tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-59960329441251838492024-03-04T17:25:00.893-08:00Brian Fisher Print, Paint and Sculpture BlogBrian Fisher Blog . ComBrian Fisherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03933292443643343756noreply@blogger.comBlogger337125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5996032944125183849.post-16186147962708477872024-03-04T17:24:00.000-08:002024-03-04T17:24:19.749-08:00Yerevan<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6XPMHZ8OjZFDVPTonNS05lD_WlIzQFrWD4PJ8lA4nzcq3A6Voxs9UbUZhK0ldmbmjZh8LcxZKC8jBECZnowi3R9uR9PFeZwSmnMvkGzpvNFGkTQ685LKKdVMQ5XOBo16YeUpVh17xrKn9CNgJY_i9s91y0WPwCsHskjJcUNNgM7QfHlhhFKeNQR-LvH3v/s4000/instagram%20yerevan.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="4000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6XPMHZ8OjZFDVPTonNS05lD_WlIzQFrWD4PJ8lA4nzcq3A6Voxs9UbUZhK0ldmbmjZh8LcxZKC8jBECZnowi3R9uR9PFeZwSmnMvkGzpvNFGkTQ685LKKdVMQ5XOBo16YeUpVh17xrKn9CNgJY_i9s91y0WPwCsHskjJcUNNgM7QfHlhhFKeNQR-LvH3v/w640-h640/instagram%20yerevan.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Yerevan (with detail), is a
monotype print collage in my Magic Carpet Ride series. Called The Pink
City, it’s Armenia’s capital. Yerevan is one of the oldest inhabited
cities in the world and was founded by another name (Erebuni) in 782
B.C.E., though the territory was settled in the 4th millennium B.C.E.</span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">The
Pink City gets its name by way of its building material, a pink stone
called tuft, the compacted ash, from Mount Ararat that towers, at a
distance, over Yerevan.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="background-color: white;">Yerevan is showing in <b>Pink, Unpacked</b>, an exhibit presented by Seattle Print Arts that explores both pink as color and pink as concept. </span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: helvetica;">March 11-May 1, 2024 at </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: helvetica;">M. Rosetta Hunter Gallery, Seattle WA.</span><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br style="background-color: white;" /><br style="background-color: white;" /><br style="background-color: white;" /><br /></span></p>Brian Fisherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03933292443643343756noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5996032944125183849.post-75003546327043952422023-11-26T11:01:00.000-08:002023-11-26T11:01:00.053-08:00Petra<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-Jl2nR5e8bfVgBGFitFna5qvEOiG8mYilLtobq4DSGe0-sa4IuqepZbMYsUQhzzO1bWe8yhYtFuTbBKPXo_JGLyfP7aB-4nL0sSatVhveAHrB9s6fc44WQ0x3vo4Bz6cPX7l1UHmB4qZWWJUghaHyc-TzNK9-quq-w5R6RA1BcdHDx8UAT_tobtUvIjcL/s1961/Petra.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1959" data-original-width="1961" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-Jl2nR5e8bfVgBGFitFna5qvEOiG8mYilLtobq4DSGe0-sa4IuqepZbMYsUQhzzO1bWe8yhYtFuTbBKPXo_JGLyfP7aB-4nL0sSatVhveAHrB9s6fc44WQ0x3vo4Bz6cPX7l1UHmB4qZWWJUghaHyc-TzNK9-quq-w5R6RA1BcdHDx8UAT_tobtUvIjcL/w640-h640/Petra.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b>"Petra" </b>is the legendary rose-red city of the Nabataean people and a monotype print collage I just completed to show in the VIVA 2023 Holiday Art Studio Tour. </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="background-color: white;">The ancient city of Petra, is dramatically concealed behind a wall of mountains, pierced only by the Siq Canyon of Jordan. Built in the 3rd century BC by Nabataeans, who carved beautiful palaces, temples, tombs, storerooms and stables from the soft, red, sandstone cliffs. </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="background-color: white;">Petra is one of my "Magic Carpet Ride" cut monotype paper series, exhibiting in VIVA’s 2023 Holiday Studio Tour</span></span><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Dec. 2-3 & 9-10</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: helvetica;">. Check out my studio, <a href="https://vivartists.com/viva/events/holiday-tour-2023/">#2 on the VIVA Tour Map</a></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: helvetica;">, and Petra, this Vashon Holiday Art Studio Tour!</span></div><br /> <p></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Brian Fisherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03933292443643343756noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5996032944125183849.post-35264609518397040582023-11-19T20:18:00.000-08:002023-11-27T16:40:15.353-08:00Babylon<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0SfJa-X23Rr2jxOGBwXMd7LzeuDDDRQAgywCLzPjrEjaOVctOakS4pqqDT-wiaUvXcZDQrkk2WPHzOgp3ZhtVTXYZJ4r0VeJzKf1aDqf93VvXkRtXSQTaIJaJJ3j5kBzhrqR9fTMPUSS6GB5BQOe1-szCnQ1LGE8nymJQ05xGsaMqW7xzzQ7KKJ7bmwKZ/s6598/Babylon.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="6598" data-original-width="2700" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0SfJa-X23Rr2jxOGBwXMd7LzeuDDDRQAgywCLzPjrEjaOVctOakS4pqqDT-wiaUvXcZDQrkk2WPHzOgp3ZhtVTXYZJ4r0VeJzKf1aDqf93VvXkRtXSQTaIJaJJ3j5kBzhrqR9fTMPUSS6GB5BQOe1-szCnQ1LGE8nymJQ05xGsaMqW7xzzQ7KKJ7bmwKZ/w262-h640/Babylon.jpeg" width="262" /></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Babylon, is one of my "Magic Carpet Ride" collage monotypes exhibiting in VIVA's 2023 Holiday Studio Tour, the first two weekends in December. I'm #2 on the tour map. This work is named for the ancient city located on the lower Euphrates river, in southern Mesopotamia, within contemporary Iraq and is inspired by these words describing a people dispossessed of their homes and made subject to an invading power, from the King James Bible- By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion. We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof. For there they that carried us away captive required of us a song; and they that wasted us required of us mirth, saying, Sing us one of the songs of Zion.<br /> </span><br /><br /><p></p>Brian Fisherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03933292443643343756noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5996032944125183849.post-83230396899234595282023-08-09T15:04:00.005-07:002023-08-09T15:07:51.512-07:00Nineveh, Monotype Collage<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhMP1B_Ihr9qb2cWEsF7Gn4ENBZcJI8zgJrb4Z18lh_qN25fJ00EacVCW1aBhq4cJaDN7MlZWayypGwZHUjFTaQmRJ_w2JHjhqmg2s47J7yIeNdO2qCuDIk5IEs2VP0RK_XpZmbP-5800aSfyIri2I6CR_eLbf8Zi_2kAmo6qLta1a9KG96swHpOhlrKYI/s5700/Nineveh.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3974" data-original-width="5700" height="446" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhMP1B_Ihr9qb2cWEsF7Gn4ENBZcJI8zgJrb4Z18lh_qN25fJ00EacVCW1aBhq4cJaDN7MlZWayypGwZHUjFTaQmRJ_w2JHjhqmg2s47J7yIeNdO2qCuDIk5IEs2VP0RK_XpZmbP-5800aSfyIri2I6CR_eLbf8Zi_2kAmo6qLta1a9KG96swHpOhlrKYI/w640-h446/Nineveh.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span face="-apple-system, "system-ui", "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white;"><b>Nineveh</b>, Monotype collage with 24k gold, 19 1/2" x 28 1/2" on Somerset Velvet Paper</span><span face="-apple-system, "system-ui", "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white;"> </span></span><p></p><p><span face="-apple-system, "system-ui", "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-family: helvetica;">Danny Kopsak and I will show in <b>"Cut and Paste" at Vashon Center for the Arts Gallery, Aug 11-27, 2023. Opening Aug 11, 5-8pm.