"HOW ART THOU?"

" Pink Lady" Pastel 24"H x 22"W

I love to work with pastels. Actually I love to work with all mediums, but I do have a special feeling for using pastels to make an image come to life. To me, using pastels is like the best of drawing. I can draw and blend soft chalk to create my ideas. I can use my fingers as a blending tool to soften my visual thoughts. Anything I can use my hands on, I enjoy. I love to sculpt in clay for this very reason. The other mediums, oil, watercolor, and acrylic are wonderfully stimulating too, however, I must use a brush to create my thoughts with these instruments. Clay as well and pastel and other drawing materials are direct, brain/eye/hand contact. Creating life without the aid of a sperm donor. So, here is “Pink Lady”. A grown up gal who is flirting with you. “Would you like to play with my mice?”, she asks?

2012 December/January - Unitarian Church of Long Beach - Long Beach, CA. 2012 December - Metro Art Gallery - Pomona, CA.

2012/13 - American Airlines Admirals Club Premium Lounge/Miami, Fl. 2012 Dec. - Red Dot Art Expo - Miami, Fl. 2012 Oct. - “Celebration of the Arts” - Lake Placid, N.Y. Art Expo 2012 Sept. - Affordable Art Expo 2012 Oct/Nov – “Angeles & Demons” On-line exhibition 2012 Sept. – Detroit - Billboard Art Project folks - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-mMHD6FYOk&list=UUmVsJp7-w- n6vj3QALtdqcg&index=1&feature=plcp 2012 Sept. – Affordable Art Expo 2012 Sept. “Pop Up Show” The Market @ Roger Smith Hotel, NY, N.Y. 2012 August/Sept. - St. Johns Art Wall Project - http://www.stjonsartwal.com/share. Php?id=357 2012 August - Dec. - Baltimore, MD Office of Promotion and the Arts - Baltimore Light Pole Banner Program - www.brittenbanners.com

2012 October - “41st Brand Works On Paper” - Juried by Bonese Collins Turner/Artist Burbank, CA. 2012 October - Naming Ceremony Gallery Presents “Angeles & Demons” Magazine Publication and On-Line Gallery. 2012 Sept./Oct. - “Where I Live” - Linus Gallery - On Line & physical gallery in Pasadena, CA., Juried by Linnea Lenkus/Gallery Owner - www.linusgallery.com 2012 Aug/Sept. - “Freedom” - Linus Gallery - On Line and Physical Gallery in Pasadena, CA. Juried by Linnea Lenkus/Gallery Owner - www.linusgallery.com 2012 Aug/Sept. “Edges & Curves - Close Your Eyes” Juried by Haggus Society - L.A., CA. 2012 Aug/Sept. - “Lines, Marks, Graffiti”, Juried by Gregorio Luke/Artist - Long Beach Arts - Long Beach, CA. 2012 Aug/Sept. - “Night Of A Hundred Angels” - Juried by Cat Griest/Gallery Owner - Whelan Galleries - La Jolla, CA. 2012 Aug/Sept. - “Athenaeum - 21st Annual Juried Exhibition - Juried by Ben Strauss- Malcolm, Director Quint Gallery and Jill Dawsey Assoc. Curator/Moca-San Diego, CA. - La Jolla, CA.

2012 December/January - Unitarian Church of Long Beach - Long Beach, CA. 2012 December - Metro Art Gallery - Pomona, CA. 2013 Warscapes.com – “The Magazine – Warscapes” April Cover. 2012 Sept/Oct Issue - Art & Beyond Publications – Online Issue - www.artandbeyondpublicationds.co/online_mag/2012/09 2012 Naming Ceremony Gallery Presents “Angeles & Demons” Artists Portfolio Magazine Publication and On-Line Gallery. 2012 “Everything Is Art” – Special Edition – Fall/2012

Those of you who would like to see my other struggles with creating my thoughts into tangible ideas can do so by visiting my website, www.artbyione.com,

I create art because I must. It is a necessary extension of my life. It identifies and substantiates my existence. It is my profile and my legacy. I want to intrigue and entertain. I want to initiate wonder and questions. I want to communicate my thoughts, dreams and desires. Most of all, I want to be. - Ione Citrin

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