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X-WR-CALDESC:Ketchikan Area Arts and Humanities Council and the Tongass Fed
 eral Credit Union present Sharlene Cline at The Commons Gallery\n\nSharlen
 e Cline has been practicing and teaching the art of Chinese brushwork for 
 over 30 years. She first studied the art form from master painter Yang O-S
 hi while in Taiwan for three years in the early 90s. She was immediately d
 rawn and compelled by the practice. The repetitive nature of the technique
  has been for her a form of meditation.  As explained by the eighteenth-ce
 ntury painter Chang Keng “Chi\, life-force\, is something beyond the feeli
 ng of brushwork and the effects of ink\, because it is the power of heaven
 \, which is suddenly disclosed. But only those who are quiet can understan
 d it.” \n\nIn Chinese brushwork\,  painting the subject is comprised of we
 ll-controlled single stokes loaded each time with a gradation of paint on 
 a mou-bi. The mou-bi is a paintbrush with a special shape\, full at the ba
 se narrowing to a point. For a flower\, each petal is one stroke as is eac
 h leaf. This skill takes hours of practicing each brush stroke so that ult
 imately through repetition the hand\, coming from a calm meditative mind\,
  knows intuitively how to paint its subject. Like a musician practicing th
 eir scales over and over again so their performance comes from their soul\
 , not just reciting notes.\n\nSharlene returns again and again to the tech
 niques that are for her\, is a meditation and intimate connection to natur
 e.  Through practice\, she has found her unique style and voice collaging 
 brushwork and decorative paper into simple compositions honoring the natur
 al beauty that surrounds  Southeast coastal Alaska.\n\nSharlene Cline teac
 hes workshops and artists in schools throughout Alaska\, curates a range o
 f exhibits\, creates and lives in Homer\, Alaska with her family.\n\n\n
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DESCRIPTION:Ketchikan Area Arts and Humanities Council and the Tongass Fede
 ral Credit Union present Sharlene Cline at The Commons Gallery\n\nSharlene
  Cline has been practicing and teaching the art of Chinese brushwork for o
 ver 30 years. She first studied the art form from master painter Yang O-Sh
 i while in Taiwan for three years in the early 90s. She was immediately dr
 awn and compelled by the practice. The repetitive nature of the technique 
 has been for her a form of meditation.  As explained by the eighteenth-cen
 tury painter Chang Keng “Chi\, life-force\, is something beyond the feelin
 g of brushwork and the effects of ink\, because it is the power of heaven\
 , which is suddenly disclosed. But only those who are quiet can understand
  it.” \n\nIn Chinese brushwork\,  painting the subject is comprised of wel
 l-controlled single stokes loaded each time with a gradation of paint on a
  mou-bi. The mou-bi is a paintbrush with a special shape\, full at the bas
 e narrowing to a point. For a flower\, each petal is one stroke as is each
  leaf. This skill takes hours of practicing each brush stroke so that ulti
 mately through repetition the hand\, coming from a calm meditative mind\, 
 knows intuitively how to paint its subject. Like a musician practicing the
 ir scales over and over again so their performance comes from their soul\,
  not just reciting notes.\n\nSharlene returns again and again to the techn
 iques that are for her\, is a meditation and intimate connection to nature
 .  Through practice\, she has found her unique style and voice collaging b
 rushwork and decorative paper into simple compositions honoring the natura
 l beauty that surrounds  Southeast coastal Alaska.\n\nSharlene Cline teach
 es workshops and artists in schools throughout Alaska\, curates a range of
  exhibits\, creates and lives in Homer\, Alaska with her family.\n\n\n
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SUMMARY:1st Quarter exhibit at The Commons Gallery: Solo exhibit by Sharlen
 e Cline!
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