two cats drawn photorealistically surrounded by Japanese calligraphy

“This Too Shall Pass”

Mayuko Ono Gray

Exhibit Dates: March 11 - April 12, 2024

Opening Reception Tues. March 12, 5-6:30 P.M.

“Path So Far” Artist Slide Show Presentation, Joppa Hall room J-115, 1-2 P.M.

Image Titled: Title: 目に入れてもいたくない_Eye Candy, 41" x 70", Graphite on paper, 2022

Experience the captivating fusion of Japanese and American influences as each composition illustrates the intermingling of the perpetual energies of atoms and the invisible omnipresent energies of the soul and spirit. The artist’s images are composed of hatching, cross-hatching, stippling marks with graphite pencils with various erasers used to create detailed white strokes.

For more on the artist please visit her website at: https://www.mayukoonogray.com/

Graphite drawing of the artist's face peering out at the viewer from behind a white grid, with Japanese calligraphy flowing around the composition in front of the grid.

かたちあるものいつかこわれる_41, 90”x83”, 2020, Graphite on paper, $11,500

Large graphite drawing of woman with black & white cat staring up at her, surrounded by Japanese calligraphy and small bubbles

かたちあるものいつかこわれる_42 (80" x 53" / 203.2 cm x 134.6 cm) Graphite on paper 2021-02 (2-19-21) $8,500

Graphite drawing of a young woman laying with a black and white cat wrapped in her arms above her head. The composition is also flooded with Japanese calligraphy and bubbles

かわいさあまってにくさ百倍_Annoyed Cat (59" x 41" / 104.14 cm x 149.86 cm) Graphite on paper, 2022-4 (3-15-22) $5,500

Graphite drawing of the artist at 42 years of age with Japanese calligraphy and bubbles circling her. Missing squares representing Post-It Notes are drawn to appear to have falling off the image.

形あるものいつかこわれる_Beginning, 2022 (111" x 78" / 282 cm x 198 cm) Graphite on paper 2022-01 (1-4-22) $11,500

Graphite drawing of a black & white, ear-tipped cat with Japanese calligraphy surrounding his tail and looping around his body.

見て分からんものは聞いても分からん_Bubbles 63" x 123" (160 cm x 312.4 cm) Graphite on paper 2021-4 (4-17-21) $11,500

Graphite drawing of a white patched tabby cat on a desk back-lite by a wall lamp and horizontal blinds. On the right side of the desk sits a plant wrapped in Japanese calligraphy that reaches across the page to envelope the cat as well.

かたちあるものいつかこわれる_A Cat in a Shadow, 39”x60”, 2018, Graphite on paper, $3,500

Graphite drawing of a white & grey tabby-patched cat laying amongst feathers and Japanese calligraphy

目に入れてもいたくない_Cat with Feather, 41”x61”, 2020, Graphite on paper, $6,500

Graphite drawing of a white and grey cat behind a white & grey grid, with Japanese calligraphy flowing in a "U" shape around and through the grid.

目に入れてもいたくない_Cutie Pie, 42”x41”, 2020, Graphite on paper, $3,000

Graphite drawing of a sleeping white & grey cat behind a white grid with a bright burst of bubble shaped light in the foreground and Japanese calligraphy running down the right side of the image and through the light burst.

知らぬが花_Emily, 41”x58”, 2020, Graphite on paper, $6000

Graphite drawing of a cat asleep on a couch seen through a grid composed of circular shapes.

目に入れても痛くない_Mommy’s Baby, 41”x82”, 2020, Graphite on paper, $5000

Highly detailed graphite drawing of a large still life composed of crystal and glass bottles, plates and jars with Japanese calligraphy and bubbles intertwined throughout the composition

Pulsating Still Life_Composition in Clear, 41.5”x59.5”, 2021, Graphite on paper, $5,500

Graphite drawing of a cluster of mums resting on a wooden tabletop next to a "photograph" of a cat. In the middle ground is a white grid. Japanese calligraphy flows around the image filling the foreground, middle and background of the composition.

知らぬが花_Silence is the Flower, 58”x71”, 2020, Graphite on paper, $8,500

Graphite drawing of two cats, a white & grey to the left, sitting looking out at the viewer, a black and white laying to the right, shaded slightly. Coursing through the center of the image are bubbles and Japanese calligraphy

目に入れてもいたくない_Eye Candy, 41.25”x70”, 2022, Graphite on paper, $5,500