</b></span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span face="-apple-system, "system-ui", "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white;">The title of our show "Cut and Paste" describes a critical part of the process we each undertake to create compositions cut from paper.</span><br style="background-color: white;" /><br style="background-color: white;" /><span face="-apple-system, "system-ui", "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white;">My monotype print collage, Nineveh, is one of eight pattern compositions inspired by ancient cities of the Middle East, first printed, then cut and collaged, in a series I call- Magic Carpet Ride!</span><br style="background-color: white;" /><br style="background-color: white;" /><span face="-apple-system, "system-ui", "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white;">Nineveh the ancient Assyrian city of Upper Mesopotamia, was located on the outskirts of Mosul in modern-day northern Iraq. It is located on the eastern bank of the Tigris River, and was the capital of the Neo-Assyrian Empire.</span><br style="background-color: white;" /><br style="background-color: white;" /><span face="-apple-system, "system-ui", "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white;">Check it all out this month at Vashon Center for the Arts during the Summer Arts Festival!</span></span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: -apple-system, "system-ui", "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" />Brian Fisherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03933292443643343756noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5996032944125183849.post-87950880739535043522023-07-31T11:38:00.000-07:002023-07-31T11:38:43.924-07:00Damascus<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0IwByOhBpozR-G02z2bBZWQTy-hZ9AEPYg4uGCkbq9dCUH_0lpZK8jSKwad_d89o6H5k17ngT1niT3DfMMr6SbPi1mWitCHutQ4i2epbjBhpG2K-ekg3wImEowAKttQiqlMFdO438o95cmb2oeSTRvb1btqNZzVVzf21XzdHmiiBEUKHPuCSsSoG76MQu/s5985/Damascus%20for%20blog.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5985" data-original-width="4182" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0IwByOhBpozR-G02z2bBZWQTy-hZ9AEPYg4uGCkbq9dCUH_0lpZK8jSKwad_d89o6H5k17ngT1niT3DfMMr6SbPi1mWitCHutQ4i2epbjBhpG2K-ekg3wImEowAKttQiqlMFdO438o95cmb2oeSTRvb1btqNZzVVzf21XzdHmiiBEUKHPuCSsSoG76MQu/w448-h640/Damascus%20for%20blog.jpg" width="448" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: -apple-system, "system-ui", "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">"Damascus" is a monotype print collage from my Magic Carpet Ride series for “Cut and Paste” showing with paper cut artist Danny Kopsak’s new work at Vashon Center Gallery. Opening Aug 11, 5-8, exhibiting through Aug 27, in VCA's Summer Arts Festival 2023.</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: -apple-system, "system-ui", "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: -apple-system, "system-ui", "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: -apple-system, "system-ui", "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">“Whoever would sit upon this carpet and will it to be taken up and set down upon another site, shall, in the twinkling of an eye, be borne thither, whether that place be near at hand, or distant many a day's journey and difficult to reach.”</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: -apple-system, "system-ui", "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: -apple-system, "system-ui", "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: -apple-system, "system-ui", "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">It is said that Solomon’s magic carpet was made with a warp of green silk and weft of golden thread. It was sixty miles long and sixty miles wide. When he sat upon the carpet he was caught up by the wind and flew so quickly that he could breakfast in Damascus and dine in Media.</span></div>Brian Fisherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03933292443643343756noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5996032944125183849.post-90063523439034696262023-04-29T09:40:00.003-07:002023-04-29T09:40:57.275-07:00Helios <p> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHESJ4opA41alXqw_pfU8d8l4JKgmOseskE0KGVf5UBdg-IAO7mwohD05sFPaJWhkR0qHIhosfgm6N-eDfZDVg5nG9FWdihB9WMWGOoXn02v0TZkRprK3L8BnyNnzi1CSNGzjVGvcYeLauvwBiEmHPRu-vQHD6lHnEE7m5ey9Pj5-pTyMMCdOmOfOJdw/s2674/Helios.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2674" data-original-width="2671" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHESJ4opA41alXqw_pfU8d8l4JKgmOseskE0KGVf5UBdg-IAO7mwohD05sFPaJWhkR0qHIhosfgm6N-eDfZDVg5nG9FWdihB9WMWGOoXn02v0TZkRprK3L8BnyNnzi1CSNGzjVGvcYeLauvwBiEmHPRu-vQHD6lHnEE7m5ey9Pj5-pTyMMCdOmOfOJdw/w640-h640/Helios.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Helios, Oil on Canvas over panel, 16 x 16 in.<br /><br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: helvetica;">I'm framing "Helios" today, the last of my work to be framed in preparation for the 2023 Spring VIVA Art Studio Tour, May 6-7 & 13-14, Sats & Suns, 10am-5pm. I am lucky #13 on the tour map this year!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">I was delighted to have one of my sunflower paintings selected for this years brochure and poster. Check it out here, <a href="https://vivartists.com/viva/" target="_blank">VIVA Art Tour </a>, along with all the other wonderful studios and galleries on the Vashon Island Visual Artists (VIVA) studio tour!</span></p>Brian Fisherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03933292443643343756noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5996032944125183849.post-84930425073187384892023-04-17T20:51:00.001-07:002023-04-17T20:51:40.270-07:00Pearl Divers<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid8bUlVwxA3fMFU89OxRi-u9-o34b5wVak5M1dCPvJyRTGJhTaEcmOmi_LV3N741HX6bG9fQBEEDqUTgaB0gwz79W_ibBHCugAoDcUMi0KCuo7NNV-Up8ZCh7lpIhnyJaBHjUgJJr7AI5bTvpSJilf_Hl-LELKb78oolX8vt3Ev4CcceiJxFFNDh4g2g/s3438/The%20Pearl%20Divers.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2226" data-original-width="3438" height="414" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid8bUlVwxA3fMFU89OxRi-u9-o34b5wVak5M1dCPvJyRTGJhTaEcmOmi_LV3N741HX6bG9fQBEEDqUTgaB0gwz79W_ibBHCugAoDcUMi0KCuo7NNV-Up8ZCh7lpIhnyJaBHjUgJJr7AI5bTvpSJilf_Hl-LELKb78oolX8vt3Ev4CcceiJxFFNDh4g2g/w640-h414/The%20Pearl%20Divers.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">My monotype print,“The Pearl Divers", is currently on exhibit at JGO Gallery, on Bainbridge Island.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="background-color: white;">My mother in-law was an opera fan. Not long after she moved to the Northwest, Seattle Opera performed The Pearl Fishers, (</span><span style="background-color: white;">Les Pecheurs de Perles), </span><span style="background-color: white;">by Bizet and she declared "You will love it" and "We must attended this performance!" At the time I was living through hellish back pain. Perhaps the pain is what made it memorable (I stood in the back of McCall Hall for most of the performance), </span><span style="background-color: white;">but its' beautiful friendship aria, sung by the central characters Zurga and Nadir, have been with me ever since. Thank you Doris for insisting on the experience!