Harumi's Room

大きくなってきたウィリー/bigger willie

2009-03-21T08:26:00.002-04:00

Finally he is getting bigger. His ball's are big and mark everywhere when we walk.
But he is still my little baby. we'll cut his ball soon.

やっとだいぶおっきくなってきたウィリー。体もおっきくなってきたけど玉も。。。歩くときにはオシっこしまくりです。。もう赤ちゃんではないんだろうな。そのうち去勢する予定です。

I'm just so in love

2008-11-19T19:54:00.003-05:00

Tommy thinks he looks like a bat

He always wants to touch me even when he is sleeping.

see how little he is.

willie bark

2008-11-19T19:46:00.004-05:00

He can't bark well yet. so cute...

my new baby

2008-11-14T17:55:00.004-05:00

I love him. even he is running around with shoe right now.
Tommy want to name him MIlton. My choice is Willie or Koji.

dinner one day

2008-11-14T17:24:00.001-05:00

紫蘇、 Shiso, Japanese mint

2008-09-27T14:20:00.004-04:00

I love love love this plant! finally started to grow! can't wait to eat it.

in my class

2008-09-13T13:47:00.002-04:00

line project excursus.

tommy

2008-09-13T13:45:00.000-04:00

my first review

2008-07-19T17:33:00.000-04:00

http://www.broward.org/arts/cq_online/html/harumi_abe.html

"artist's Disney land" Do you remember this isabel?

recent

2008-07-05T19:50:00.002-04:00

june-hospital visits and mangos.

banana & deck

2008-05-28T13:13:00.003-04:00

先週は一週間くらいかけて庭のデックを大きくしました。トミーの仕事が終わってから、６時から８時くらいまで、毎日コツコツやってできあがり！１２月２７日にうちで、トミーの妹メアリーの結婚式をするのにもかねて、庭の改造です。
last week, we made deck bigger. Everyday, we worked after tommy's work (6-8pm)
Mary and josh will be marry at our back yard, so this would be perfect!

あとついに、バナナの花が咲きました。きれい！
and finally banana flowered. beautiful!

oh and also, I moved in to Art Center SF. My new studio is at 924 lincol rd #110. I have made some paintings, but I don't really like it, so I won't show, but soon I will post some image of studio.

24 hour

2008-04-23T16:15:00.002-04:00

this was homework assignment to document 24 hours.
２４時間のドキュメンタリーみたいな感じのビデオです。私の生活の一部がある意味見えるかな？

24

MFA show

2008-03-26T16:32:00.006-04:00

gallery view.

Here are some close up.

“….the room will need to be imagined
by someone, perhaps some me
walking away now, who comes alive…”
Stephen Dunn, from The Room

Art exists right under the nose.
It resides in my everyday experiences:
In my husband’s sleepy smile,
In the reassuring clutter of my house,
laundry gathering on the bedroom floor,
a mountain of junk mail,
a greeting from my cat at the door.
¬
These paintings are filled with imaginary spaces constructed from discarded family photo albums and my imagination. Living rooms are resurrected, rearranged, reinvented and derived from a faded wallpapered past that never happened. The pictures hint at situations that could be both imagined or real thus, giving a new life to lost memories and new interpretations through the meditative process of painting.

Harumi Abe 2008

卒展

2008-02-28T22:36:00.001-05:00

宣伝です。commercial.
Master of Fine Arts の生徒の卒業展がFrost Art Museum (PC 110)であります。
MFA exhibit is coming soon!
featuring works by
参加者は
Harumi Abe
Angelica Clyman
Chaitra Garrick
Fred Karrenberg
Maria Lino
Dan Mintz　です。

オープニングレセプションは、３月１４日７時から１０時。
３月２６日７時から９時にはツアーがあります。
展示自体は３月１４日から４月１２日までやってます。是非来てください。

Opening Reception
March 14 2008 7-10PM

see you there!!!

accident

2008-02-02T20:28:00.000-05:00

it happens sometime, but we saved him.

