Some more of that

Some more of that (HD) from mirena rhee on Vimeo.

Rough cut: The making of Open States

Open States - Earthquake, drawing work in progress from mirena rhee on Vimeo.

Rough cut of the making of my latest painting dealing with the disaster in Japan: Open States - Earthquake, 30 x 40 inches, pen and ink on paper. The painting is the first in a series prompted by my dream about an earthquake, a dream I had about 48 hours before the earthquake in Japan struck.

Hand Painted oceand and fruit - animated collage of pen and ink drawings

Hand Painted Ocean and Fruit from mirena rhee on Vimeo.

Intent sometimes takes years to grow - you have a vision in your head but it may take years for it to become optically evident. In the commercial world intent is focused on a product but in art, luckily, intent grows together with the artist realizing that intent. There is a flow to this process, an easy state.

This is a piece about a queue of vague thoughts, gestures, earlier work and some paintings at the Rubin museum of art in New York. It is also about conversations and acts of confession from other artists. Whenever I draw or work on my computer I mostly watch hands theater, it is an endless act of creation and an act of war.

Hand Painted Ocean and Fruit is an animated collage of pen and ink drawings, painted and created by Mirena Rhee. Music by Al Dimeola, John Mclaughlin & Paco Delucia - Azzura.

Drawing the line

Drawing the line in HD from mirena rhee on Vimeo.

Working line by line is a meditative process. Every line grows the work and the artist a little. The next line drawn is not always the most perfect but, cumulatively, the craftsmanship develops and the connection with the work increases.