This week I’m conquering my fears and focusing on portraits so since I’m on a portrait roll, here’s another portrait reveal which I painted recently. I used my cousin as a practice subject and injected some old world Shanghai charm into it.
For me I’m treating my portraits like my other subjects, which is my way of visual story telling. I do spend a lot of time reflecting and talking to my art, it’s a personal conversation I have in my head that is then translated onto paper. Sometimes the translation works, sometimes it doesn’t but every piece is a step forward, ok sometimes sideways or backwards but always moving, always learning and growing. .
People tell me I’m a natural and I’m so good at art, no I’m not a natural and I’m not good at art, I’m just determined to follow a passion and put in the practice to get good at it. A good example is nobody was born naturally able to run or walk, you spent years practicing how to walk and then to run. How far and how fast you can then run depends on your passion.
Art is my passion and I will run a marathon for it.
Once upon a time in Shanghai…
Acrylic on paper
Size A4
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June 3, 2020 at 17:41
Omg but not serious then if they are just at home. Well they told you when they were better i assume 🙏 #heroes
June 3, 2020 at 17:40
Ya logically I know but coronavirus is not the root issue, its just triggered it. I will push through, just need to be aware of what’s going on before it’s too late 🙏
June 1, 2020 at 17:57
I just did. Astounding! A whole new (old) world opening up. What those images tell about the life then. Kam siah, peng yu. 🙏🏻
June 1, 2020 at 17:48
PS. Alexandra and her husband just confessed they caught the virus and so did Gonzalo. Helena who knows. So they all spent the past fortnight in quarantine at home. And everybody’s fine. (I mean it was very likely, exposed as they were)
June 1, 2020 at 17:40
I thought as much. Look, fear, as you know is always your strongest adversary. You’re young, not in the critical target group. You can only catch the virus by close human contact. Spittle basically. Use a mask, or keep your distance. The virus is “heavy”, doesn’t float in the air. It falls on the ground in less than one metre. Hence all the restrictions. The other only way to catch it is by touching a surface that’s contaminated. Bring a gel bottle and “clean your hands once you touch anything. And you’ll be fine. Go out. Re-discover the world.