Singapore Heritage Shophouse No. 98

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"Singapore Heritage Shophouse No. 98"
6x12 Oil on Panel
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This is another night scene from Emerald Hill, this time I was playing around with a slightly different cropping. I just love this house. One painting I really want to do (when I have time!) is of several of these Emerald Hill houses as one long painting. I think it would be really cool. Someday!

Today I am heading out to do some research - at Raffles Hotel. One of my commissions is of the Billiards room, which serves a fantastic weekend brunch and weekday lunch. I will be participating in the lunch today - all in the name of research, of course!

Singapore Heritage Shophouse No. 68

"Singapore Heritage Shophouse No. 68"
6x16 Oil on Panel
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This was the painting and post that Blogger devoured. It is of a row of houses in the Chinatown area, on the main drag. I think my favorite part about these houses is that I didn't make up any of the colors that they had on them. All five of them have a really wonderful red/green color scheme going on.

Beachin'

"Beachin'"
6x12 Oil on Panel
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I've taken a little break this week from the shophouses, and expanded into the rest of Southeast Asia. It is definitely a challenge, and the paintings are taking much longer than the little shophouse ones, but I also think that the quality is coming out very nicely. This is a fond memory from Koh Samui, an little tiny island in the middle of the South China Sea, off the east coast of Thailand. 

Also, Blogger seems to have eaten one of my posts, about which I apologize. I posted number 68, but then it never appeared on the blog or on my list of entries. It has disappeared somewhere, probably the same place that socks go when only one of a pair comes out of the dryer. Those gremlins are awful!

Singapore Heritage Shophouse No. 65

"Singapore Heritage Shophouse No. 65"
6x6 Oil on Panel
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This is one of my personal favorites in this whole series. There is a hawker/restaurant on a corner in Geylang (an area of Singapore that has an, um, colorful, reputation). None of the signs on this building have any English on them, and the upstairs is completely dark. But just in case you have any doubt about what they serve, they have this giant banner hanging up. Duck rice is actually a really tasty dish. Now, it of course won't compare to the braised duck I had when my uncle treated me to a dinner at Louis XVI in New Orleans, but for $5 you can get a very appetizing meal. One of the things I am always tickled about is how universal certain things are, like pantomime. Or giant banners with a duck on them.

In other news, I've been working hard on this blog and the website. I worked on a new layout and banner across the top of the blog, and the website is now being updated with all the current artwork for sale. Not as fun as painting, but definitely necessary!

Old School - Daily Painting #16

"Old School" 6x6 Oil on Panel Daily Painting click here to Purchase

I was starting to feel in a bit of a rut thanks to monsoon season.  Not rain, but monsoon season.  It started raining Friday night and hasn't stopped all day today (it is Monday afternoon).  That gets me down after a while.  Thankfully, Daily Paintworks had a challenge up.  I was hoping someone would start another challenge group after Karin Jurick's "Different Strokes" blog kind of petered out.  I would have, but I don't have quite the following that she does.   In any case, I found this challenge to be tons of fun, and quite a challenge.  All of the reflections!  The hardest part was not looking at what other people had submitted so far.  That was tough.

In other news, school starts today, and I am very stoked.  I was never this excited about business school in undergrad.  Maybe it's a sign?  This semester is Cityscape, so I'll be wandering the city, taking my paints with me!  Oh, I can't wait.