一年ぶり

2007-12-30T13:22:00.000-05:00

去年もらった蘭がやっと咲きました。
これは今年もらった蘭です。

学校の教授から盆栽ももらいました。日本の木らしいけど、何の木なんだろう？

meri-curi (merry christmas in Japanese slang)

2007-12-27T21:04:00.000-05:00

Tommy gave me a lots of expensive christmas present this year.

One of them was a new camera! Canon Power shot SD 1000 7.1 mega pixels!!! My old panasonic camera was 3 mega pix, so it is big upgrade for me.

This camera has lots of feature (took me a while to figure out...) I didn't have before.

for example, close up.

トミーにたくさん高いクリスマスプレゼントをもらった。デジカメとIpodと携帯。

で、この新しいカメラ前のやつに比べて性能がものすごくいい！マクロ設定もあって、こんな写真が撮れる

and I can even take Peggy picture.

We had little party and we cook ham and trifle.

クリスマスの夜にはちょっとしたパーティもしました。ハニーベイクハムとトライフルを作りました。未だに残りもの毎日食べてます。

and one of my present to tommy. can you see the yamaca?

で、私からトミーへのプレゼントはユダヤ教のキッパーっていう帽子。（冗談です）

他にも洋服と靴などをあげました。

メリクリ。

some paintings

2007-12-18T16:35:00.000-05:00

I've been wanted to make a painting of tile, so I did.

do you remember painting I made for mmas? this is the painting from the sketch.

did I post this image on this blog? I forget...

I made a different version of this painting for Chris once. This is the biggest of this group 3'x4'.

This is the newest of this group. Inspired by a photo album of some stranger Peggy bought from Swap Shop.

tommy gets hurt

2007-11-25T22:51:00.001-05:00

He fell at boat yard and put his hand on propeller of boat. I was having little snack at Versaille with french girls, so I couldn't drive him nor did his co-workers. He drove him self to emergency. He said he almost fainted on the way...
I finally got there and saw him get stiched up. I always thought I was ok at looking at blood, but this surgery almost made me throw up. He had little piece of dead meat and doctor needed to cut with scissor. Doctor put too little anesthesia, so Tommy was with pain. It was only 6 stiches, but looked very paint ful. no fishing and no basket ball for a while and I have to wipe his butt :)

btw, I was so ready to document surgery, but doctor stoped me. too bad, but you don't wanna see it either.

everglades and french days

2007-11-25T22:45:00.000-05:00

FIU have 5 french exchange student from Nante France. Isabel family, maria and I took them to everglades on Saturday.
We took air boat ride and saw pig, turtle and of course aligators.

great art

2007-11-09T18:28:00.000-05:00

I read in Japanese news. 500 students from culinary institute made this chocolate glove. Chocolate melts in 34c-40c degree which is dangerous tampature for earth. They thought it will give attention for people to think about global warming.
I thought it was such a good art, but news did not inform the piece as art.

9 to 5

2007-11-01T17:58:00.000-04:00

I just wanted to promote Tommy's blog 9-5
Please visit from the link on the right side of my blog.

トミーがブログロ始めました。仕事についてのブログです。英語で書いてあるけど、写真見れるから見てね。
９to5っていうブログです。（朝９時から５時まで働いているってるっていう意味）

Poetics of Space

2007-10-28T11:43:00.000-04:00

I am reading Poetics of space by Gaston Bachelard. I read only first chapter so far, but It is amazing book. I love it so much. He talks about house, intimacy of a house and its memory and daydream. In one part he wrote about smell. "its unique smell, which is the signature of intimacy."
I had his writing in my head all day. I was daydreaming of past and childhood memories. I made coffee and it started rain out side. so I went out just look at my orchid. (They are like my children now I like to look at them and see if they are drinking water) and then I came back in to my house. There was the odor I smelt before in my kitchen. I thought very hard where I smelt this before and figure out that it was inside of my first Enlgish school that I used to go after school in next station from my house. The school had real American teacher not Japanese person who spoke English and it was my first direct encounter to American people.
Now I live in America and I am making smell that I thought of America when I was child. I thought it was interesting.

