Patrick G. posted an article on PaperCuts - Feb 8, 2012, 1:54 am
The biggest of all possible Thank you‘s goes out to Kris Kosaka of The Japan Times. I can’t remember being more at ease during an interview, or more pleased by the results of it. The fact that the article takes up the whole top half of a page isn’t such a bad surprise either. In the intervi...
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Patrick G. posted an article on PaperCuts - Jan 6, 2012, 6:29 am
size: 8 x 10 inches medium: cut paper on illustration board There was a time, eons upon eons ago, before the earth had fully cooled or I had graduated from junior high school, when I drew dragons. Daily. In math class. Typically surrounded by broken swords, shattered shields, and bristling w...
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Patrick G. posted an article on PaperCuts - Jan 4, 2012, 11:01 am
Happy New Year! After moving to Fukuoka, it took a little while for me to get my aging engine warmed up. Happily, that period seems to be sliding behind with the new year, and I am fully revved and roaring into 2012. We begin with the 2012 Cut Paper Art Calendar. It began its life as a project ...
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Patrick G. posted an article on PaperCuts - Dec 12, 2011, 7:46 am
... and mumbling and, finally, satisfying itself. It’s difficult not to associate the Futakuchi-onna with modern eating disorders and standards of beauty. Hunger-abstained bursts out from the flesh gibbering and gnawing – a metaphor for either the cause or the disease. All grabbing tentacle...
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Patrick G. posted an article on PaperCuts - Dec 5, 2011, 11:00 am
Thanks to all of the amazing people who backed the 2012 Cut Paper Art Calendar Campaign on Kickstarter.com! Because of your kind and generous support, the campaign was a success. Thus, with no further ado: Pre-Orders for the 2012 Cut Paper Art Calendar are now being taken. Of course, for tho...
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Patrick G. posted an article on PaperCuts - Nov 15, 2011, 10:11 am
2012年切絵カレンダーの販売を・・・・いつもと違うやり方で試み中！ 本当に販売できるかどうかは皆さんのご協力にかかっています。11月22日までに「キックスターター・ドットコム」という、こちらのサイトから事前注�...
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Patrick G. posted an article on PaperCuts - Nov 14, 2011, 10:36 am
Having lived with myself for as long as I can remember, I have to admit that, even to this day, I am constantly fascinated by the enigma that is myself. Then, on other days, I find myself about as exciting as dry toast. If you are also in this latter group and would prefer not to know anything mor...
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Patrick G. posted an article on PaperCuts - Nov 13, 2011, 7:34 am
For the first time since I turned fourteen, I am starring in a video. Unlike those videos of yore, there is no music, nor am I flailing away on old plastic barn-paint bins pretending I was playing the drums. Also unlike those ancient moving images, the modern variant is neither on VHS nor mortifyi...
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Patrick G. posted an article on PaperCuts - Nov 1, 2011, 12:31 pm
There’s a long, long, sometimes tedious story behind this post, and I still haven’t decided how much to tell, and which details will only bore the pants off of you. So, lets begin with the pizzaz! The 2012 Cut Paper Art Calendar is now available!…sort of. This year, I’m printing the calen...
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Patrick G. posted an article on PaperCuts - Oct 14, 2011, 3:28 am
When I was a youngun’, one of my favorite books was a simple, but effective little tale called something like “Good News Bad News”, which followed one young man as he went through a fairly rough day. First, he fell out of an airplane: bad news! Onto a haystack: good news! With a pitchfork ...
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Patrick G. posted an article on PaperCuts - Sep 22, 2011, 6:45 am
size: 8 1/2 x 14 3/4 inches medium: cut paper on wood Look, if you dare, into the mesmerizing, frosty gaze of Yuki-Onna, the winter woman, the temptress of the snows. Feel the chill creep up your shivering spine. You hands shake from the frozen air and the arctic fear. Will you go to her whe...
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Patrick G. posted an article on PaperCuts - Sep 11, 2011, 1:22 am
... paper on wood In sleep, we live strange and separate lives. In the case of Rokurokubi, that life happens to consist of short-range travel isolated northward of the shoulders. There are any number of ... of this yōkai. I’m partial to the ones where Rokurokubi is unaware of her supernatu...
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Patrick G. posted an article on PaperCuts - Aug 16, 2011, 11:36 am
I typically avoid the camera lens like a vampire does the mirror. It’s not that I’m particularly shy, or afraid that the flash will suck out my dark, dark soul (it’s safely embedded in an ever-more decrepit portrait in the attic). Rather, I’m always a little put off that the me in video an...
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Patrick G. posted an article on PaperCuts - Aug 11, 2011, 4:14 am
怪 is…are… um… Kai. The dictionary defines 怪 as suspicious, shady, implausible, and my absolute favorite word I’ve never heard before: shonk. But kanji characters aren’t so simple. Combine them with other kanji and you create new words, new realities. Like 怪獣 (Kaijyuu), great...
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Patrick G. posted an article on PaperCuts - Aug 1, 2011, 12:09 pm
Click the image above or here for the photo album. Living, as I do, in Japan, I often find myself explaining to friends and art lovers why I won’t be able to attend the opening of my international shows. I’ve joked that my artwork travels more than I do. Which it does. And to make matters wo...
