Daybreak!

It feels like not so long ago when I was sitting in class in my neatly tied up pigtails learning about the 18th and 19th century, and I imagined how it would feel to be a part of the 21st century which at that point in time seemed so far far away; almost like a whole new era....

But before I knew it not only did I waltz into Y2K, but I even watched a whole decade fly by. WOW! That makes me feel pretty nostalgic!

Hmm.. and what has all this to do with my creative side? - you should ask. Well, for those among you who did run that thought in your head, sorry to disappoint you, but there isn't much of a connection. Just a bunch of emotions the new year has thrown in.

Although, I admit, there are two obvious lessons learnt here: Lesson #1 - time flies, and Lesson #2 - "Little did she know (at that time)..." :-)

Hence, before time plays another trick on me ... it's time for me to get my work do the talking. I need to get the artist inside, outside (literally)!

The idea I share with you is an abstract one, different from what I have tried up untill now. I call it 'Daybreak' as it carries the vibrance from a sunny mix of colours and that coupled with the dry flowers giving the 3D effect brings out a warmth inspiring a different beginning... (I think I need to try out a couple more of these!!! This time with ornaments! what do you think??)

These different strokes does give me the confidence of continuing to attempt many more variations in my work.

Now, as a connoisseur of art that's what we all love to be a part of, don't we?  :-)

Tiger Tiger burning bright ....

It's been a while since I oiled my brushes and splashed some paint on to a canvas... What was more interesting was when I told a friend of mine, I've finally done up an interesting painting over the weekend, my friend said "Put it up on your blog; it's been a while since i checked it out"... and in my head I thought "Me too!".

So I'm done with my sabbatical and I've decided to get back at my favourite pastime; with a vengeance this time. Let's just say I've made my resolution a few days short of the new year. Hopefully before I break it I have a least a couple of ideas put up out here to save face!


My stenciled tiger has more work gone into it than what you would think. It originally was a scissor cutout on hand-paper that I picked up at an exhibition near my office. I got home happy with my purchase when my better half gave me this idea of translating it on to a big canvas. Initially I thought what's the big deal in that? Why waste such a huge canvas for a snipped tiger that doesn't even occupy the entire canvas? And not even get to use any of the primary colours- just black (eesh)!