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Lhadrima: Part Four of a Painter’s Journey
Lion-headed Protector. © Cynthia Moku.
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By Cynthia Moku
Looking back once again to 1974 when I watched Glen Eddy demonstrate the technique of brush-line drawing, I saw that within this strict use of a very fine sable brush dipped in black ink, a different kind of freedom was being engaged. This insight was not something I had experienced in all the freewheeling, self-expressive, late sixties painting classes at the Institute, nor in the graphic training I had received at the Academy. Glen did not say anything about relaxed discipline and I certainly didn’t come up with those words at the time. That phrase was not in my vocabulary yet. Still, the direct experience of witnessing calm vibrant presence in the execution of an elegant brushstroke made a definitive impression in my mind. There was something familiar and fundamental to an artist’s life in these experiences. That haunting recognition compelled me to learn more about this art form, which up to that time had not impressed me. Continue…
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