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Patrick G. posted an article on PaperCuts - Jul 4, 2011, 5:54 am
There is a whole world of Cut Paper Art and artists out there, representing a vast array of styles, techniques, experiences and imagination. Beginning this July, Fujikawa Kirie Art Museum in Yamanashi Fujikawa Craft Park will be showcasing the breathtaking artwork of eight visionary cut paper kirie...
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Patrick G. posted an article on PaperCuts - Jun 1, 2011, 10:08 am
170 artists send 170 messages of hope and support to Japan. We are still finding it hard to fathom the repercussions of the earthquake, tsunami, and Nuclear crisis here in Japan. While the earth has greatly calmed down, we still feel the occasional and alarming rumble. Despite the disaster having...
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Patrick G. posted an article on PaperCuts - May 20, 2011, 7:08 am
Although I have never set foot in the western half of the United States, flipping through The Venice Art Walk and Auctions website has made me think that I’ve been denying myself something special. Not only does the art and architecture amaze, but the area itself looks breathtaking. These past f...
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Patrick G. posted an article on PaperCuts - Apr 11, 2011, 12:39 am
This may come as a shock, but I like paper. The textures, the colors, the patterns, feel and smell of it. It’s basic and primitive and one of the foundations upon which civilization is built. I’ve been cutting it into shapes and images for a bunch of years now, and I discover new ways to use ...
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Patrick G. posted an article on PaperCuts - Apr 5, 2011, 10:12 am
size: 8 x 10 inches medium: cut paper on wood If Thunder is a brooding mope with a tendency to fester, Wind is a bit of a dandy. He’s a powerful, blustery presence, but he spent so long picking out his outfit for this portrait that I fell asleep waiting. And don’t even ask how much time he...
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Patrick G. posted an article on PaperCuts - Mar 29, 2011, 12:13 pm
size: 8 x 10 inches medium: cut paper on wood Life in Tokyo is shambling in the general direction of normal. This is a good thing. Trying to carve a new routine out of this awkwardly balanced status quo is the challenge of the day. Thanks to all of my friends around the world who wrote, calle...
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Patrick G. posted an article on PaperCuts - Mar 15, 2011, 6:02 am
I imagine that everybody in the world knows about the horrific events that have been going on here in Japan. Before I talk about my own experiences, I urge you to donate anything you can to help the people who were hit hardest. My older brother works for an NGO which promotes Japan-US internationa...
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Patrick G. posted an article on PaperCuts - Mar 8, 2011, 7:39 am
Just off the plane from Verge Art Fair Brooklyn, Ginza Gallery G2 hosts verge RETURN. 14 visionary artists share their varied and spectacular creative spark. There’s even a touch of cut-paper, including a brand new, never-before seen piece. Heck, I barely saw it. Finished it and sprinted for t...
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Patrick G. posted an article on PaperCuts - Mar 2, 2011, 11:33 am
Here’s a last-minute announcement for those of you in the New York area: Verge Art Brooklyn. I’m a little embarrassed, as a born New Jerseyian, to admit that until this morning the only DUMBO I knew was the little elephant with ginormous flapping ears. And he’s adorable. But he’s not pert...
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Patrick G. posted an article on PaperCuts - Feb 28, 2011, 12:13 pm
size: 8 x 10 inches medium: cut paper on wood I was tasked, almost a year ago, with the daunting task of making the rabbit sexy. You see, my incomparable wife is a rabbit; or at least of the year of the Rabbit. Among a handful of other adjectives, “sexy” struck me as the least bunny-like. ...
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Patrick G. posted an article on PaperCuts - Feb 13, 2011, 9:26 am
Outside, Looking In and New Moon 2011 have opened in Venice, CA and New York, respectively. I’m told that both galleries were packed to the gills with impressive artworks and guests stopping by to drink them in. For those of you who, like me, have a couple of miles or an ocean separating you fro...
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Patrick G. posted an article on PaperCuts - Feb 7, 2011, 11:48 am
Announcing the West Coast festivities for International PaperCut’s Day: Outside, Looking In at C.A.V.E. Gallery in Venice, CA. And just like New Moon, the opening reception kicks down the door on February 11th. Outside, Looking In is a three-man show featuring a mix of highly stylized paintings ...
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Patrick G. posted an article on PaperCuts - Feb 3, 2011, 1:26 am
I am unilaterally declaring February 11th to be an international holiday. PaperCut’s day. Now, doesn’t that sound like the kind of holiday you want to jump right into? PaperCuts for everyone! Give ‘em to your sweetheart, your family, your kids! First up, it’s PaperCuts for New Yorkers....
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Patrick G. posted an article on PaperCuts - Dec 29, 2010, 4:46 am
Happy Holidays! and… Don’t Panic I’ll be fidgeting, fussing, and tweaking PaperCuts over the next couple days. After that, I plan on doing a refresh of the rest of my website too. If things look weird, I’m probably just testing something out, so please try to ignore it. If the blog expl...
