scotland to Rockbridge County, VA in 1986. A Chinese brush artist since 1976, she has paintings in private collections in the U.S, China, Britain, Europe, Japan and Kenya. Her teacher was Chinese Master Painter I-Hsiung Ju, with whom she traveled regularly to China & Taiwan. Virginia has been a U.S. citizen since 2002.

You can find her website HERE.

Monday, April 13, 2015

Sumi-e Artist Mark Malecki featured at Dulles International Airport

My friend and amazing Sumi-e/Chinese Brush Artist - Mark Malecki was the featured artist at Dulles International Airport on 10 April 2015 in celebration of the annual Cherry Blossom Festival in Washington DC.

The note below is from NOODLS.com, the gateway to facts.

Cherry Blossom-Themed Japanese Performances and Demonstrations Continue

On Friday

Washington Dulles International and Ronald Reagan Washington National airports will host several traditional Japanese performances and demonstrations on Thursday, April 9, and Friday, April 10. The events are part of many cultural activities at both airports in honor of the National Cherry Blossom Festival.

At Washington Dulles International

Friday, April 10: Sumi-E, also known as Japanese Ink Painting, will be demonstrated by artist Mark Malecki.

The local artists and musicians regularly perform in the Washington, D.C. region when the cherry blossoms are in peak bloom to showcase Japanese music, culture and heritage.

Monday, March 30, 2015

Thank you visitors

We had a wonderful reception at Green Spring Gardens Park in Alexandria yesterday. About 200 people attended and it was a pleasure to speak with so many people who enjoy art. It was particularly nice to see friends from the neighborhood - thank you Rob, Francine and Jaci Cannon; Pam and Kate; Ray and Lana; and friends in the area from Seattle - Alison and Joe.

Our NCAC Sumi-e group is a talented group of artists and our work will remain on display through April 26, 2015.

Please stop by and see some us.

Tuesday, March 3, 2015

Cherry Blossom Awakening

http://t.co/zpgwpXZdRF

Lynn

Sent from my iPad

Monday, March 2, 2015

Roses

I think I've painted about 30 roses in the last few days. It was our lesson last week. They are finally starting to look like roses.

Sunday, February 8, 2015

Don't Miss This Great Chinese Brush Art Exhibit from 24 February to 26 April

Wednesday, February 4, 2015

Sun Flower

When it's cold outside I paint warm sunny flowers.

Wisteria

Tried to capture a misty damp morning,with hungry birds. This painting will be in the Green Spring Garden Show opening on February 24 2015.

Breakfast

Working on birds and Irises are my one of my favorite flowers. My Grandmothers house in Wisconsin had several beds of them.

Tuesday, February 3, 2015

Joan Lok's Book Signing at my home

A wonderful article in lyrical style by Sylvia Scherer.

You can find Joan's book - "Chinese Brush Painting: Flowers: 36 Beautiful Flowers and How to Paint Them" on Amazon HERE.

Tuesday, January 27, 2015

Students' and Teachers' Exhibit at the Workhouse Arts Center

I was proud to display one of my Chinese Brush Art paintings at the Workhouse Arts Center in Lorton along with some painting from my excellent teacher Hsi-Mei Yates, as well as other students and teachers. Hsi-Mei has been wonderful about encouraging me.

The Workhouse Arts Center is a wonderful venue for artists of all kinds. Their website describes it as:

"AN INNOVATIVE COLLABORATION OF VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS AND EDUCATION IN THE UNIQUE HISTORIC SETTING OF THE FORMER DC PRISON."

You can get to Workhouse Arts Center, 9601 Ox Road, in Occoquan, VA in less than 30 minutes from DC.

Monday, January 26, 2015

Please put this on your calendar

Monday, January 19, 2015

Spring

Getting ready for Sumi-e Art show at Green Spring Park on February 24th.

Artist Statement

I have been a ‘learning artist’ since 2011. I believe what Malcolm Gladwell said about mastery of any subject – with a twist. He said it takes about 10,000 hours to master a skill. I believe it takes 10,000 strokes to truly master a Chinese brush stroke. And, with that philosophy in mind, I practice Chinese brush strokes every day, looking for that perfect stroke. I hope to produce paintings with at least one perfect brush stroke in each. The idea of perfection is elusive and I hope to be a ‘learning artist’ for the rest of my life. Stop learning – stop living.

Artist Biography

Lynn Lambert was born in Green Bay, Wisconsin. At 18, she began traveling the world. Her first stop was Misawa, Japan where she began her fascination with the Far Eastern cultures.

She was educated at Southern Illinois University, where she majored in Horticulture and minored in Art. She returned to Atsugi, Japan in the early 80s and renewed her love affair with the Asian culture studying Ikebana in Tokyo and was a florist upon returning to the United States. Her return to Asia in the late 90s found her teaching English at Sakamoto and Iriyamazu Junior High Schools in Yokosuka-shi, Japan.

In 2011, the love of the Asian culture finally manifested itself fully when Lynn took her first Sumi-e brush art class through the NOVA educational system with artist Arlita Kadar. She moved from there to art classes at the Torpedo Factory in Alexandria, Virginia.

Additionally, she studied with these fine artists: Darlene Kaplan – 2012; Charlene Fuhrman-Schulz – 2012; Hsi-mei Yates – 2013; Henry Wo Yue-Kee – 2013 and Joan Lok – 2014. She has also done self-study online with these artists: Henry Li – 2013; Ning Yeh – 2011; and Danny Chen – 2012.

She sold her first painting “Koi – Following the leader” to the President of the National Arboretum Bonzai Association at the National Arboretum’s 2011 Annual Bonzai Art Festival.

Her work "Kohaku and Sanke” (Kohaku-koi with red patches and Sanke-koi with red and black patches) was sold by Tiara Galleries and Gifts in Rockville, Maryland to support Fisher House – in honor of our Nation’s heroes who have been wounded in combat in operations in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Her work has been displayed at The Smithsonian Institution and National Museum of Natural History in celebration of the 25th Anniversary of National Asian Pacific American Arts and Crafts Day in 2011.

Her artist philosophy is based on Malcolm Gladwell’s perspective on the mastery of any subject – with a twist. Gladwell said it takes about 10,000 hours to master a skill. Lynn believes it takes 10,000 practice strokes to truly master a Chinese brush stroke. With that philosophy in mind, she practices Chinese brush strokes every day, looking for that perfect stroke. She hopes to produce paintings with at least one perfect brush stroke in each. The idea of perfection is elusive and she hopes to be a ‘learning artist’ for the rest of her life.

Stop learning – stop living.

Chinese Brush Art - American Style: 10,000 brush strokes in search of that 1 "perfect brush stroke"

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