Older works

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to view my older works. Peace & Love.

Crushed. oil on gauze paper

Had the impulse to just paint with less control... blurred boundaries. 

But I realized now that I have a comfort zone that I stubbornly attached to. 

The colour red..... white.....and...... umber.........zzzzzzzzzz

SERIOUSLY??!!

I haven't notice it till now.

Right now I'm still stretching my under-painting manipulations which I enjoy tremendously... but unfortunately I'm developing a pattern on my palette. Which is NOT good. I should be pushing boundaries in every way possible. Ok next work... I will deal with colours that I hardly use. Maybe it'll develop an acquired taste... eeek

D'un Monde A L'autre by Karen Charmoille and Carine Juget

Karen Charmoille is a humorous and gracious French lady who trained under my studio partner Carolyn Law for a few years. She still frequents our studio ARThaus. Never would I figure that she would be an aspiring artist. Totally inspirational, Karen Charmoille is a passionate painter who fell in love with oil painting... and being French, from her experience working in the perfume industry, which is an art by itself, I could tell that it's in her "blood". From her works, I could tell that she is evolving from a classical painter to a more daring knife painting. Progress is always good and I salute her for her courageous en devour.

The title of the show means "Of a world to another" at Volvo showroom Singapore 7th June 2012, I can sense her capturing her experience from living abroad from her motherland and her travel wonders. Karen Charmoille is an inspiration to all amateur painters. Congratulations Karen!

My favorite work from her titled "Red Tiles" 

 Oh and that Carolyn Law (far right) my studio partner.

For art lessons, visit us as www.arthaus.com.sg

Brushing up my watercolor skills.....

Aaaahhh... watercolor. Pretty daunting medium to use. I still remember my first time attempting this medium. It was a still-life grapes based on a photo. And it sucked. Haha. Then I tried Milla Jovovich picture from 'Herworld' magazine. Didn't turn out bad but it wasn't excellent either.

Just relaxing and had the urge to lay my hands on watercolor again... these are based on photographs on some National Geographic magazines. Taking a break from oil painting...

Serene, tranquil, soft, gentle medium that can turn manic, moody and unpredictable in a blink of an eye... that's watercolor to me. But I love every minute of it.

Anyhoo... will continue practicing the "medium-with-the-mood swing". Let's see if I end up battered or victorious...

 

Livid Tinder Oil on Canvas 30x40 

Ok... shamelessly I wanna announce that this is one of my favorite. I layered a classical technique of the old masters over experimental under-painting to achieve a quite interesting translucent background layer. With added sgrafitto etching and expressive spread of whites, umbers and blues, the painting gives an uxexplained fleeting stillness and movement harmonious marriage... if that makes sense... hee. Cheers!

Oh anyways, certain alterations have been made to this work eventually. FYI. Just a tiny bit. :)