</span></span></p>Brian Fisherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03933292443643343756noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5996032944125183849.post-92224236490864892352023-04-17T19:49:00.000-07:002023-04-17T19:49:44.753-07:00The Queen in Winter<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPY1vPfHIZ3Rn1oWtXxcCLtusTMLaCN_cM7_y0m2SyyKtl6eg9EZht9DZ79wPDQEhiFjrY4B6syXNU5x7r5xW0VjF8EXxvqoi3mdbIcQgWSY9UIZcyjYaJk7FGna3bB6UjxLhK2pMuXVl-nybVcPZzrcqiFD_akbzEe55gjqWKEXoZ5Gn5vhM1t_DXJg/s5100/The%20Queen%20in%20Winter%20Final.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5100" data-original-width="5100" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPY1vPfHIZ3Rn1oWtXxcCLtusTMLaCN_cM7_y0m2SyyKtl6eg9EZht9DZ79wPDQEhiFjrY4B6syXNU5x7r5xW0VjF8EXxvqoi3mdbIcQgWSY9UIZcyjYaJk7FGna3bB6UjxLhK2pMuXVl-nybVcPZzrcqiFD_akbzEe55gjqWKEXoZ5Gn5vhM1t_DXJg/w640-h640/The%20Queen%20in%20Winter%20Final.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white;">"The Queen in Winter" Monotype print with 24k gold over panel, 10" x 10". Check her out on the 2023 VIVA Art Studio Tour, the first two weekends in May. Link </span><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x6umtig x1b1mbwd xaqea5y xav7gou x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz notranslate _a6hd" href="https://www.instagram.com/vivartists.com/" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0">@vivartists.com</a></span></p><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Each winter, the beehive clusters, the queen at warmest, center, with the core worker bees shaking, shivering around her to maintaining a survivable heat. The fate of the hive depends on how sufficiently the hive population has prepared for winter.</span></span>Brian Fisherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03933292443643343756noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5996032944125183849.post-9191845820177786172023-04-14T20:03:00.000-07:002023-04-14T20:03:37.934-07:00The Queen<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWhzYpaaxd520evwjsLJr6tEaxxONUMOzjNVzl7wqQpI-iO0Z-fJtgJWPRm-ngBywlkrrDxxrxcZ0BR2FcjlWyIay6eYkeyXEBJd-mUP52uWfOv1nI15PZUikG5SIiK3Nni6dlmL_4X8-QQCPZMAi8MbVW4yxdKXB-VOo6-JymEE63sWRbw3XhWs1Z2A/s2592/The%20Queen.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2592" data-original-width="2592" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWhzYpaaxd520evwjsLJr6tEaxxONUMOzjNVzl7wqQpI-iO0Z-fJtgJWPRm-ngBywlkrrDxxrxcZ0BR2FcjlWyIay6eYkeyXEBJd-mUP52uWfOv1nI15PZUikG5SIiK3Nni6dlmL_4X8-QQCPZMAi8MbVW4yxdKXB-VOo6-JymEE63sWRbw3XhWs1Z2A/w640-h640/The%20Queen.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: -apple-system, "system-ui", "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">My Monotype Print, “Queen Bee”, 24k gold, 10" x 10 ", is inspired by the real and historical importance of bees in myth and as pollinators. Check her out, studio </span><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x6umtig x1b1mbwd xaqea5y xav7gou x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz _aa9_ _a6hd" href="https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/13/" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: -apple-system, "system-ui", "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span style="color: black;">#13</span></a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: -apple-system, "system-ui", "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">, on the VIVA 2023 Spring Art Studio Tour, May 6-7 & 13-14. The self guided tour hosts 37 art studios and galleries! Visit all the studios the first two weekends in May.</span><p></p><p><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, Segoe UI, Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Bees as pollinators and the honey they produce are central to mankind's wellbeing, our creation myths, cosmologies and the sacred places of many ancient cultures. Greek, African, Australian, South American and Hindu-Indian creation stories recognize and highlight the bee as a revered animal and sacred symbol. Bees evolved soon after the first flowers appeared in the Cretaceous Period, an estimated 130 million years ago! </span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, Segoe UI, Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, Segoe UI, Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, Segoe UI, Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><br /><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, Segoe UI, Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></span><br /></p>Brian Fisherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03933292443643343756noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5996032944125183849.post-59903539518915466392023-03-01T02:20:00.001-08:002023-03-01T02:20:38.185-08:00<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfzFxXJsuPbsFLl6rF-9VsitQgsc1Ve-Rsg66RTK8IwPlqQZLPuuVkKH6OdqHFaBD-Ikjhvg6LYDeuSbtofI6ksLA7RRkRIuFkyQsxWS-k9F8MJnRkVfd3MXJ7GGF7h1-v0jQHid8Vwkm5rMHtCTlWfVzFrwhQOmm8B0QfLiIVA9fcy9UmnZnxFtdmyw/s1800/Fisher_Brian_Twin%20Djinn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1800" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfzFxXJsuPbsFLl6rF-9VsitQgsc1Ve-Rsg66RTK8IwPlqQZLPuuVkKH6OdqHFaBD-Ikjhvg6LYDeuSbtofI6ksLA7RRkRIuFkyQsxWS-k9F8MJnRkVfd3MXJ7GGF7h1-v0jQHid8Vwkm5rMHtCTlWfVzFrwhQOmm8B0QfLiIVA9fcy9UmnZnxFtdmyw/w640-h640/Fisher_Brian_Twin%20Djinn.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, Segoe UI, Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">Twin Djinn, 10 x 10 in. monotype over wood panel, (currently at <a href="https://www.swiftwatergallery.com/">Swiftwater Gallery</a></span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, "system-ui", "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">) is inspired by the Arabic myths of the Qareen, meaning “constant companion” or spiritual double, who is either part of you or a complementary being in another dimension. Sometimes defined as Djinn, the Qareen have parallels in Egyptian mythology, as ka, a tangible "spirit double" and in contemporary stories of the doppelgänger.</span><p></p>Brian Fisherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03933292443643343756noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5996032944125183849.post-508877447707735232023-01-16T14:32:00.001-08:002023-01-16T14:32:43.237-08:00Jacob Dreams of Angels<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii4SmYV949CuNOer4Nuf13vPpkDXzYw8wuDdZxFrxgOzRDUbRdICRoTlgEotfN2T9BACZAiqr2yZRjHm4nJNtrHIFExb1l9o1GDG1D6Ehgn9tCh50EQS33OpQptflAbLE3l-7zTsE1bQblx-MwS8Y1LxXH1vbeYF9xKw0s_GkbHnta8O7WliA7bv8X9g/s3691/Brian%20Fisher%20Jacob%20Dreams%20of%20Angels.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1297" data-original-width="3691" height="224" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii4SmYV949CuNOer4Nuf13vPpkDXzYw8wuDdZxFrxgOzRDUbRdICRoTlgEotfN2T9BACZAiqr2yZRjHm4nJNtrHIFExb1l9o1GDG1D6Ehgn9tCh50EQS33OpQptflAbLE3l-7zTsE1bQblx-MwS8Y1LxXH1vbeYF9xKw0s_GkbHnta8O7WliA7bv8X9g/w640-h224/Brian%20Fisher%20Jacob%20Dreams%20of%20Angels.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br />"Jacob Dreams of Angels" is my monotype print, (1/1), with silver metal leaf, currently on exhibit at <span style="background-color: white; color: #262626;">Vashon Center for the Arts Gallery, Jan 6-29, 2023 in <a href="https://gallery.vashoncenterforthearts.org/artist-works.php?artistId=369002&artist=Brian%20Fisher">The Notable Collection</a>.