Featured Artist Gini Chin

Written By Shari Lane

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.

Gini designs spectacular book covers and equally spectacular video trailers for book launches (check out her work here: www.spot312.com). She is currently writing a memoir, and a sequel to The Beautiful Abyss.

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 work
on Instagram at @gini_chin_designs
and on her website www.ginichin.com

Gini generously loaned us this drawing to illustrate the chapter
The Kids Are Alright in What the Dogs Know.

“Skeptical Minnow” by Gini Chin
2022 All Rights Reserved

Find Gini’s page-turner novel
The Beautiful Abyss
on Amazon in paperback, Kindle, and audio format!

 

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 featured in What the Dogs Know:

  • “The Kids Are Alright” - Chapter Six

  • Hospitality - Chapter Fourteen

As mentioned above, Gini also makes fabulous book covers and promo videos.
Check out the promo video for Two Over Easy All Day Long

Shari Lane

I’ve been a lawyer, board president, preschool teacher and middle school teacher, friend, spouse, mother, and now grandmother, but one thing has never changed: from the time I could hold a pencil, I’ve been a writer of stories, a spinner of tales - often involving dragons (literal or metaphorical). I believe we are here to care for each other and this earth. Most of all, I believe in kindness and laughter. (And music and good books, and time spent with children and dogs. And chocolate.)

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