Thursday, September 2, 2010

Angkor in Arizona??

The title is a bit mixed-up, isn't it? Angkor Wat in Arizona?
Reason is that I loved the red, orange and yellow sunset hues of the Arizona desert, but to paint sad-looking measely cactus seems a bit pathetic. So I "imported" some Angkor temples into my Arizona sunset. Heheheh. This was just recently completed in August 2010.
What should I call this piece?


Red Sunset
OIL on CANVAS
Size = 2 pieces of ___ cm x ___ cm

My camera skills need a whole lot of improvement.... donno why the colours of the two paintings differ... must be the LIGHTING as one is hung in the East of the wall, and the other - the West! Nope. They are not together as seen here.

The Chinese T-Shirt!

Earlier this year, I had bought a Christie's Auction book on Chinese Imperial Costumes at a bazaar. I had found the colourful and intricate embroderies beautiful, and decided that I should paint one. When my boys saw my painting, they exclaimed "Hey! Mom's painted a Chinese T-Shirt", so this is what I have decided to call this piece. If I am not mistaken, painting was completed sometime in June 2010.


The Chinese T-Shirt
OIL on CANVAS
Size = TBA





I should have used a bigger piece of canvas, but was too lazy to go all the way to the Art Supply shop... GOSH! The traffic jam is enough to put me off from painting!