Japanese night

2007-10-20T15:52:00.000-04:00

ミクシィのLet's Go Miamiのオフ会に先々週いってきました。久しぶりに日本語で話して楽しかった。

I changed my blog into Japanese setting, so my mom can understand. I thin the comment section is still in Enlgish, so it should be no problem.

MMAS

2007-10-17T11:28:00.001-04:00

I am making couple small works for MMAS. It's oil on paper.

fence

2007-09-26T21:53:00.000-04:00

this is how I finished. what do you think?

harumiabe.com

2007-09-13T22:09:00.000-04:00

I finally was able to update my homepage.
please take a look and let me know what you think. I will start puting my painting up as soon as I find time.

thanks to Erika. so happy yeah.

http://www.harumiabe.com/

three bad asses

2007-09-11T21:07:00.000-04:00

Mimi, me and isabel wore Yukata at Art opening night. We looks so cool, but I was hot (temperture).
I wish there are more occasion to wear Kimono, but it gets too much attention from people.

2007-09-05T21:02:00.000-04:00

these are almost finished. need last few touches...

Japan trip 2007

2007-08-25T13:14:00.001-04:00

We went to Japan for 2 weeks. Here is highlight of trip.
The first day, we went to Roppongi to meet up with my artist friend. We found this crazy fruit store at Mid-town. They sell grapes for more than $100 and some peaches are $200... It looks great, but I wonder who actually buy them.

This is my mom's new little car. This is called "kei size" Kei means light, but tommy thought this was K-size. He was wondering if there is L or M size...

The black thing is called Ohagi. It is sticky rice covered by sweet beans. It is tradition to eat during Obon period. Obon is a Buddhist ceremony that we invite ancestor’s sprit to come home.

and this is Kobe beef tataki from restaurant "garari". very good.

This is an advertisement for host bar. As far as I know Japanese rich? girls go there and drink and flirt with these boys. If I ever go to bar to flirt, I don't wanna sit next to these girly boys. I have hard time believing some Japanese boy being straight.

This is tommy playing Pachinko. We didn't win any money this time.

This is Soba restaurant near Ochanomizu called "Yabusoba" They have been in business since Edo period (1603-1868)
There soba is amazing!!!

I fixed

2007-08-25T13:10:00.000-04:00

I forgot to put up on this blog, but I fixed my jellyfish painting. I will take better image some other time.
but for now this is what I have.

just so I can remember

2007-07-05T13:53:00.000-04:00

雨の降り出す直前
雷神様の怒濤の声
風に誘われて踊りだす木々
トカゲの巡査たち。
コーヒーとハーフ＆ハーフの混ざり合う瞬間ような空気の中。
木々のざわめきは水の恵を讃えてのことなのだろうか。

A Moment before rain start,
Raging billows voice of Thunder God
Dancing trees seduced by wind
Patrolling Lizard,
In the Air of coffee and hall & hall mixing around
Is this tree choir singing a song to praise water?

observe observe observe…

Black, white and red feathered roosters swimming a clear rapid water way to catch some light blue fishes using his beak and crawl.
The transparent colored feather was so beautiful not be able to push out of my mind.
Roosters you don’t fly or swim.
Did you wanted your dreams to come true at least in my dream?

New images

2007-06-11T13:20:00.000-04:00

san fransisco trip

2007-05-26T16:38:00.000-04:00

We went to San Fransisco for weekend. It was amazing short trip.
I forgot how nice to hang out with Tommy's family.
Alice is very cute as usual and fun to be around. She knew some English word that I didn't know. genius 2 and half year old kid.
The most memorable experience was bike ride. Tommy, Mary. Jimmy, Milton, Abner, Sam and I ride bike and went every where. It was like Nolan bike gang. We also went to (geeky) Makers fair too. I saw sooooo many cute things and cool things.

night picture

2007-03-29T21:28:00.000-04:00

I drive a lot everyday. I see a lots of house with light almost welcoming home in night time. I imagine of being home from my car. and that's my imagination in painting.