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #262626;"> </span></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #262626;">The Torah and the Bible tell of Jacob’s vivid dream about a stairway or ladder to heaven with angels ascending and descending. It is in this dream that the God of his grandfather Abraham and father Isaac, appears to Jacob and promises the land that he sleeps upon to his descendants and that through Jacob and his descendants that all the families of the earth shall find blessing.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #262626;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #262626;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #262626;">What a profound dream and the ladder a powerful symbol of connection between the physical and an unknown where dreams are sourced or realized.</span></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><br /><p></p>Brian Fisherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03933292443643343756noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5996032944125183849.post-49615103846718702292022-11-26T10:45:00.000-08:002022-11-26T10:45:11.828-08:00Mauna Kea<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9YKtahefKMsaB1M2UUPE57bMFBcLmKAwALcRxaKYjcmqDhexOHJzkl0qcnxsWR7c3wt_62Dz0MD3wlaQLLR5yQ4DEFa6uk8YPgsjHseFP4zOr77AgSPj7n43In5xOmDAvBMOWEUgDqR_nkzn8n__q75ccf576PqmL6hcNSOFVNW_jHI9F9zwbXy-wYg/s3000/Mauna%20Kea%20for%20blog.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2280" data-original-width="3000" height="486" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9YKtahefKMsaB1M2UUPE57bMFBcLmKAwALcRxaKYjcmqDhexOHJzkl0qcnxsWR7c3wt_62Dz0MD3wlaQLLR5yQ4DEFa6uk8YPgsjHseFP4zOr77AgSPj7n43In5xOmDAvBMOWEUgDqR_nkzn8n__q75ccf576PqmL6hcNSOFVNW_jHI9F9zwbXy-wYg/w640-h486/Mauna%20Kea%20for%20blog.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, "system-ui", "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Mauna Kea, from my sacred circle series, informed by sacred sites, sacred geographies, is a Ltd. Edition, Original Digital Print (1/12). It was created in 2019 but has never been exhibited until now. Stop by my studio 23520 147 Ave SW, Vashon Island, (</span><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x6umtig x1b1mbwd xaqea5y xav7gou x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz _aa9_ _a6hd" href="https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/3/" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: -apple-system, "system-ui", "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span style="color: black;">#3</span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, "system-ui", "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">) during the 2022 <a href="https://vivartists.com/viva/">VIVA Holiday Art Studio Tour</a>, the first two weekends in December.</span><p></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, "system-ui", "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">My print “Mauna Kea” is inspired by the most prominent geographic feature of the Hawaiian Islands, a volcanic mountain named Mauna Kea and by the incredible stick maps that Polynesian and Micronesian sailor explorers once made and used to chart Pacific open water travel.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, "system-ui", "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, "system-ui", "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, "system-ui", "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">In Hawaiian traditions of creation, the Earth Mother, Papahānaumoku, and the Sky Father, Wākea, created the Hawaiian Islands, with Hawai‘i Island being the first and Mauna Kea as the piko (navel or center of beginning or ending), of their union.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, "system-ui", "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, "system-ui", "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, "system-ui", "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">On Mauna Kea’s sides are many shrines to the pantheon of Hawaiian gods and (it has been suggested) to astronomical phenomena. The top of Mauna Kea was historically considered kapu and only accessible to priests, or the highest chiefs. Beginning in the late 1960s, a number of large telescope observatories have been built on the volcano at the 13,796 ft. summit, where the air is cold, dry and visibility of the heavens is near perfect.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, "system-ui", "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, "system-ui", "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, "system-ui", "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">In 2019 the construction of the “Thirty Meter Telescope”, was stopped by protests concerning the continued development of the mountain that many Islanders consider the most sacred place in the Hawaiian Island chain and in their own cosmology. The protests triggered additional environmental studies in 2020-2021. Those studies are under consideration before any more powerful observatory of our universe is built on Mauna Kea.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><br /></div><br /><p></p>Brian Fisherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03933292443643343756noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5996032944125183849.post-84407525448442009912022-11-09T17:00:00.000-08:002022-11-09T17:00:25.568-08:00Raguel, Winter Angel<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs6HJ4_7RARineFmCFVLDM4Chcnm6NOy4Drj9R7upcfPLR-TdFmKmu7s4wFX-Mhn3FUrM3Anh0iGFhS1Yw6YIHr-w_No-9G_shMN5UTrLCFUTqNpqdcF0iCTL1AnsPQZXszfWQWTME2k8_ckRXXHi3s8mCzVuPWPi8ur9y1nhgn1s--YT3fdOwXK6fNA/s4500/Winter%20Angel.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4500" data-original-width="4500" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs6HJ4_7RARineFmCFVLDM4Chcnm6NOy4Drj9R7upcfPLR-TdFmKmu7s4wFX-Mhn3FUrM3Anh0iGFhS1Yw6YIHr-w_No-9G_shMN5UTrLCFUTqNpqdcF0iCTL1AnsPQZXszfWQWTME2k8_ckRXXHi3s8mCzVuPWPi8ur9y1nhgn1s--YT3fdOwXK6fNA/w640-h640/Winter%20Angel.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, "system-ui", "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">“Raguel, Angel of Winter”, monotype print with 24k gold. According to Judaic tradition, is the leader of angels, known as Principalities, who are responsible for the administration of justice on Earth and among angels. Raguel is the messenger who shares the importance of tolerance so that all may live in peace. He delivers justice with fairness, harmony, with vengeance and redemption. Raguel is also known as an Angel of Winter because of his cool and tranquil deliverance when administering justice.