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Frogs, Sumi-e, Japanese style ink painting in color
In Zen art there are so many pictures of frogs, partly because the sitting frog looks like a person sitting in Zazen posture. Sengai, the great Japanese Zen artist, said that �if all there was to spiritual attainment was sitting contentedly and naturally, then frogs would themselves be enlightened Buddhas.�

Ellen Miffitt brings over forty years of artistic experience in the arts to her personal expression and art instruction. Growing up in rural Connecticut kept her close to the earth and nature. When ten years old, “paint by number” kit for a Christmas present started her art career. By mixing the paint and straying outside of the lines, she made that numbered canvas her own. While in high school she was encouraged by an aunt who dabbled in the arts to pursue developing her talent. After moving to the Pacific Northwest, she started painting sumi-e in January of 2002 with Fumiko Kimura and registered “Nine Lives Studio” in Oct of 2002. “As an artist I am constantly involved with that process of transformation: spirit to image on paper,...