Exhibit: Art With Aloha
Jackie Pias Carlin: Art with Aloha Exhibit
Pias Carlin said, “This Art with Aloha exhibit represents years of my pursuance in art. I began my art career in the 1970s with candles, life drawing in charcoal and watercolors, plein air and still life in oils, pastels, residential and commercial fabric designing, weaving, and printing.
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She continued, “Mokuhanga-Japanese Woodblock Prints make up most of this exhibit due to a muscle memory I encountered after carving some motifs out of bamboo kitchen utensils for a kapa triptych presented in the “First Lady’s Inaugural Art Exhibition” held in 2021 at the Governor’s Mansion. My reflexes remembered how I loved creating woodblocks in the 70s. Mokuhanga combines sketching, tracing, carving each area of color on separate woodblocks, choosing handmade papers, and hand printing in reverse with precise registration. It takes organization, patience, and the ability to accept many errors. Each print is an original.”