Movie Stills

2007-03-29T21:17:00.000-04:00

They are all Oil on Canvas 5" x 7"

new works

2007-02-20T23:34:00.000-05:00

Acrylic and Oil on Canvas, 5' x 7' 2006
I showed this painting at Monster show and Art Miami. This was the biggest painting I made in 2006 and barely fit in my car. After making this painting I started working on smaller works.

This is about 9x10 I forgot how big it is right now. but I stared to work on Acrylic. Acrylic are very quick and not smelly, so it'st good for pumping up works.

I am also working on series of redneck painting which will be exhibited at Dorsch in March. I am planing to make painting like those painting above for a show at Tachmes gallery in April. too many deadlines.

a thought

2007-02-20T23:22:00.000-05:00

I have been forgetting to update this site for a while.
I was in NYC last week for College Art Association Conference. Eventhough I signed up for the conference I sat on only one lecture, but it was one of most memorable experience from the trip. It was Studio Art Open Session about Meanings and Functions of Narrative Painting. One of the reason for listening the lecture was because Eric Fischl's presense, but some thing happen to him and he did not show up. I was very disappointed, but last spoks person, Beverly McIver completely shocked me with surprise. I have never heard any artist talking baout their work and almost made me cry. It was fucking deep shit!

wakeboarding holiday2

2007-01-03T12:01:00.000-05:00

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tommy (my voice in this video sounds funny...)

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milton

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christmas holiday pictures

2007-01-02T13:01:00.000-05:00

These are fishing trip picture. We went to Everglades Holiday Park with Sam, Milton Tommy, and me.
we cought only tiny baby fish, but it was fun.

We had accidental party at my house. We totally did not plan this, but it was lots of fun.

and ofcorse we hang out with alice a lot.

and here is alice's princess papa :)

謹賀新年

2007-01-02T12:50:00.000-05:00

明けまして御目出度うございます。
今年もみんなにとっていい年でありますように。

psここで書くことじゃないかもしれないけど、えみと、ひでかずに書いたeメールが届かないで帰ってきちゃったみたいです。なんでだろう？？

2006 Art Basel time and shows I am involved

2006-12-01T09:17:00.000-05:00

"Kunst Motel Show" Opening: December 7th Thursday 6:30 PM to 11PM
510 NE 62 St Miami, FL 33138
Featuring artists:
Steve Forero-Paz, Mark Osterman, Juan Mavarro, Juliana Baker, Peggy Levison Nolan, Silvla Ros, Daniel Gorostiaga, Gina Wouters, Gary Fonseca, Orlen, Juan Griego, Fernando Galzadilla, Becky Flowers, Harumi Abe, and more.

"Monster Show" http://monstershowmiami.blogspot.com/
Opening Reception December 7th Thursday 8PM-12PM
Featuring Artists: Harumi Abe, Drew Curtis, Mike Diana, Jordan massengale, Isabel Moros-Rigau, Peggy Levison Nolan, Carlos Rigau, and Kathleen Staples.
Performance Function by Circustancias Del Catapla & Juan Pablo
223 NE 27 Street Miami FL 33137

"Right Place" Art Works by Lotus Hosue Artists
Opening Receptin December 7th 2006 6PM-10PM
223 NE 27 Street Miami, FL 33137

LOTUS HOUSE is a transitional housing and resource center for homeless and distressed women in Overtown. Lotus House which is a Women’s Fund grantee partner, allows guests to live rent free for up to a year until they find permanent housing. Equipped with a communal kitchen, computer center and courtyard, Lotus House is a holistic healing environment surrounded by lush greenery that includes tropical gardens and fruit trees.

