Featured Artist Gini Chin
Self-portrait by Gini Chin
Gini Chin lives in Portland, Oregon with her boxer/mastiff rescue dog, Minnow. She enjoys paddle boarding, cooking, writing, and making art. She has a BA from the University of Oregon with a major in graphic design and a minor in French.
Gini’s had a marvelously varied career that included owning a wine bar in a small coastal town in Washington, and enucleating eyes (removing them from donors) for the Lion’s Eye bank. Currently, Gini provides canine acupressure and pet-sitting (Jing! Go Walking)—when she isn’t creating art or writing novels, memoirs, and short stories, that is.
Gini’s art credits include:
Member of Gallery 114
Represented by Mark Woolley Gallery in Portland
Reviews in The Oregonian and Artweek magazine
From The Oregonian: Gini Chin’s “works meld two mysterious worlds, on the one side math and science, while on the other side sexuality and nature. [Chin’s] ‘Suggestive Series’ is everything an art lover could want in a gallery show . . . .” Jeff Jahn, Visual Arts
From Artweek: “Gini Chin addresses the mystery of death and suggests the strange possibility of further transformation beyond death . . . . The objects . . . convey a sense of irrepressible vitality. . . . [There are] manifestations of a larger, spiritual energy in life.” Isaac Peterson, Volume 32 Issue 11.
A sample of Gini Chin art. If you’d like to see more, or commission a piece,
reach Gini at GiniChin@gmail.com.
You can find some of her wonderful, Thurber-esque greeting cards from GiniChinDesignStudio on Etsy including this drawing of Minnow (looking skeptical, as the title suggests). Gini generously loaned us this drawing to illustrate The Kids Are Alright, in What the Dogs Know. (Read Chapter Six to find out more . . .)
“Skeptical Minnow” by Gini Chin
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“And now for something completely different” (Monty Python fans, unite!):
Love sriracha sauce? Contribute to Gini’s newest book project at: http://www.srirachadoodles.com/
Those of us who know Gini’s writing are impatiently waiting for her to find a publisher for her novel The Beautiful Abyss.
After discovering the shocking truth behind her sexless marriage, Niki flies to Europe to take stock and decide what to do. There, she has a passionate affair with Thof, a gorgeous Greek man who opens her world to the passion and mystery she’s been craving. But it turns out Thof has secrets, too — he’s a shapeshifter. There’s something more he’s hiding, and it looks like Niki’s life is about to get even more complicated.
Gini likes to have a little fun with her art,
and Minnow graciously assists.
Minnow with a Pearl Earring,
Che “the Minnow” Guevara
Minnow’s Mother
Move over famous paintings and photos!
Gini’s art features in What the Dogs Know:
“The Kids Are Alright” - Chapter Six
Hospitality - Chapter Fourteen
