Gyotaki artist Patti Fielding is Artist of the Month during November and December

 

Coming into the Gallery on 11/23 (and running thru 12/30) is Artist-of-the-Month Patti Fielding! Fielding is a Gyotaku artist, practicing a Japanese technique developed in the 1800s by fishermen to record their catch. Raised by an artist mother, Patti put her lifelong interest in art into action after retiring from the business world. Six months after leaving the office, she was introduced to Gyotaku. Being an avid fisherman and lover of all aquatic life, she was “hooked”.  
Gyotaku translates to “fish rubbing”. It is a method of printmaking using fish, other sea creatures, shells, or leaves as “printing plates”. Patti follows methods used by Japanese fishermen who applied sumi ink to one side of a freshly caught fish, covered the fish with rice paper, and rubbed it lightly to create an exact image. See her work at the PCA from November 2025 through January 1, 2026. She will demonstrate her methods at the PCA on Sunday  November 30, 1 PM and Sunday December 7, 1 PM.

       Artist Reception, Sunday, November 23, 12-3pm

Gyotaku demo Sunday, November 30, 1pm

                                                                                Urauchi demo Sunday, December 7, 1pm