{"product_id":"chinese-brush-painting-debra-di-blasi-9781086958546","title":"Chinese Brush Painting: Bees and Wasps","description":"\u003cp\u003eDebra Di Blasi's visual and multimedia art has been exhibited at museums, galleries, and universities, with illustrations and fine art published in books and journals. This is the fifth book in a series showcasing her nature watercolors with sumi ink. Debra began Chinese brush painting and ink drawing while living in Hong Kong and continues to practice Eastern painting and drawing methodologies as they intersect with Western art styles. Chinese influences include Zhao Shao'ang, Yang Shanshen, and other Asian artists whose work combines the immediacy of abstraction with representation. She uses a variety of brushes and papers, with a special fondness for raw mulberry paper, yuanshu bamboo fibers rice paper, and xuan rice paper of various weights and absorbencies. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs an art critic and contributing writer, Debra published articles and interviews for \u003ci\u003eThe Pitch\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSOMA\u003c\/i\u003e San Francisco arts magazine, and\u003ci\u003e The New Art Examiner\u003c\/i\u003e. She holds a BFA from Kansas City Art Institute, where she later taught literature and creative writing with emphasis on innovative and experimental forms. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShe is a former book publisher and currently an award-winning author of 13 books, including \u003ci\u003eBirth of Eros, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Jiri Chronicles\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eDrought \u0026amp; Say What You Like\u003c\/i\u003e which won the Thorpe Menn Literary Excellence Award. The short film based on \u003ci\u003eDrought, \u003c\/i\u003edirected by Lisa Moncure and cowritten by Moncure and Di Blasi, won a host of national and international awards, including Best Screenplay from Kansas City Film Jubilee, and was one of only six US films invited to the \u003ci\u003eUniverse Elle\u003c\/i\u003e section of the 2000 Cannes International Film Festival. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAmong her other awards are the 2019 C\u0026amp;R Press Nonfiction Award for her lyric memoir, \u003ci\u003eSelling the Farm: Descants from a Recollected Past\u003c\/i\u003e; a James C. McCormick Fiction Fellowship from Christopher Isherwood Foundation; \u003ci\u003eDiagram\u003c\/i\u003e Innovative Fiction Award; \u0026amp;NOW Award; and Kansas City Metropolitan Arts Council Inspiration Grant. Her writing is published in prominent literary journals and notable anthologies of innovative writing. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Debra Di Blasi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1086958543\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781086958546\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/01\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 114\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 11.00h x 8.50w x 0.30d","brand":"Debra Di Blasi","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46670497546495,"sku":"9781086958546","price":39.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_bc17086b-4f98-474d-ae99-15cc609b8b89.jpg?v=1741316938","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/chinese-brush-painting-debra-di-blasi-9781086958546","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}