Sunday 3 May 2015

Martha's Tibetan Clouds

I love Tibetan clouds- the artistic patterns- I search for Asian cloud shapes in Asian art in the places I have lived and visited many times in the past 25 years:

My SIngapore / Linda Xuereb book


This is a sketch up of a painting that I was working on for the Singapore 50th anniversary this year for a group show. The idea plays off the 'city in a garden' to which Singapore is to be. I added a map of the island in the background with the drawing on translucent paper above. I am glad that I experimented with this to observe the restrictions of these materials. The transparency material does buckle and paint does not adhere so well. Overall, I am happy with the results. I also included the painting for the group show created over the winter break (shown below).

 

Saturday 2 May 2015

Childhood Memories in Heather R's book: A lovely ending to a lovely exchange

Heather Rodocker's theme was "Childhood Memories." I let myself relive one for a few hours and doodled with the tools of my youth---just markers and colored pencils. It was lovely to remember a time when I never asked myself, "Does this look good?" "Was this worth my time?" It was an especially fabulous way to end the exchange. I am so grateful for permission to play!