</span><p></p><span style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, "system-ui", "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">I just finished framing Raquel for the 2022 Holiday VIVA Art Studio Tour, the first two weekends in December. You can preview the tour at- <a href="https://vivartists.com/viva/">https://vivartists.com/viva/</a></span>Brian Fisherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03933292443643343756noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5996032944125183849.post-15511042007432865832022-09-15T20:19:00.000-07:002022-09-15T20:19:23.610-07:00Saint Kilda, Ltd Edition Print<p><br /> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoEGhwkJ_oMXnkcbTwFi0PKj92ZY_R1M3c223J2AOcU4TaKYsSOw8B3p2OXSv7vV7GIGVDh64AxdxtNLCh5WuGkpYBKEHjliGGFpiaciq90eBMJDk3HGWYv67GdHdy4GU1m3EZNnTswuvBk_jiE8RfkedO5JthOBTjVwbSrgaJy1UM0VBlwm7-y9xXmQ/s3515/St%20Kilda%20sacred%20circle%20%20copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3515" data-original-width="3200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoEGhwkJ_oMXnkcbTwFi0PKj92ZY_R1M3c223J2AOcU4TaKYsSOw8B3p2OXSv7vV7GIGVDh64AxdxtNLCh5WuGkpYBKEHjliGGFpiaciq90eBMJDk3HGWYv67GdHdy4GU1m3EZNnTswuvBk_jiE8RfkedO5JthOBTjVwbSrgaJy1UM0VBlwm7-y9xXmQ/w582-h640/St%20Kilda%20sacred%20circle%20%20copy.jpg" width="582" /></a></div><div style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, "system-ui", "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">My latest Sacred Circle, “St Kilda” is inspired by a species of dandelion that was recently discovered on the Isle of Hirta, in the St Kilda archipelago by Jim McIntosh, a recorder of flora for the Outer Hebrides, during survey work. St Kilda lies 41 miles west of the Western Isles of Scotland. The island was abandoned by the last St Kildans in 1930 after years of slow depopulation when there were only 36 human inhabitants.<br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, "system-ui", "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">Permanent habitation on the islands extends back two millennia and St Kilda is one of Scotland’s six World Heritage sites. It’s one of the few sites in the world to hold joint status for its natural and cultural qualities. There are thousands of stone structures and even two early sheep types that live on these remote islands. The Soay are sheep with linage from the Neolithic age and the Boreray are of Iron age linage.<br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, "system-ui", "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">My St Kilda is an original digital archival print (edition of 12). Frame size 16” x 13”. If you are interested in this print, DM me about St Kilda or visit my studio during the VIVA Holiday Art Studio Tour, the first two weekends in December.</span></span></div><p></p>Brian Fisherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03933292443643343756noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5996032944125183849.post-55322192402690427782022-07-27T12:37:00.004-07:002022-07-27T12:37:51.435-07:00Gabriel<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY8SqEsgSANP2oQ-SORTAG5yRWjX0aaRUGZEhHZLrjtw6wB306Mp8TtcUK6YTlukzXA0QpIJpBcGpoS6p-jZV7CFKOXFY9QK1ZWtd3kJLdkF--zqtI_uPt49j8zcHXicnh7cyav9Admv2mKBNQzW2HZJdl3PPnM4WVU4eXxX8kqhHOvp1FwlWLGVKu0Q/s3888/Gabriel%20for%20Roby%20King.jpg" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="2592" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY8SqEsgSANP2oQ-SORTAG5yRWjX0aaRUGZEhHZLrjtw6wB306Mp8TtcUK6YTlukzXA0QpIJpBcGpoS6p-jZV7CFKOXFY9QK1ZWtd3kJLdkF--zqtI_uPt49j8zcHXicnh7cyav9Admv2mKBNQzW2HZJdl3PPnM4WVU4eXxX8kqhHOvp1FwlWLGVKu0Q/w427-h640/Gabriel%20for%20Roby%20King.jpg" width="427" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-small;">Gabriel, Angel of Communication, Oil on canvas over panel, 36 x 24 in.<br /></span><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">The English word angel, derived from the Greek <i>ἄγγελος,</i> means messenger.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>No where in the Bible are these messengers described as winged nor are they represented in that way in early Christian art.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Sometime in the later part of the 4th century however, Angels appear suddenly to have grown them or at least artwork began depicting divine messengers complete with wings and another fashionable innovation of the period, halos. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"><br /></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">My Angel imagery is primarily inspired by the paintings of the early Italian Renaissance artist Fra Angelico.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>I have always admired his various depictions of the Annunciation and his rendering of Angel Gabriel's technicolor wings!</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Gabriel and other paintings in oil and monotype print are in my show about angel story August 5- 28, at <a href="https://robykinggallery.com/brian-fisher/">Roby King Gallery </a>on Bainbridge Island. Opening night is 1st Friday aug 5th, 6-8pm.</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div></td></tr></tbody></table>
Brian Fisherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03933292443643343756noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5996032944125183849.post-25739663606535865132022-07-23T19:44:00.000-07:002022-07-23T19:44:10.669-07:00The Nature of Angels<p> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxT1LnOPMRZohdoycdY0e3-VgrZ06uji27oR3Ry3A23rfkyeuktQtWaaIdLrgsWu75Su2uaXI8q-3t7mnK6hQ_aImmzIqTlK_RXarq_qLHMJ5Jj8_vquObc3R7iSy3KHML9TPjB0XIo-oT2ON85wRj9duR9qKasKtymjBszih6ajiBpEIl6_ZyP03v_g/s3024/The%20Nature%20of%20Angels%20for%20Roby%20King.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="784" data-original-width="3024" height="166" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxT1LnOPMRZohdoycdY0e3-VgrZ06uji27oR3Ry3A23rfkyeuktQtWaaIdLrgsWu75Su2uaXI8q-3t7mnK6hQ_aImmzIqTlK_RXarq_qLHMJ5Jj8_vquObc3R7iSy3KHML9TPjB0XIo-oT2ON85wRj9duR9qKasKtymjBszih6ajiBpEIl6_ZyP03v_g/w640-h166/The%20Nature%20of%20Angels%20for%20Roby%20King.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Nature of Angels, monoprint, 6 3/8 x 25 3/4 in.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #262626;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">I've been working prints and paintings about angel myth and story for an August 5-28 exhibit at <a href="https://robykinggallery.com/">Roby King Gallery</a> on Bainbridge Island. This image is a collograph monoprint, with metal leaf, inspired by remarks made by Joseph Campbell on how religions and mythologies need to change with time in order to maintain their relevance in peoples’ lives. Addressing change, Campbell once said about the digital world and computers, "Have you ever looked inside one of those things? It's a whole hierarchy of angels on slats. And those little tubes-those are miracles."</span></span></p><p><br /></p>Brian Fisherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03933292443643343756noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5996032944125183849.post-75717033857928554882022-05-06T21:27:00.004-07:002022-05-06T21:27:58.109-07:00VIVA 2022 Spring Art Studio Tour<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP3_4IQOMf5CXELEuMSvbkjJW4e03edgBOX8OSipIipNmSGxC0aREG2LuOHfQ6j98m70cH53-C3NxmB3TlXtKIabSfwuxknI7pg2MtxygJG3XSKDgHzX17anQgGSudhhuUEhGwcZc4908adQXy7GBiBxxJZjSSTfjkVWMmFirAM9IoEsAwbiHmX_PGSw/s1800/2022%20tour%20anouncment%20flat.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1800" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP3_4IQOMf5CXELEuMSvbkjJW4e03edgBOX8OSipIipNmSGxC0aREG2LuOHfQ6j98m70cH53-C3NxmB3TlXtKIabSfwuxknI7pg2MtxygJG3XSKDgHzX17anQgGSudhhuUEhGwcZc4908adQXy7GBiBxxJZjSSTfjkVWMmFirAM9IoEsAwbiHmX_PGSw/w640-h640/2022%20tour%20anouncment%20flat.