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Patrick G. posted an article on PaperCuts - Dec 13, 2010, 10:47 am
This Summoning Wind blows into the shop today to stand proudly next to its partner “This Lightning Won’t Forge Itself”. Inspired by the Japanese deities and/or demons Raijin and Fujin, together, these two harness the wind, thunder, and lightning. Basically, all the stuff that make stormy nig...
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Patrick G. posted an article on PaperCuts - Nov 27, 2010, 2:19 am
The first new print of 2010, This Lightning Won’t Forge Itself has arced its way into the shop. Read about the original art here. “Lightning” is the first of three or four new prints debuting in the shop this holiday season. I bet, if you try real hard, you can guess what the next one will ...
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Patrick G. posted an article on PaperCuts - Nov 21, 2010, 10:08 pm
Not long ago, my friend, namesake, and fellow artist Patrik Washburn got in touch with me about a new charity project he was putting together called Holden’s Hope. Holden Thomas Underwood is a brave baby boy fighting Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia. While Holden’s predicament is a heartbreaking one...
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Patrick G. posted an article on PaperCuts - Nov 16, 2010, 11:07 pm
size: circumference – about 2.5m (about 8 feet 3 inches); diameter – 80cm (about 2 feet 7 inches) medium: cut paper, light (frame made of wood, line, wires, etc) The ghost parade was born from the lucky confluence of an urge and an event. The urge had been hanging around for ages, quietly po...
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Patrick G. posted an article on PaperCuts - Nov 4, 2010, 10:38 am
Click to see a bigger preview Featuring a slew of new, favorite and seasonally appropriate works, The 2011 Cut Paper Art Calendar is a feast for the eyes and the imagination. A new piece of beautifully reproduced cut-and-torn paper art welcomes you each month with a collage of fantastical imagery ...
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Patrick G. posted an article on PaperCuts - Nov 2, 2010, 10:56 am
I’m back in the US of A! Okay, I’m not. But my artwork will be, for the first time in what feels like ages. What’s especially gratifying about CUT IT UP! at Ann Street Gallery in Newburgh, NY is that the gallery is so close to where I grew up, and where my artwork got its start. I wish t...
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Patrick G. posted an article on PaperCuts - Oct 27, 2010, 10:51 am
★★日本語の詳細はこちらをご覧ください★★ My first solo cut paper art show Night of the Yokai – Patrick Gannonの摩訶不思議な切絵展」opened Monday, October 25, 2010 and I couldn’t be happier with the way everything turned out. Alot of folks have been asking me w...
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Patrick G. posted an article on PaperCuts - Oct 10, 2010, 12:25 pm
To celebrate our first solo cut-paper art show, we’re throwing a party, and we hope that all of you (and your friends and family) can join us! (日本語は英語の後に続きます） The festivities start at 7:00pm on October 30th, and include a few courses of food and an all-you-can-drink m...
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Patrick G. posted an article on PaperCuts - Oct 4, 2010, 10:37 am
★★日本語の詳細はこちらをご覧ください★★ Just in time for Halloween, we’re letting the yokai out to wander the streets and haunt the cafes of Azabujuban. Yokai are uniquely creepy, quirky beasts that roam the Japanese nights, frightening, tricking, and occasionally falling...
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Patrick G. posted an article on PaperCuts - Sep 25, 2010, 10:18 am
American Comics Exhibition 2010 ~Bad Guys~ from SuperVillain to Anti-hero crashes into Gallery Kopis tomorrow in a burst of fire and fury. You can find all of the pertinent details on The AmeComi Website, in English and Japanese. There are 15 artists in the show, and I can’t wait to see the vill...
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Patrick G. posted an article on PaperCuts - Sep 15, 2010, 12:04 pm
American Comics Exhibition 2010 ~Bad Guys~ from SuperVillain to Anti-hero is swooping into Gallery Kopis soon, seething with villainous rage and multi-hued spandex. I’ll have all the pertinent and evil information for you in the next couple days. But first, I wanted to share with all y’all mis...
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Patrick G. posted an article on PaperCuts - Aug 25, 2010, 10:52 pm
size: 7 7/8 x 11 15/16” (20 x 30cm) medium: cut paper on wood I’ve been too good. Giving up my seat on the train to old people, rescuing kittens from trees,putting a stop to the nefarious invasion plans of gooey alien races. And that was just this past week. I’m tired of it all. I need ...
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Patrick G. posted an article on PaperCuts - Aug 24, 2010, 11:19 am
I was pleased and surprised to find, amid the detritus of my emailbox, a very nice little note informing me that PaperCuts has been selected as one of BestBloggers Top 40 Modern Art Blogs. Neat, huh? Thanks go out to the kind soul who nominated this papery forum, as well as the BestBloggers folk...
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Patrick G. posted an article on PaperCuts - Aug 11, 2010, 12:21 pm
Something miraculous occurred on July 30, 2010, the final day of the 風雷貌 / A Wind-Swept and Thunderous Countenance show at Gallery G2 over in Ginza. I, for maybe the first time, remembered to bring my camera with me. I could have sworn I had it opening day. I even put the little guy in my b...
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