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Gallery


The thing that makes an Inkslinger Original unique is the squiggly brush writing found somewhere in the art work. It is almost always English alphabet calligraphy which looks like Chinese or Japanese. Just like Asian scripts, it is read from top to bottom and right to left. 

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Drizapoem_large.jpg (27542 bytes)Drizapoem - "The man from snowy river" > Banjo Patterson. Inscribed onto a real size rice-paper Drizabone(tm), 1993

 

 

 

  opera_house.jpg (12423 bytes)"We Love the Opera House" (List of ten quotes describing the Opera House.) Ink on Paper, 55 x 80cm, 1992 

 

 

 

Andy's Gone.jpg (15712 bytes)Poem on six panels: "Andy's Gone with Cattle",  1993   Views Ayres.jpg (15195 bytes)"36 views of Ayres Rock" (After Hiroshige's 36 views of Mt. Fuji) Ink and watercolour on paper, A1 size, 1993
     
What does it all mean.jpg (11414 bytes)"What does it all mean", Ink and watercolour on paper, A3 size, 1993   Happy Day.jpg (11921 bytes)"Happy Day, Don't You?", Ink and watercolour on paper, A3 size, 1993
 
   

 

 
folding_flyscreen.jpg (11084 bytes)Folding Fly-screen. Quote is Australian advertising jingle "Louie the fly". Wood, washi, paper, ink & nylon mesh. 1993

 

  Carpe_diem.jpg (10694 bytes)Carpe Diem - Latin for "Seize the day". Silk scroll, 46 x 130cm, 1996

 

 

 

 

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soba__rice__tea.jpg (7729 bytes)Soba; Rice ball; Tea (Square, triangle, circle - the 3 perfect Zen enclosures) Panels of shoe cupboard doors designed to look like a folding screen. Sumiroku, Aoyama. 1998   Me_nashi.jpg (12214 bytes)Me Nashi (No Eyes) Merissa Dreaming, Handmade paper, 60 x 85cm, 1993

 

 

 

 
three lamps.jpg (12667 bytes)Three paper Lamps, 1994

 

 

 

  Enterprise.jpg (18091 bytes)"There's more enterprise in walking naked" > W. B. Yeats. Mounted on panel 52 x 73cm, 1997

 

 

 

 

Be What 7x.jpg (17214 bytes)"Be What You Would Seem To Be". Seven scrolls, each 90 x 100cm, silver & sumi ink on paper on black faux crocodile skin vinyl scrolls, 1998

 

 

 

  Sacred_cows.gif (5377 bytes)"Sacred cows make great hamburgers"  > Robert Reisner. Hari-e and ink mounted on panel 52 x 73cm, 1997
Eel a day.jpg (20712 bytes)"An eel a day keeps the doctor away"  > Japanese Midsummer proverb. Hari-e and ink mounted on panel 52 x 73cm, 1997   Not so Drunk.jpg (18641 bytes)"But I'm not so think as you drunk I am"  > Sir John Squires. Hari-e and ink mounted on panel 52 x 73cm, 1997

 

Exhibitions

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Solo Exhibitions - Merissa Walker

1993.7             Turning Over a New Leaf. Hanacho Ohanazaka, Umegaoka, Tokyo.

1993.10           Celebrate Australia - Homesick I. Kreisel Forum, Akasaka, Tokyo.

1993.11           Celebrate Australia - Homesick II. Wisma Gallery, Jingumae, Tokyo.

1995.11           Sho and Tell.  Gallery Kamigataginga, Osaka.

1995.12           Sho me the Way. Vision Network Gallery, Jingumae, Tokyo.

1996.12          Eat, Drink, and Inkslinger. Las Chicas, Jingumae, Tokyo.

1997.5             Alien Mentality. Michael Nagy Fine Art. Sydney, Australia.

1997.10          Sacred Cows Make Great Hamburgers. Gallery APJ. Harajuku, Tokyo.

1998.1            Be What You Would Seem To Be. Code Gallery. Shinjuku, Tokyo.

1998.6~          Sumiroku Restaurant (Permanent Collection)  Aoyama, Tokyo

 

Selected Group Shows

1994~7            The International Calligraphers Association Exhibition.  

                          Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Art. Ueno, Tokyo.

1994.10           Living With Wood. Odawara, Japan

1994.11           Recognizing The Republic. Michael Nagy Fine Art. Sydney, Australia.

1995.1             Kiki. Gallery Ku. Odawara, Japan.

1996.9             Message From The Forest. Odawara, Japan.

1996.8             300 Artists for Aids. (Charity Auction)

1997.10           Celtic Art Now. ASIZ Gallery. Aoyama, Tokyo.

1999.4            '99 Moolpha/Neowave. Doul Art Centre. Seoul, Korea.

1999.10          Art of Ink in America. JACCC Diozaki Gallery. Los Angeles, USA

2000.5            Art of Ink in America - 2000: International Contemporary Calligraphy

                        The Newark Museum. New York, USA

2000.10         Art of Ink in America - 2000: International Contemporary Calligraphy

                        National Taiwan Arts Education Institute. Taipei, Taiwan.

 

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