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #262626;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Vashon Art Studio Tour is back!!! And here's my monotype print "A Chorus of Angels" singing hallelujah!!!</span></span><br style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, "system-ui", "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><p></p>Brian Fisherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03933292443643343756noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5996032944125183849.post-76840901558413033002022-04-27T15:02:00.000-07:002022-04-27T15:02:14.998-07:00Paper Moon, Leo and Lang<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLJhXu9RNAFaHjaBtqOo5QO_dkojqfkCcGz3nbxYJg6CM2KOxF4jFMCR2UHkCFHtj44_Stly59GQqrbQ_lD3cOHYEoWAKMZaaO-FaqDvPUx2qpTcu8jZib7InF7pdMM_UPH8b00ImW0VJW0e2bvtAc7ka8FW2-wAH9VsX5rbPFhYtc7COcnJLSvOJauQ/s3001/Paper%20Moon.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3001" data-original-width="3001" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLJhXu9RNAFaHjaBtqOo5QO_dkojqfkCcGz3nbxYJg6CM2KOxF4jFMCR2UHkCFHtj44_Stly59GQqrbQ_lD3cOHYEoWAKMZaaO-FaqDvPUx2qpTcu8jZib7InF7pdMM_UPH8b00ImW0VJW0e2bvtAc7ka8FW2-wAH9VsX5rbPFhYtc7COcnJLSvOJauQ/w640-h640/Paper%20Moon.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #262626;">“Paper Moon”, from my Leo and Lang series, is a limited edition linocut print for sale in my studio (</span><span style="background-color: white; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-style: initial; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit;"><a href="https://vivartists.com/viva/studio-tours/spring-tour-2020-catalog/" target="_blank">#15</a></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #262626;"><a href="https://vivartists.com/viva/studio-tours/spring-tour-2020-catalog/" target="_blank">)</a> on the VIVA Spring Art Studio Tour, May 7-8 and 14-15, 2022. </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #262626;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #262626;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #262626;">Once upon a time, before cameras were common and digital imagery had replaced film, everyone’s local fair or carnival featured set photography booths where a photo portrait might be taken to document the day, a friendship, or love, paper moons were a standard set.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #262626;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #262626;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #262626;">The song Paper Moon was written in 1932 and had already been recorded by many artists when in 1973 Peter Bogdanovich gave it new life by using it as theme music and naming his movie, based on Joe David’s novel Addie Pray and starring Ryan O’Neal, Tatum O’Neal and Madeline Kahn, Paper Moon. The film has since become a classic and words to the song indelible.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #262626;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #262626;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #262626;">“It is only a paper moon, Sailing over a cardboard sea</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #262626;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #262626;">But it wouldn’t be make-believe if you believed in me.”</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #262626;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #262626;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #262626;">Given the time and place I’ve imagined my characters Leo and Lang born into, they must have posed in a paper moon and acknowledged their own true love.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #262626;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #262626;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #262626;">“It's a Barnum and Bailey world, just as phony as it can be,</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #262626;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #262626;">But it wouldn't be make-believe If you believed in me.”</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #262626;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #262626;">Please stop by and meet Leo and Lang. Map and more info- <a href="http://vivartists.com">vivartists.com</a>. </span></span></div><br /> <p></p>Brian Fisherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03933292443643343756noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5996032944125183849.post-19424058720925831582022-04-25T13:59:00.004-07:002022-04-25T16:35:51.754-07:00Angel Over Atwood<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9tzZfy9Ikf7mnl6TAu905I97UVQnUS3NLf0_gmUn9f_tvNfPPBqd6CodsI7hLacmSNUNFRXdKc_Wpf-q_dUjkFNyCGaCb91eV0RrL3XjUTXGzos96RwxAR_PdXt5vhPm2yyXC_S3Hjg-PksdUNb_A-DizMrEOGe8p8FhGO2fYYU8s8v9-BJVV77vbiA/s2160/Angel%20Over%20Atwood%20blog.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="2160" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9tzZfy9Ikf7mnl6TAu905I97UVQnUS3NLf0_gmUn9f_tvNfPPBqd6CodsI7hLacmSNUNFRXdKc_Wpf-q_dUjkFNyCGaCb91eV0RrL3XjUTXGzos96RwxAR_PdXt5vhPm2yyXC_S3Hjg-PksdUNb_A-DizMrEOGe8p8FhGO2fYYU8s8v9-BJVV77vbiA/w640-h426/Angel%20Over%20Atwood%20blog.jpg" title="“Angel Over Atwood” relief monotype print, (1/1), 24”x 36”" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">"Angel Over Atwood", relief monotype print. (1/1). 24" x 36", is named for a small town on the prairie located at the intersection of US Highway 36 and Kansas 25 in Northwest Kansas and nestled in the Beaver Valley on Beaver Creek. This was Cheyenne, Comanche, and Arapaho country before white European settlers replaced them. Under the Works Progress Administration Atwood built a lake and when I was born called itself- Atwood, City by the Lake. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">After the American Civil War my Fathers’ family moved to this area and to other small towns and land around Atwood. They came at a time when life meant struggle and to simply endure could be thought of as success. They brought little with them other than the belief that they would persevere and an ability to laugh often. Above all they were practical, though some of them were quite religious and (according to my grandfather) superstitious. I am sure that some saw angels in the tall grass as the wind swept the plains or perhaps in the endless sky with clouds stacked all the way to heaven. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">I think it is perversely human to ascribe what is natural phenomena to the supernatural, but I like how Rabbi Adin Steinsalz would have angels be the phenomena. “The angel who is sent to us from another world does not always have a significance or impact beyond the normal laws of physical nature. Indeed it often happens that the angel precisely reveals itself in nature, in the ordinary common-sense world of causality.” </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">My Grandfather Fisher liked to tell the story of how Atwood became the Rawlins County seat. The towns of McDonald, Blakeman and Atwood were rivals competing for the distinction. Blakeman even went so far as to build a courthouse which seemed to settle the matter until the night when citizens of Atwood and other likeminded settlers stole the building and moved it to Atwood.
