Carnivale

"Carnivale"
6x16 Oil on Gessoboard
$395 Unframed
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I love, love, love this one. It really just reminds me of a circus or carnival. I'm especially happy with how the yellows turned out. This shophouse is in Chinatown, although in real life, the colors on the house have faded significantly in the two years since I took the original reference photo. In any case, until this one finds a good home, I'm really enjoying it on my drying shelf in the studio.

Speaking of my studio, I've been working on really making it my own, "feathering my nest" as Dreama Tolle Perry puts it. One of my biggest struggles has been lighting. I have a full wall of giant windows that face mostly East South East, so I get fantastic morning light, but they're tinted. Also, by the time the afternoon comes around, I have indirect light from outside (which is not enough) and a warm (very warm) flourescent overhead light. So, by the time the afternoon rolls around, I've really been struggling to see, which has been heightened by the fact I'm now seeing colors so much more clearly. 

Well, today I finally got fed up. I've been looking for a decent lighting solution since we moved here, but so much is flourescent, which I can't stand. Too cold or too orange. Ideally, I would like to find a 3 bulb halogen floor lamp like the one I had in the US, but so far I've had no luck. As per usual when I'm in doubt and don't know where to go, I wound up at Ikea. Ikea winds up being like the closest thing to Walmart or Target here, when you don't know the exact widget store for what you need at home. 

In any case, all I did was take one of their track lights and sit it upside down on top of my book case. Viola! With three halogen lights, I can almost work at night (not quite, but almost). With another track of 3 lights, I could totally take over the world. In case you want to use this solution, make sure you get the wall plug-in attachment. It is ugly, but makes the whole thing totally transportable to the next apartment/studio situation. Yay!

Singapore Heritage Shophouse No. 29 - SOLD

"Singapore Heritage Shophouse No. 29"
6in x 6in Oil on Panel
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Here was a shophouse above a lantern shop in Chinatown.  Loved all the reds and the differences they had in the light and shadow.

Taking the hubby in for LASIK today.  Counting down the days until I have to have everything completed for my show.  Trying to catch up on schoolwork.  Too much to do!

Singapore Heritage Shophouse No. 10 - DP No. 33

"Singapore Shophouse No. 10"
6x6 Oil on Panel
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I thought I would start Monday off with an unlikely color combination and some good news.  Well, first is the color combination.  In reality this house really is a light mint green with Chinese red shutters.  With the late afternoon light, the mint color got more yellow, but it's local color was definitely light green.  Never in a million years would I have ever thought that those two colors would look good together, but surprisingly, they kind of work.  Not that I am running and painting my bedroom in those shades, but I definitely kind of like it.

And now... for the good news!  I just found out today that I'm going to have my first ever show in Singapore!  The studio/gallery that I am doing my residency with asked me to take part in a two person show (just me and one other artist) at the end of April.  I'm totally stoked.  When I was doing abstract work in Houston I got into a couple of entry-level galleries, but every month and every show was a group show.  For this one, I'll actually have my name on the promotional materials... eep!  So exciting.  Totally nerve-wracking though, because I have to now produce a TON of work before we leave on our trip on March 20th.  Okay, time to get off the computer and get cracking!