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Greetings!
Hello everyone. It is a pleasure for me to have this opportunity to communicate with you again and share the latest news from the studio.
The holidays are once again upon us with the winter weather licking at our heals. And, we naturally are drawn closer to home and hearth. I wish you and yours the happiest of holiday seasons filled with love, peace, and joy.
I have two major exciting announcements to share with you this month. Therefore, it's that time for us to journey together into art. Shall we begin?
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Article by Casey Shannon
Casey Shannon
Sumi Art Cultural Award
Jade Buddha Temple
AnShan City, China
I am pleased to announce at this International Chinese Calligraphy and Ink Painting Society (ICCPS) exhibition, I won the Sumi Art Cultural Award.
I am excited to share with you my Medal and Certificate that I won for the 'Sumi Art Cultural Award'. This international sumi exhibit was held at the Jade Buddha Temple in AnShan City, China.
Medal, Certificate, and Exhibit Catalog
I am humbled and honored to have been selected for this award. My work was displayed with other outstanding sumi artists from around the globe. (Japan, China, France, Russia, Germany, Australia, Canada, Holland, USA) My contemporary sumi-e scroll titled "Journey into Spirit' won this award.
Journey into Spirit
Visit the North American Branch Office North American Branch Art Lens
Director of the North American Branch
International Chinese Calligraphy and Ink Painting Society
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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Ink Painting Tip
Rooster Feather Brush
Article by Casey Shannon
Have you ever heard of a 'Rooster Tail Feather' brush?  This is a specialty brush ordered from China. I really enjoy painting with this unique brush. It is a wonderful brush for 'free-style' sumi-e and also for 'loosening up'. Painting with this kind of brush is lots of fun! Unlike regular brushes with round pointed hair, this brush is so different that it can produce very rich textured strokes. It is especially suitable for landscape paintings. Here is a video of master ink painter Henry Li of Blue Heron Arts Co. demonstrating the use of the Rooster Feather brush in a landscape painting.  | | Sumi-e Landscape with Feather Brush-Henry Li |
 Jumbo Size Rooster Feather Bamboo Brush Made of rooster feather, which is between soft and stiff, this specialty brush can produce very rich textured strokes. It comes with an extra long handle which is made of "Buddha's belly" bamboo. Perfect for Sumi-e landscape paintings, fantastic for expressive rendering of flowers, and perfect for abstract Zen-style calligraphic paintings.
You can order and purchase one of these brushes from Blue Heron Arts Co.
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Contemporary Asian Scrolls
All New Selection!
Article by Casey Shannon
Contemporary Asian Scrolls by CaseyThis is a photograph of my exhibit wall at Valley Girl's Art Gallery located at #2 Chambers Lane, Carmel Valley Village, CA. Stunning contemporary Asian scrolls are on display. If you are in our beautiful town, please stop by and look. This exhibit will be up until January 25, 2013. I have contemporary original Sumi-e scrolls, framed original art, art prints, 2013 Zen calendars, and cards for you to enjoy.  Visit Casey's Gallery ShuenFor more Contemporary Asian Scrolls This art gallery contains images 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. Any brush painter will tell you it is difficult to work with rice paper and takes years of practice to master. I have been painting for over 40 years and I am just a humble beginner!
I offer my scroll work online via this Gallery. View my Sumi-e Art GalleriesStunning Framed GemsLimited Time ~ Free Shipping
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Gabe's Gossip ~ Observations of a Service DogArticle by Gabe Hello Everyone!
It's me, Gabe, your favorite service dog. Here we are at the holiday season and I can't wait. Casey and I will be finished with our teaching duties at Cabrillo College before we know it! I do earn my kibble in extraordinary ways!
I am so proud of Casey. Not only did she win that great award for her painting, she was asked to be the Director for the USA of the China Seal Carving Gyoku-seki Society. This was at the special invitation of Ransui Yakata!
Here is her official ID badge/booklet!
 
Congratulations Casey!
Well, that's all for this month.
Don't forget to visit my training school!
Hawaii Canines for Independence  Santa Paws Gabe!
Bye for now. Woof, woof, Gabe
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