"Master's Mystery Art Show" http://homepage.mac.com/mastersmystery/Personal53.html
Opening Reception: December 6th Wednesday 7:00 PM-Midnight
Ritz Carlton Hotel 1 Lincoln Rd Miami Beach, FL 33139

the eight

2006-11-04T10:22:00.000-05:00

Next Saturday 11th. First and sescond year grad students are having group show at Atlas Plaza.
Atlas Plaza is at 130 NE 40th Street, Miami, FL 33137
I will be showing 30 little paintings which are not published on this blog. please come if you are in Miami.
the eight members are
Angelica Clyman, Chaitra Garrick, Jacquelinee Gopie, Fred karrenberg, Maria Lino, Sabrina Pena, John Sanchez and me.

Can you see similarity???

2006-10-17T22:38:00.000-04:00

yes I will fix this sometime. I just can't find enough time to paint.

I fish one day is 36 hour. I need more time.

月光仮面fishing

2006-10-08T11:35:00.000-04:00

Friday. 金曜日。釣りに行ってきた。went fishing.
everglades. エバーグレイズ。

tommy caught a fish first. medium size fishy.

I was too hot and didn't want to fish, but I put this mask and started.

then, I caught a Big fish!!

It's jsut nice to be in nature too. I had great day.

おたまじゃくし/tadpole

2006-09-30T10:52:00.000-04:00

new work. I might still change the 2nd figure coz she looks little scary.

New new new statement. this is it!!!

2006-09-30T00:24:00.000-04:00

Art exists right under the nose.
It resides in my everyday experiences;
swimming in the ocean of my bed sheets, soft from many washings, looking into my husband’s sleepy face in the morning,
greetings from a cat at my front door.
This series of work addresses a reverie of the ordinary:
self-portraits reflecting my most tranquil and sublime state of mind.

new work

2006-09-25T11:18:00.000-04:00

wakeboarding weekend

2006-09-18T20:38:00.000-04:00

Get this video and more at MySpace.com

Sunday, tommy, mikey and I went to wakeboard at south lake. (it's not lake but it's calls lake)
I did amazingly good this time. My goal of the day was to go out side of wake and come back in. and I did it twice! I wish I have a video of it. Next time I wanna jump or something.
wakeboarding is fun!

大漁

2006-09-09T10:37:00.000-04:00

we went to fishing last night (sept. 8th) My grouper was few inch small to take home, but we took the one tommy cought. and it was our dinner. yammy. After the grouper I cought narse shark and couple other fishes. It was great fishing day.

Pump it up

2006-09-02T09:30:00.000-04:00

Get this video and more at MySpace.com
(Video by Kenneth Cohen)
school stared, I am very pumped up and I wanna paint! paint paint paint!

Earnest and Katrina

2006-08-30T11:46:00.000-04:00

August 28 2005, Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans. Tropical storm Earnest hit Miami on almost year anniversary. Earnest was surprisingly weak storm despite all the media's freak out. Storm is right above my house now, but it just looks like normal bad weather. Good thing, but I wanted to go to school.

Last night we watched Spike Lee's "When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts." The movie was little too long and I ended up fell sleep in act VI with help of wine drinking. It was very well made documentary. Documentary is always one person's view of certain event and I am sure this is Spike Lee's view of Katrina. I am aware that there is a danger to believe everything in it. But men, it was great. In half way, Tommy questions why they just stand there and wait for bus? How come they don't start walking? Right away they show comment of couple that attempt to walk out of city. The freaking Policemen blocked the bridge to get out the town! I couldn't believe what I was hearing.

I think New Orleans is one of town (maybe only) in America with such a strong base of CULTURE. America is very young country and does not have too much deep culture. I don't know that much of it, but they have their own music and food unlike any other place. I just can’t understand those American politics. 9/11, Iraq, and this. Every single one of defense is felling. When did this country become so stupid??
I hope I don't get in trouble writting this here...

departure and sawing machine

2006-08-27T11:34:00.000-04:00

This is story of yesterday. I learned to make french bread from Peggy. It came out really really good.
But this morning I found my bread covered with ants.... Fucking ants ate my bread....

back to last night, Pip and Duane had show at Deluxe art. It was pretty good show. Duane made sawing machine instrument. I think this is one of his best art piece I ever seen. The show was well lit all together and art works were very shining. Also there was perfomance. I was taking picture too much to carefully listen the sound. second piece was nicer sound.
it was very fun night.
It was also last night before Carlos is elaving to NYC. I hope for best.

