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Alejandro Bertolo
AFC (WNAG)
Animals & plants through Japanese style painting |
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Alejandro Bertolo The word "Nihon-ga" (litterally Japanese painting) designates in general the schools of painting established in Japan as far back as the 8th Century. All of them use as media ink(sumi), mineral pigments (iwa-enogu), ground-shell white (gofun), gold and silver leaf; as well as hand-made paper or silk as support materials.
There are two major branches in "Nihon-ga": The essencially monochrome ink painting, spontaneous and calligraphic (suiboku and Zen painting) and the derived from "Yamato-e", that uses colour. In both forms, the most important job of the artist consists in rendering the essence of the chosen subject, be it an animal, a tree or a flower. The rules of composition and perspective are completely different from Western-style art. The result is a more spiritual and suggestive approach to art, where the empty space is just as important as the painted subject.
Alejandro Bertolo has pledged his support to "Fundacion Vida Silvestre Argentina", an NGO devoted to conservation of species and natural habitats of Argentina.
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Gosshawk
(2006)
Gosshawk in an purple magnolia tree
145 x 155 x 2.5 (centimeters)
Sumi and pigments on Japanese mashi paper
Original Available
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Gowana
(2005)
Australian Gowana, sketched from life on Lizard Is., Great Barrier Reef
12 x 52
Sumi and pigments on Japanese mashi paper
Original Available
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Alejandro Bertolo
c/o Alejandro Bertolo
50 Murray St. #1301
New York, NY
USA 10007
Tel: (212) 962-5425
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Email: aabertolo@yahoo.com
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All rights reserved. All images and text © Copyright 2008 Alejandro Bertolo - Member of the Artists for Conservation Foundation (Formerly
the Worldwide Nature Artists Group) www.natureartists.com.
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