Spring Flower Fall

Spring Flower Fall

Contemporary Sumi-e by Casey Shannon

This image was created using sumi (ink) and watercolor painted on Shuen Paper (Xuan Paper). What is Shuen Paper you might ask? It is Chinese rice paper. Rice paper is the brush painter's canvas. Mastering the way ink behaves on the different rice papers is one of the essential skills of the brush painter. There are basically two kinds of rice paper -- raw paper and sized paper. Shuen Paper (Xuan Paper) is raw paper and the most popular paper in China among brush painters and calligraphers. It is the most sensitive of the rice papers, cheerfully displaying dynamic strokes and complex shade variations with translucent fluidity and original spontaneity. These tiny pink flowers grow abundantly on the hillsides in Carmel in the Spring and cascade in the wind like pink waterfalls. 

The original sumi-e has been SOLD.
However you can purchase beautiful art prints at

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Special Tokyo Art Exibition

【Shibuya Tokyo  Chinese Calligraphy and Chinese Ink Painting Exhibition】

 Place: Tokyo, Shibuya, JAPAN  Garallery Dou-gen ZAKA

 Address:102 Purime-la Dougenzaka 15-3 Dougenzaka 1chome Shibuya-ku Tokyo 

                  

Dates: May 31 - June 5 - 2011

Time:  11:00am - 6:00 pm

　                                                  Memorial Special Exhibition 

       

 Host: Rakuyou  Chinese Calligraphy and Ink Painting Institute - Ransui YAKATA

 Presented by : International Chinese Calligraphy and Chinese Ink Painters Society

Branches: China ,North America, Netherlands/Belgium, France

                        China Liao-ning Province Artist Society

     Participation limited to the heads of all of our branches of the society.

Casey Shannon Studio

国際中国書法国画家協会アメリカ支部：Ms. Casey Shannon　アメリカ現代水墨画家

Director of North American ICCPS

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Japan Art Tribute

Windy Bamboo by Casey

Tribute to Japan!

I have created a special Gallery Japan. This gallery is dedicated to the courageous people of Japan. It is my small way of giving tribute to a strong nation in crisis. The people of Japan are currently going through tremendous challenges. I want to acknowledge their courage and strength and the best way I know how to do that is through my sumi-e art. Art has a way of transcending horrendous tragedy and speaks to us through our hearts, our spirits, and our souls. Sumi-e exemplifies this concept.

The images I have chosen to show in this gallery are all bamboo. These images are for only display. Bamboo signifies strength and the ability to bend. This quality of bamboo is much like the character of the Japanese people. When the storm winds blow, they bend. When the storm winds cease, they stand tall with strength and integrity. Japan is shaken not broken. Bless our friends in Japan!

Gallery Japan 

Please visit this gallery to view my art tribute and dedication to Japan

Casey Shannon Studio

国際中国書法国画家協会アメリカ支部：Ms. Casey Shannon　アメリカ現代水墨画家

Director of North American ICCPS

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Japan Earthquake Relief T-Shirt

Japan Earthquake Relief Shirt ~ Purple Haze by CaseyStudio

Casey Shannon Studio has designed a special t-shirt at Zazzle for Japan Earthquake Relief. Zazzle will donate 10% and I will donate 100% of my proceeds from the sale of this shirt to Japan Earthquake Relief fund. Please consider purchasing a shirt for yourself or to give as a gift. You will receive an elegant t-shirt and be helping the people of Japan at the same time. There are numerous styles and colors of shirts to choose from. Zazzle is a great company and these shirts are top quality. Also, pass this message along to others. Help me raise lots of money for our friends and neighbors in Japan. 

Let's give them what they need most ~ MONEY! 

To donate to American Red Cross for Japan click here

Thanking you in advance for your generosity and kindness
to the people of Japan in their time of need.

Casey Shannon Studio

Director North American Branch of ICCPS

国際中国書法国画家協会アメリカ支部：Ms. Casey Shannon　アメリカ現代水墨画家

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Sumi-e by MGCruz

Sumi-e

Philodendron by Manuel Garcia de la Cruz

This sumi-e is one of my personal favorites by my artist friend Manuel Garcia de la Cruz. The stem of this plant dances with movement. The painting's composition moves your eye from corner to corner with delight and ease. Manuel is a member of the North American branch of the International Chinese Calligraphy Art and Ink Painting Society (ICCPS).  

Manuel was born in  Asturias, Northern Spain. For the last thirty years, he has lived in Denia, on the Mediterranean coast, where he has his workshop and studio. Manuel hashad many exhibitions locally and in Ibiza. Nature is a strong influence on his work, which centers around  seascapes, mountains, beaches and the countryside.   I am a great admirer of Manuel's sumi-e.  His paintings produce clean, bold brush strokes with brilliant light and color while addressing the spirit of his subject matter. He is an exquisitely talented artist and one I am honored to have in the North American branch of ICCPS. I am so pleased he decided to join the society.
Below is a slide show of some of Manuel's sumi-e. Turn on your volume for beautiful music!

Director of North American Branch of ICCPS

国際中国書法国画家協会アメリカ支部：Ms. Casey Shannon　アメリカ現代水墨画家

Casey Shannon Studio

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