New Artist statement.

2006-08-23T16:11:00.000-04:00

My old statement was:

For me art is right under our noses. It’s normal everyday stuff, like brushing your teeth in the morning, or feeling good when your feet reach the cold part of bed sheets. Art that has had the most affect on me has come from a very ordinary kind of place. In my search for a way to live and make art I have been using the tools of painting my daily habits to construct a map, to guide me, and maybe others to better quality of life.

But I though it doesn't apply to my new works. The other day lots of people helped me making new statement for my series of works.It goes:

This series of works address a reverie of the ordinary. My paintings do not hold any world changing views nor are they politically opinionate. It is self-portrait reflecting my state of mind, a tranquil gaze, or a sublime moment.

I like this new one.

New York ニューヨーク

2006-08-23T14:57:00.000-04:00

Here we go Meesimo picture from NY :)

So we went to NYC. I don't know why, but recently I've been scared to fly. so as soon as we got airport, I had long island ice tea. Probably it's the influence of massmedia.
Anyway, our goal for this trip was eat, relax, and see some art. and I think we accomplished all.

We went MET, MoMA, and PS1. I was disapointed with PS1. They had huge rooms full of abstruct crapy painting and also some crazy sex works. Photos like fist in pu$%y or a guy blowing himself... A girl peeing in sculpture was cool.
As far as art piece, I liked Jan Van Eyke's "the crucifixion and the last judgment"was amazing! I think the Jesus or God? looks Asian in the picture.

And food, my favorite place is

Sobaya

This is tuna wraped around tofu skin (yuba) with guacamole
and This is the Soba I ate.

and This is firm tofu with edamame souse.

Looks good isn't it??

The anniversary night, we went to a restaurant

Megu

As you can see it is very fansy Japanese restaurant. They have Kobe Beef on hot rock etc. Waiter took us to seat next to a big group of family. Tommy looked over and it was Will Smith and Jada Pinkett and their family. I thought of asking them "yo will are you gonna be next Basquiat?" but instead I asked waiter to change a seat. Our table was too war a way wach other and I couldn't consentrate eating next to millionares. well, the food was not as good as it's priced anyway. Oh but when they were leaving Will Smith winked at us, so I waved my hand.... yes. call me a dork.

Anyway, we had wonderful time. Hotel we stay was amazing, and I hang out with Tommy 3 whole day alone without anyone disturbing. now I am little sad getting back to normal day. I can't wait for next vacacion....

Anniversary trip

2006-08-18T10:40:00.000-04:00

This Sunday is me and tommy's wedding anniersary. I can't believe it's been 2 years already. so.. we are going to NYC.
I'm gonna difinitaly go see art, eat good food, buy some books and maybe some cloth and stuff, and do some stuff.... very excited.
yay NY. yay NY.

New years in 2006

2006-08-12T11:58:00.000-04:00

This painting was experiment of combining embroidery. The image was from new years in Japan. My family wanted to have little ceremony, so we all dressed up.

selfportrait 6

2006-08-12T11:51:00.000-04:00

selfportrait 5

2006-08-12T11:50:00.000-04:00

selfportrait 4

2006-08-12T11:49:00.000-04:00

In this painting I push myself to put more Japaneseness into the painting.

selfportrait 3

2006-08-12T11:46:00.000-04:00

54"x36" oil on canvas

self portrait 2

2006-08-12T11:41:00.000-04:00

so here is the second one I made of the series. 40"x40" oil on Canvas

selfportrait1

2006-08-12T11:02:00.000-04:00

This is "selfportrait 1" size is 36x48 oil on canvas It is the first painting of the series I've been working on.