Discover the world of Shibui!
Shibui Found Image Art begins with action art, then becomes found image art! It is a problem-solving art which helps us to heal mentally, physically, emotionally, and spiritually. It uses the commonality found within the Field Event Theory as it becomes what it will, abstract or the illusion of realism. It is highly successful regarding its creative process. It is unique and always fantastical, it’s always according to its creator. Its techniques are taught by Pejj Nunes, that others can instruct in Shibui, use it as a therapeutic tool or create their own brand of Shibui. Understanding the business end of art is vital to having success. Art is your own unique product. Make it good and it will sell at its own value. Make it interesting!
About Pejj Nunes
I have been an artist for over fifty years. In my early thirties I obtained my Bachelor of Fine Arts degree. 2002. I began developing Shibui Found Image Art in 2011. Simply creating it as original art and selling it. Its name comes from the reading of a book by May Sarton where she describes her fireplace mantal with a vase of flowers on it as being having shibui. Not an easy word to define. But I have found enough meaning and similarities in the word, that I feel it fits what I do. shibui is a Japanese word. One meaning is simply “cool!” Many things can be shibui. The clothes we wear, the room we are in, something we do I believe can also be shibui.
As I created Shibu, I found I need to develop the techniques I applied, even giving names and creating turns. This was necessary simply to have a dialog about it as an artform. People became interested, and so I began to teach it. I was curious about how it would work as an art therapy tool. It helped a number of new students, and me. I would learn it required problem solving my way forward with its foundations. Much to my surprise I found an explanation for what I was doing from my Art Theory class at USM where my professor, Philip Carlos Paratore had taught us via an instruction book he had published on what he called the Field Event Theory. This fit the criteria of Shibui Found Image Art Perfectly. I could now explain my process.
My goal had been a MA in Art Therapy, I lacked the experience of a residency with counseling experience. I preferred to develop an art therapy tool. Something to be self-taught. There has been a great deal of research regarding art therapy, neurobiology. regarding how the brain works, conscious thought, and the creative process. I run a Shibui group for instructors and new Shibuiest. Members of this group not local to me have moved on with their own brand of Shibui, or style of art form. I have started up a new studio after moving so to instruct online in the near future.
Instruction Labs for Shibui Found Image Art
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Management
I am the owner of Muddy Brook Cottage Studio
Training to be an instructor of Shibui Found Image Art (foundations and techniques, revenue stream set ups and business sense.)
To be announced once Studio is set up with web cam, mic, etc.
Support and be involved with SFIA Project 2025
If you wish to support or become involved with the Shibui Found Image Art Project for 2025 Let me know. Contact me at pejj2050@gmail.com
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