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Artists For Japan Seattle Show and Fundraiser at Kobo

March 21, 2011 by Iskra 1 Comment

FallingCircle
Falling Circle, charcoal dust and water, © Iskra Johnson

I will be participating this weekend in an art sale to benefit relief efforts in Japan. Artists For Japan has been organized by a number of Seattle artists with connections to Japan. All artwork, paintings, drawings, calligraphy, sumi-e, ceramics, jewelry, sculpture, prints and more has been donated. No commissions are being paid, and all the hard costs for the event have been donated. All proceeds will go to the Red Cross.

The sale is being held at Kobo at Higo, a remarkable and historic gallery space in Seattle’s International District. You can read about the history of Higo and why it is such an important part of the community here.

The piece I am donating is from Drawings in Dust II, and is created with powdered pigment and water on paper. You can see more in the series in the post below.

Hope to see you this weekend!

Saturday March 26, 12pm – 8pm
Sunday, March 27, 12pm – 5 pm
KOBO at HIGO
604 South Jackson Street
Seattle, WA 98104
(206) 381-3000

Filed Under: Current Affairs, Drawing Tagged With: Artists for Japan, Iskra drawings in dust, Kobo at Higo, powdered pigment, relief efforts for Japan quake, Seattle artists for Japan

The Beloved Cosmos

April 14, 2010 by Iskra Leave a Comment

cosmos and bee drawing by Iskra
The Beloved Cosmos. Mixed media drawing © Iskra Johnson

The Cosmos is your basic “how to draw a flower-flower” with an upgrade. It has the round dot in the middle and the cheerfully radiating petals, but it has a subversive magic. Left to its own devices in a parking strip the stalks will grow five or six feet tall, their feathery leaves creating a diffuse haze that looks like smoke. The shade of pink transcends all others except perhaps the pink of sunset: it’s the good pink. I made this drawing the other day after studying the first one to bloom in my April garden. It’s good to see a bee show up and follow directions. Something is working in this world.

Filed Under: Drawing, The Garden Tagged With: artist garden, cosmos, drawings of flowers, flower and bee, flower drawing, mixed media drawing

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