This story seems almost physically impossible. The courthouse must have been a small frame building but to move it at night? And when horses and wagons were the only means of conveyance?
Perhaps angels played some part…</span></div></div>Brian Fisherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03933292443643343756noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5996032944125183849.post-91308915751626735102022-04-23T10:19:00.001-07:002022-04-23T10:24:17.825-07:00Sphinx<p><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglcZjX6-SCWeX71GG-lI3tlQPYYASV17YtLJjuR34TSN5UOWMHk_BTFh9JfjCApuqnAfFOGX8vxeGeD0jIDqWJ5a1efASvGFR754rJYmNrSFmsSVoZtXopeLVy0Vv8hzHsOTqJqcpu6rWXZriu4x1YyxKKEGSl-NhGvAESgdxy1twjHqX-Y2HtgKAMzg/s2876/Thebes%203%20instagram.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2876" data-original-width="2852" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglcZjX6-SCWeX71GG-lI3tlQPYYASV17YtLJjuR34TSN5UOWMHk_BTFh9JfjCApuqnAfFOGX8vxeGeD0jIDqWJ5a1efASvGFR754rJYmNrSFmsSVoZtXopeLVy0Vv8hzHsOTqJqcpu6rWXZriu4x1YyxKKEGSl-NhGvAESgdxy1twjHqX-Y2HtgKAMzg/w634-h640/Thebes%203%20instagram.jpg" width="634" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Sphinx, oil on canvas 22"x22"</span></div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-size: 14px;">“What has four legs in the morning, two at noon, and three in the evening?”</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-size: 14px;">In Greek myth Sphinx is a monster with the body and tail of a lion, the face of a woman, and the wings of a bird. Her infamous siblings Hydra, Chimera and the Gorgons share an equally confusing biology. Hera sent Sphinx to punish the city of Thebes and in her role as threshold guardian she famously challenges the hero Oedipus to a game of riddles. That was her thing, to ask tricky questions to those who wished to pass and eat her unwilling opponent If they were unable to answer the riddle correctly. Oedipus solved the riddle, “Man, who crawls on all fours as a baby, then walks on two legs, and finally needs a cane in old age.”</span></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-size: 14px;">Check out Sphinx on the 2022 Vashon Island Artist Studio Tour, May 7-8, 14-15. Map and info- <a href="http://Vivartists.com">Vivartists.com</a>. and </span><a class="notranslate" href="https://www.instagram.com/viva_vashon_artists/" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" tabindex="0">@viva_vashon_artists</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, "system-ui", "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></div><br /><br /><p></p>Brian Fisherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03933292443643343756noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5996032944125183849.post-91893145582954038812022-03-09T19:14:00.000-08:002022-03-09T19:14:25.587-08:00Taming Bucephalus<p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiqYUAumOib4RzRZTjsFAOs8RF4KUz0PdSx4u05k3neQjnhsKZ82MWcM882kcTYOmr4Scfo1UKOSxQRg6zX4KE2FbYQBvohJzeQMzZU4xzVv7WpGIPItUQ60V9czsPOTDI4I8klF-l4XXKaaVH2AhFyvsE0EO9LQsUHPb458umRlDmt5wCeftghxfCGcA=s432" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="432" data-original-width="432" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiqYUAumOib4RzRZTjsFAOs8RF4KUz0PdSx4u05k3neQjnhsKZ82MWcM882kcTYOmr4Scfo1UKOSxQRg6zX4KE2FbYQBvohJzeQMzZU4xzVv7WpGIPItUQ60V9czsPOTDI4I8klF-l4XXKaaVH2AhFyvsE0EO9LQsUHPb458umRlDmt5wCeftghxfCGcA=w640-h640" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><div><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; text-align: left;">“Taming Bucephalus” Oil on Canvas </span>with 24k gold, 20 x 20 in. </div></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">I</span><span style="font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">nspired by Alexander of Macedon, Alexander the Great, this painting "Taming Bucephalus" is about his famous war horse. There is much real, documented, history about Alexander and of course the larger than life lore that grew up after his death. All of it has kept his story active, alive, 2,345 years after his death. My mother gave me the Mary Renault books about Alexander when I was young. I recently reread the first book in Renault's Alexander trilogy, Fire From Heaven, first published in 1969. Historical fiction can be informative and entertaining. This story, his story, is powerful, and still relevant! Delighted that Taming Bucephalus and it's companion painting, Hephaestion,</span></span><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;"> just sold.</span></p>Brian Fisherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03933292443643343756noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5996032944125183849.post-35494862070806636392022-01-29T15:39:00.000-08:002022-01-29T15:39:16.012-08:00Lailah, Angel of Conception<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiwXlo9ryh0_XmaFQWZI1YRetOOeqw6NPjq0i5AQ2_q0LnZnf9sI6K6V896FxLLrURYB-6fyS_oyGCkvHwZQILhFSo8LBd6OC0b_YVgoaPfsr4Qfzt4qGxhBMWpV7HlqEBKrivmnoEH-5SNkoI4by6DI8ejoKBfUARvytV-BBSHTEMrQHnMSFzip-HK6A=s3600" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3600" data-original-width="3600" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiwXlo9ryh0_XmaFQWZI1YRetOOeqw6NPjq0i5AQ2_q0LnZnf9sI6K6V896FxLLrURYB-6fyS_oyGCkvHwZQILhFSo8LBd6OC0b_YVgoaPfsr4Qfzt4qGxhBMWpV7HlqEBKrivmnoEH-5SNkoI4by6DI8ejoKBfUARvytV-BBSHTEMrQHnMSFzip-HK6A=w640-h640" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="background-color: white;"><p>This is my painting of <i>Lailah, Angel of Conception, Angel of Night</i>, oil on canvas over panel, 36 x 24 in. currently at Vashon Center for the Arts Gallery on Vashon Island WA.</p>Angels are typically considered genderless, but Lailah is described as feminine in Midrash (commentary on Hebrew scriptures, attached to biblical text). In this tradition, she teaches the unborn spirt the Torah before birth and provides each a candle so that it can see its path in the world to come. In the moment that the spirt is born to this world, Lailah blows out the candle and strikes the child’s upper lip, causing the new babe to forget everything, but leaving the indention we all have above our upper lips. This is said to be the physical reminder of original knowledge and prompt to unlearn our way back to God.</span><br style="background-color: white;" /><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">I was unfamiliar with this story until researching angel mythology, but it called to mind that experience we all have, at least while young, of knowing something rather than learning something. A gift that might be explained genetically or spiritually, your innate gift.