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Monday, April 27, 2015

Maryland's first lady Yumi Hogan, a sumi ink artist, takes us inside her studio

The hiss of highway traffic seeps into Yumi Hogan's fourth-floor classroom through windows, muffling a fluttery recording of Asian music.

For an instant, the room feels empty, every desk abandoned.

About 20 students with swooshes of hair and skinny jeans cluster silently around Mrs. Hogan's workbench. They watch her dab her brush, load it with ink, then scroll on paper.

"You don't have to use the water too much today," she says. This is a lesson in rock landscapes. "Use the dry brush."

They return to their desks, and Mrs. Hogan wanders from one end of the room to the other. She puts her hand on a young man's shoulder and mimes the brushstroke in the air.

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5 comments:

Anonymous said...

What a classy lady! Too bad Moochella did not have one ounce of class to her name!

JoeAlbero said...

I have personally been moderating comments all morning and I have to say, some of you are the most racist, hateful people I have ever seen.

I have personally met Mrs. Hogan and I have to say, she, (and her children) are some of the kindest people you'd be LUCKY enough in life to meet.

I have rejected a LOT of comments on this article from racist hateful people that have ZERO class. Of course each and every one of them are anonymous but remember one thing, karma is a real bitch and it will come back on you.

Anonymous said...

What do these people have against Asians? I've always known them to be very intelligent and respectful.

Anonymous said...

Hate appears to be the "IN" thing. You cant sprinkle gas on a fire and then wonder why it grows...

Anonymous said...

Mrs. Hogan is definitely a lady with class and very intelligent. On the other hand, our "first lady" is another story.