If only...

If only I have a chance..I would just leave my current ground, ..ground with too many politics, constraint and headache...I would love to just paint and paint..travel and paint again...no exam to sit, no superior to report to, no office politics to faced ....but its all about timing and the right option at the moment...one fine day I have to sit down and think carefully of this option....


The great Mexican artist Frida Kahlo said, "The only thing I know is that I paint because I need to..." Van Gogh put it this way, "The only time I feel alive is when I'm painting." To Russian painter Marc Chagall, art was a means to a higher end. "My hands were too soft..." he explained, "I had to find some special occupation, some kind of work that would not force me to turn away from the sky and the stars, that would allow me to discover the meaning of life."


this is the canvas of life.....

Some inspiration from Sg Janing in Kedah during my last visit


lovely combination of brown and black

Mural at Sepilok Orang Utan Rehab Centre


Lovely mural at the information centre

Pokok Nipah


I went back to Kedah last month and saw some nypa palm or pokok nipah ...maybe just 0.9% left ...

Art Journal

Last few week's page

Next page of this journal:

Cheap material from the store and a thick binded journal

Splashed the colours and paste some recycled paper and stuff with UHU stick, glue or masking tape...

Scribble on it....I'm counting days...few months to another big Day...not enough time...panic button

Progress of art journal - collage:

I saw a beautiful shiny moon last few days..and it inspired me..but what a night without other element..


so here were go...

medium: mix media with poster colour

New Beginning:

I just started with art jounaling since last few months..sometimes back in 2009..it all started when work load was not heavy like at this office...



I used mix media on a small journal with thick paper and poster colour, still experimenting..

Logo:


I'm currently working on something, and still at an early stage..and here are the logo, I have not finalized the design, but the theme is related to element that closed to my heart..

So I choosed this nipah tree as a trademark, and a river to balance it..a symbiosis..inter related..

What do you think..?

Digital art:



Things from the past came thru..nipah tree and jamban sungai....
nipah trees are an endangered species..the river used to be clear but now its muddy and water level was higher...

Medium: paint

Just an expression:

I was looking at the window and expecting some inspiration but nothing inspired me therefore my mind wondered and end up at the same dark zone like before, Gothic kind of stuff still linger...and 'Moon River' song plays in my head like a non stop radio without a deejay


My version of woods at night with full moon, the trees looks surreal..okay this is not an impressionist or nature kind of art...:-))..I don't want to think about logic and proportion

I like old trees with big trunk and spiral root sprawling everywhere clamping stones and whatever around them..survival

Sketches from the past: A post-mortem

I searched my parent's house and found back my old sketch book ..all these sketches were from 1995..its been 10 years and I still need more practice

The cover..handmade from thick hardboard and collage and touch up with coloured pencil

I like to draw this kind of Renaissance or any old European building, they have intricate detailing and ornaments..but this sketches shows my lack of composition, depth and detailing..how sad...

Old building by the river..same weakness...

Looking at this drawing I just wish that I have more time and passion to draw like before...with freedom


Still life - flowers ...coloured pencil:

Oh well...where are my art stuff...if only I could quit my job and concentrate on these thing...wishful thinking

Anger Management:

I felt angry and let it out in many ways..here is one of my channel..


anybody who read my other blog will understand the meaning of this sketch...

Sketches from Sabah trip

the aircraft wing

Abstract painting - acrylic


Its finally 80% done..acrylic on canvas...under the same series..need a bigger canvas for more exploration of idea...Nanyang here I come...

Art material from Nanyang:

Finally, I had a chance to visit Nanyang at Petaling Street with the help of GPS...but I had to made few rounds..lupa and terlepas jalan

Bought some materials at Nanyang Petaling Street..there are too many choices from canvas, acrylic paints..I bought 2 primed canvas with Galleria acrylic paint (Windsor & Newton)and brushes..synthetic.

Brochure of Galleria product...it feels like looking at cosmetic brochure ...hehehe

In progress - Crossing the River series..acrylic on canvas

Random Abstract Painting from hotels:

JW Marriot Putrajaya

JW Marriot Putrajaya is located adjacent to Palm Garden Hotel, IOI Resort..the have quite a number of paintings in this hotel, unfortunately the walkway towards the lobby were dark due to unknown reason and nobody can appreciate their wall deco.

I like this particular piece, the colour combination

Flash from my hp captured this artwork..

KL Hilton

Random artwork from KL Hilton's lobby: abstract painting, one of the artist is Awang Damit

Abstract painting

Art journal:

This is my saturday journal, the theme is gardening, we did some gardening with my kid, arranging the pots, mix the soil with fertilizer and bought new plants with colours to add 'soul' the mini garden...



it's kinda 'naive art'

Pencil Sketches:

I did some sketches with 2B pencil and artline pen 0.4 last month with a theme ' crossing the bridge'...just experimenting with idea first


inspired by the movement of water


crossing the a wodden bridge..shadows on water with dry leaves flowing

I think I'm going t use acrylic paint on canvas this time and the size would be 2'x2'..lets hope it will be done before end of this year

Art journal and reminder :

I just finished with this reminder which will be pasted on our door leading to the dry yard, our maid always have this bad habit of not closing the door at night. I thought why not making this as a piece of art rather than just a blank white paper with instruction.

I used left over stuff ..from old product catalgue to old letters, and make a collage

I purposely used this background to relate to the content of this reminder..

Art journal page

Art journal page for 09-09-09 on Wednesday..i even bought a newspaper for the sake of making a collage later today.

I need to be more expressive with the colour and arrangement of the collage..need canvas and acrylic paint as well...

Art Journal

I just started working on this art journal, a combination of collage and daily journal..this will also will be a documentation of love for the kids to inherit ...

I need more collage, coloured the paper first and then paste it on this journal


I think it needs more colour to make it bolder and outstanding..