Singapore Heritage Shophouse No. 19 - DP No. 42

"Singapore Heritage Shophouse No. 19"
6"x6" Oil on Panel
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My husband really loves this shophouse.  I personally, had a really difficult time at first with all the detail.  For the life of me, I couldn't get the moulding on the top to "pop" enough so that you could tell how defined it was.  But then I resolved the issue and moved on.

Last night Norman (our small and un-mighty car) died.  At the gas pump.  We pulled into the gas station, where they always have attendants to pump.  You don't pump the gas, they do.  And they'll clean your windshield and such, which is nice.  So anyways, we turn off the car to pump the gas, then the hubby gets back in the car and tries to turn it on.  Nothing.  We call the rental company (company lease), wait about 20-30 minutes for the guy to come help us.  Not once in that 20-30 minutes did anyone come over and ask why we were loitering in the parking lot, why we hadn't moved, if we needed help with the car. It was kind of the twilight zone.  In the US there would be at least a person or two that would offer to stick their head under the hood and have a look, or give you a jump or something.  But here, nobody even knows how to change a tire (or to be honest, most don't know how to fill a tire), much less jump a battery or check the oil.  Even I know those things.  Thank goodness my parents made me drive a car that was slowly dying when I was a teenager.  I can't imagine knowing absolutely nothing about cars.  But I'm not going to even start in on what terrible drivers are over here. :)  It all turned out okay in the end, apparently Norman goes through batteries on a regular basis.  Nice.

Singapore Heritage Shophouse No. 18 - SOLD

"Singapore Heritage Shophouse No 18"
6x16 Oil on Panel Diptych
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This is one of my favorites so far.  I took it on a gray, hazy day, so there wasn't a good strong light and shadow situation like with most of my paintings.  At first I struggled a lot with it - between little strong light and it being white.  But like with a lot of paintings, I just held on and kept going.  Eventually it came together, and I really like the results.

Singapore Heritage Shophouse No. 14 - DP No. 37

"Singapore Heritage Shophouse No. 14"
6x6 Oil on Panel
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This has been such a long week, but I can't believe it is already Friday!  So much has happened, it is just crazy.  In addition to finding out about my show, I was also accepted into Fresh Paint Daily Painters this week - a doubly exciting piece of news!  There are so many talented artists whom I thoroughly enjoy following their works.  And to top it all off, I've been in the studio for at least 8-10 hours per day just trying to get enough work completed for this show.  Not enough time to think, much less relax, but I feel the most fulfilled I have felt in a very long time.  Even when I am totally struggling through a painting, I feel an inner peace, a kind of center.  

Life. Is. Good.