Grateful for water Logged V2

Japanese Sumi-eSumi-e ArtChinese Brush PaintingAbstract Art
Written By Laura Beaton

I just learned my sumi-e (pronounced soo me ay) painting of Water Logged V2 won an award of Special Merit by the International Chinese Calligraphy and Ink Paint Society (ICCPS) during the 2024 Tokyo Online Exhibition. Talk about a time zone difference! This was the same painting that won first place during the Sumi-e Artists of Canada 2024 exhibition. It is truly is exhilarating to know that I created a piece of art that has been so well received by jurors and the public alike.

The inspiration for this painting was the result of creating an abstract using acrylics on water colour paper (300 lb cold pressed), which I named Water Logged. One and half years later of studying the painting, I finally figured out how to paint something very similar but using asian inks. Japanese paint and Chinese inks are incredibly different in their use and movement versus acrylic paints.

Ultimately, inspiration struck and I arrived at Water Logged V2. I’ve added an image of Water Logged V1 at the end of the carousel. See the similarities?

The original painting measures 24”h x 36”w. I used Japanese paint, Chinese inks on washi (Japanese paper). It was then wet-mounted, and then affixed onto a gallery birch panel.

I am selling limited edition prints of Water Logged V2 so visit https://www.laurabeaton.com/printsforsalebylauraabeatonart for details.

Laura Beaton

Laura is a Canadian award winning Visual Fine Art Artist.

She studied Asian art under Masters in Mississauga, Toronto, and in China and mixed media/acrylics under Halina Wyluda-Kazmierczak and Mila Duric

Her 2-dimensional art are fusions of ancient painting techniques and her own creations using acrylics and mixed media. Painting in each medium enriches the other.

Her works transcend cultures and are in permanent and private collections in China (RPR, as well as in private collections), Africa (His Royal Highness Edward Wambuzi Colombus, Uganda) and throughout the USA and Canada.

With her University of Toronto OTC (Ontario Teacher’s Certificate) Laura taught business at the college and high school levels. She co-founded a Mississauga-based consulting business in 1996 where she honed her business skills. Laura has regularly volunteered her time to coach artists relative to the business of art.

Laura has exhibited in Canada and in China. Laura exhibited at the Art Gallery of Ontario – Portraits of Resilience, Art Gallery of Mississauga, the Qi of Water, and interviewed by Focus Mandarin, OMNI TV. Previous interviews include Lucid Gallery (USA), Camoes TV, Stella’s Studio, ep 36; Modern Mississauga, Radio 960AM – Arts Report.

Laura was invited to create the art ‘Dovetailing’, the title track of Jacelyn Holmes’ jazz CD.

2021 brought honorariums and most recently “From the Ashes Art Exhibition”. The show is an intersectional feminist public art exhibit, show casing artist interpretations of realities faced by those who identify as women in Canada.

https://LauraBeaton.com
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