</span></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Lailah is just one of my new works about Angel Mythology on canvas and on paper exhibiting in the Notable Collection at Vashon Center for the Arts. Click on <a href="https://my.matterport.com/show/?m=w51nfbcM7cT" target="_blank">Notable Collection</a> for a fly through of the show. All work is available online through July at <a href="https://gallery.vashoncenterforthearts.org/event-works.php?eventId=16723&event=The+Notable+Collection+2022" target="_blank">Vashon Center for the Arts Gallery.</a></span></p>Brian Fisherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03933292443643343756noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5996032944125183849.post-11120538445966169872022-01-04T16:44:00.002-08:002022-01-04T16:53:11.934-08:00Haniel, Angel of Joy<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjj8rGk0UdSrWDhE3tW8fyYGuMMFCuVZYLDv03RSSpyWvXewOrVXlNwCdv3bkHMt29E-jxodWmsDF-EEdAx343r9Klb4mbyayIdb0Mwk1xYTdaLdq4Ww6DrhPrFbJWuixLykIACcKRm-05ENSlKscHN406o4L5ElR4mqjtXC0uZw_usG0k94m6cL8a1jg=s1783" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1783" data-original-width="1194" height="791" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjj8rGk0UdSrWDhE3tW8fyYGuMMFCuVZYLDv03RSSpyWvXewOrVXlNwCdv3bkHMt29E-jxodWmsDF-EEdAx343r9Klb4mbyayIdb0Mwk1xYTdaLdq4Ww6DrhPrFbJWuixLykIACcKRm-05ENSlKscHN406o4L5ElR4mqjtXC0uZw_usG0k94m6cL8a1jg=w530-h791" width="530" /></a></div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" /><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-size: 14px;"><b>Haniel, Angel of Joy </b>is said to hold the keys to the palaces of heaven and appears in Genesis and The Book of Enoch, part of the Jewish and Christian Apocrypha, where he transports Enoch from earth to heaven as a living man. My painting of Haniel and all the Angel paintings and prints I've made in 2021, are inspired by Italian Renaissance artist Fra Angelico’s Angel paintings. His "Technicolor” depictions of angel wings intrigue me.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-size: 14px;">I am delighted that Haniel has already sold to a friend and patron but you can still see Haniel on exhibit at Vashon Center for the Arts Gallery Jan 7-30, 2022, where you will also view work by Notable Collection artists; Victoria Adams, Morgan Brig, Brian Fisher, Pam Ingalls, Kristen Reitz-Green, Cathy Sarkowsky, and Erin Shulz. You can also see work online at <a href="https://gallery.vashoncenterforthearts.org/event-works.php?eventId=16723&event=The+Notable+Collection+2022&duration=January+7%2C+2022+-+January+30%2C+2022&page=2" target="_blank">VCA's Notable Collection</a> now thru April 2022.</span></span><br style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-family: -apple-system, "system-ui", "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><p></p>Brian Fisherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03933292443643343756noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5996032944125183849.post-56231709708598777502021-12-31T18:42:00.002-08:002022-01-04T16:51:53.666-08:00Notable Show 2022<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi3Rh-oQVQ0lkvoNjmtZBx-NUlS6Wo-gUxh7ermDlx0Nn3aOq0ufHzrFzWjnl39nDK3kx8lF1DQi1sEXgjbYoZ2S6S0oCYmMGqej79CZ6rws5_cTjyMds-tOktzNdLCguch9VM7W0hPntD4GNvXIPbftID1HtDlXG-akbk6ErHnWf3XZ05HX6LtNnElJQ=s2337" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2337" data-original-width="2337" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi3Rh-oQVQ0lkvoNjmtZBx-NUlS6Wo-gUxh7ermDlx0Nn3aOq0ufHzrFzWjnl39nDK3kx8lF1DQi1sEXgjbYoZ2S6S0oCYmMGqej79CZ6rws5_cTjyMds-tOktzNdLCguch9VM7W0hPntD4GNvXIPbftID1HtDlXG-akbk6ErHnWf3XZ05HX6LtNnElJQ=w640-h640" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /><span face="-apple-system, "system-ui", "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white;">The <a href="https://gallery.vashoncenterforthearts.org/">2022 Notable Show at Vashon Center for the Arts Gallery</a> opens Jan. 7.</span><span face="-apple-system, "system-ui", "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white;"> I've been working on angel myth as subject in paintings and monotype prints since early 2021. It's so satisfying to see work finally coming together. Michael, Angel of Strength, shown here, is the last of four oil paintings on canvas over panel for the exhibit. </span><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">My inspiration for these paintings and prints are Italian</span><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Renaissance</span><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>artist<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span><span>Fra Angelico’s “Technicolor” angel winged paintings of Gabriel, the Angel of the Annunciation and my sincere curiosity about the human need for answers and </span><span>explanations</span><span>. </span></span><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> </span></span><span><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Our love of the evolving narrative always intrigues me</span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 11pt;">!</span></span></div><p></p><div><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 11pt;"><br /></span></div><p><span face="-apple-system, "system-ui", "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-size: 14px;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><br /><p></p>Brian Fisherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03933292443643343756noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5996032944125183849.post-88461102131219707772021-11-27T16:27:00.000-08:002021-11-27T16:27:33.026-08:00Art by Appointment<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgISRsQffSODFNtS0PwHkdbyezC6oOqrwlVbt-zaLTpZYU7EbnezXwyYWk57OlXUtyC7rMlR_AIfnXLZ_WuOzax9-Z8NyU1G8ez5jJeyeCHjwMISpfKxxu2FnuhGtLUZ-56nPGLoDsyt5pf/s1050/Brian+Fisher+ABP.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1050" data-original-width="1050" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgISRsQffSODFNtS0PwHkdbyezC6oOqrwlVbt-zaLTpZYU7EbnezXwyYWk57OlXUtyC7rMlR_AIfnXLZ_WuOzax9-Z8NyU1G8ez5jJeyeCHjwMISpfKxxu2FnuhGtLUZ-56nPGLoDsyt5pf/w640-h640/Brian+Fisher+ABP.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><i><b>Missing Holiday Art Studio Tour?</b></i> You can shop Brian Fisher Art Studio by scheduling a visit! VIVA, Vashon Island Visual Artists, the organization responsible for Art Tour, created <i><b>Art by Appointment</b></i> so that you can safely connect with (more than 70) participating island artists. So, don't be shy, make your appointment today! Contact: Brian@BrianFisherArt.com Link here, <a href="https://vivartists.com/viva/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/LINKS-Art-by-Appointment.pdf">Art by Appointment</a>, for all participating artists and their contact information. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">All COVID protocols observed for mutual safety.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: 17px;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: 17px;"><br /></span></span></span></div><p></p>Brian Fisherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03933292443643343756noreply@blogger.com0