LAURIS PHILLIPS SUMI-E
Since 2016 I have spent hundreds of hours observing and photographing the Greater Sandhill Cranes on their courting and nesting ground at the Modoc National Wildlife Refuge.
The paintings in this gallery were all inspired by those photos and made with either Japanese sumi ink or with handmade watercolors from materials sourced from the Refuge. My brushes are handmade from animal fur and my pens from goose quills.
A portion of sales from this work will go to the preservation of habitat for this threatened population. Please inquire on my Contact page.
sumi with badger brush on gampi paper / 25 x 19
sumi with badger brush on gampi paper / 16x13
sumi with badger and rabbit brushes / 13x20
sumi with badger and rabbit brushes on kozo paper / 27 x 15
handmade watercolor from silt with badger brush / 14x12
Sumi with goose quill pen 13x13
sumi with badger brush on kozo paper / 30 x 21
handmade watercolor from goose eggshell and charcoal
with badger brush / 18 x 23
sumi with badger brush on gampi paper / 19 x 25
sumi with rabbit brush on gampi paper
18 x 22
sumi with badger brush on gampi paper / 13 x 39
sumi with rabbit brush on gampi paper / 13 x 39
sumi with cow parsnip pen and rabbit brush on gampi paper / 13 x 39
sumi with rabbit brush on gampi paper / 13 x 39
sumi with rabbit brush on gampi paper / 13 x 39
sumi with badger and rabbit brushes on gampi paper / 19 x 25
sumi with badger brush on gampi paper / 10 x 12
sumi with badger and rabbit brushes / 19x25
sumi with weasel brush / 18 x 26
handmade watercolor from charcoal with badger brush / 20 x 17
handmade watercolor from charcoal with badger brush / 19 x 27
handmade charcoal-watercolor with badger brush
handmade charcoal-watercolor with badger and mole brushes / 18x26
In August, this suite of Native California Lilies was included in an invitational show called FLOWERS at Piante Gallery in Eureka, California.
sumi and colored gampi paper with handmade badger brush
13 x 13
sumi and colored gampi paper with handmade badger brush
13 x 13
sumi and colored gampi paper with handmade badger brush
13 x 13
sumi and colored gampi paper with handmade badger brush
13 x 13
sumi and colored gampi paper with handmade badger brush
13 x 13
sumi and colored gampi paper with handmade badger brush
13 x 13
DESERT ESSENCE was a benefit show for ANZA-BORREGO FOUNDATION.
DESERT ESSENCE was the fruition of an informal Artist's Residency in Anza-Borrego Desert State Park. An exhibit of 7 paintings of flowers, jackrabbits and desert ram's horns, in pigments gathered in the desert adjacent to the Park, with brushes made from local animal fur; it was Anza-Borrego painted with Anza-Borrego. It opened October 10, 2015 at the Borrego Art Institute in Borrego Springs, Ca.
Sumi and handmade desert-pigment watercolor, with handmade Jackrabbit brushes, 13 x 16 in
Desert charcoal watercolor with handmade Coyote brush, 22 x 38 in
Sumi with handmade Coyote & Jackrabbit brushes, 15 x 19 in
Sumi and watercolor with handmade Coyote & Jackrabbit brushes, 15 x 19 in
Sumi with handmade Coyote & Jackrabbit brushes, 18 x 13 in
Sumi and handmade desert-pigment watercolor, with handmade Jackrabbit brushes, 13 x 16 in
made during Artist's Residency at Anza-Borrego State Park, April 2015
Sumi and handmade desert-pigment watercolor, with handmade Jackrabbit brushes, 16 x 13 in
sumi & watercolor with handmade raccoon brush, 18 x 22 in
sumi & watercolor, 27 x 14 in
27 x 14 in
with handmade raccoon brush, 14 x 24 in
sumi & watercolor, 13 x 18 in
with handmade raccoon brush, 18 x 22 in
sumi & watercolor with handmade coyote brush, 13 x 18 in
sumi & watercolor, 13 x 18 in
sumi & watercolor, 25 x 17 in
with handmade raccoon brush, including silk border 18 x 18
sumi & watercolor, 8 x 8 in
with handmade raccoon brush, 13 x 13 in
handmade raccoon brush 13 x 14 in
with handmade grey-squirrel brush, 11 x 9 in
with handmade grey-squirrel brush, 27 x 18 in
with handmade grey-squirrel brush, 27 x 18 in
18 x 13 in
with handmade raccoon brush, including silk border 33 x 85
Calligraphy by Shaku Daijo
Shaku Daijo was priest of Daishu-in West Rinzai Zen Temple, in Northern California.
A portion of the sale of this folding, framed screen will go to Daishu-in West, with much gratitude for collaboration and teaching.
sumi with handmade raccoon brush, 21 x 14 in
with handmade raccoon brush, 14 x 20 in
with handmade raccoon brush, 14 x 27
with handmade raccoon brush, 14 x 13 in
Indigo watercolor, with handmade grey-squirrel brush, 13 x 54 in
Indigo watercolor with a handmade grey-squirrel brush, 36 x 27 in
Indigo watercolor with a handmade grey-squirrel brush, 27 x 18 in
Indigo watercolor, with handmade grey-squirrel brush, 13 x 54 in
Indigo watercolor, with handmade grey-squirrel brush, 13 x 54 in
digital print on silk, 78 x 30 in
Calligraphy by Shaku Daijo:
"There is nowhere to look for them,
the traces a bird leaves in the sky"
with handmade weasel brush on green paper, 22 x 13 in
with handmade weasel brush, 22 x 13 in
with handmade weasel brush, 8 x 8.5 in
with handmade weasel brush, 9 x 10.5 in
with handmade weasel brush, 18 x 13 in
with handmade weasel brush, 12 x 11 in
with handmade weasel brush on green paper, 18 x 13 in
