Making Tea

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Acrylic on heavy paper of 140lb/300gm, ready to be framed
size: 10 x 14

Dreaming

Orde the Painting

Acrylic on heavy paper, ready to be framed
Size: 9 x 12, $75

Joy of Reading

Acrylic on paper, Sold
Size: 9 x 12,

Our Rose Garden

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I am in valentine's day mood. Another rose painting.

Acrylic on stretched canvas
Size: 16 x 18,

Passionate Roses

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Somehow I cannot manage to capture a picture of the painting without reflection. This is because it is a stretched canvas. Anyway, in real, the painting is more more beautiful.

Acrylic on Stretched Canvas,
size: 16 x 18,

Flowers

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Acrylic on paper
size: 9 x 12, $45

A Corner of a Garden

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I love to paint in Chinese ink and paper. This pays homage to my Chinese paintings.
Acrylic on apper
size: 8.5 x 11.5, $45

Blue Living Room

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This is a simple painting and I use very little colors here.

Acrylic on paper
size: 9 x 12, $45

Flower in Flux

Acrylic on paper
size: 9 x 12, $35

Red House

All along I want to paint something simple. This image is always in my mind. Today finally I set to do this.

Acrylic on paper,
size: 9 x 12, $45

Frangipani

Acrylic on paper
size: 9 x 12, $25

How to prevent acrylic paint from drying?

I think everyone has her own good way to do this. I use small tubes bought from art shop and a spray. I squeeze the color into the tube and constantly spray the water into it to prevent it drying during a painting session. Don't spray too much water into the tube though. Otherwise, the color becomes watery.

After finishing a painting, I cover the tube. The tube has a very tight lid. The color in it won't dry for months.

Red Bottle Purple Flower Still Life

I have worked on this still-life settings before with watercolor. I redo it again in Acrylic. I found it is much easier for me to create the desired effects that are not easy to achieve in watercolor. I can scrap on some light color on dark one to create vintage look.
Acrylic on paper
size: 9 x 12, $35

My Bedroom

I like this small bedroom photo from a home decoration magazine. But I totally changed the colors the table top objects.

Acrylic on paper
size: 9 x 12, $50

Eaternal Love Happy Valentine's Special 2

I made a drawing and acrylic on the same topic. I like to see the different effect the topic gives.

If you like to have gift for Valentine's day, I have made this painting for T-shirt, mug and others to sell at CafePress. Do check it out there.

Ink, charcoal, Acrylic on paper
size: 5 x 7, $35

Eaternal Love Valentine's Special

This is inspired by the story of excavation of the lovers believed to be buried in stone age. Valentine's day is near. This is for all the lovers and people full of love in the world.

Acrylic on paper
Size: 7 x 10, $45

Anthurium

I bought some new acrylic paints yesterday. I haven't painted using acrylic for a long time. This is a warm up.

acrylic on paper
size: 7 x 10

Red Calla Lilies

This is a loose and thickly painted calla lilies. I like the loose style very much. It suits me well.

Oil on paper
size: 7 x 8, $35

Bear Sunshine

My baby was in hospital for two days. Thanks god, her health is back to normal now. During this two days stay in a children's hospital, I feel what is the pain of a child deeply. That is something that seldom came across my mind before. If there is any way, I would like to do something to help the children very much.

This painting is to cheer all the sick children up. If anyone needs something to give to a sick child or simply to tell her that we care about her, I'll give it to you for free. Just send me an email.

oil on paper
size: 6 x 8

Orchid on Balcony

Oil on Paper
Size: 6.5 x 8.5, $30

House with Lavander

Oil on Paper
Size: 6 x 8, $35

MAAD - Market for Artist and Designer Experience

Me with my store

Some paintings are displayed in cloth rack. I am surprised that people like to browse them a lot.

It was a very interesting two day event in MAAD. I found that people do love arts and want to own them when they see something nice. But they like to have them in really cheap price. They don't value original as much. If they like a piece, they don't mind to have it in print.

The MAAD experience gives me a lot to think about of my direction in painting. I am sure I want to do paintings only. I don't have much passion on other things such as painting on T-shirt although they are selling well as the crow to MAAD is filled with most young people.

Poppy

To view all the paintings in the blog, please drop by MAAD tomorrow and on Sunday as long as I have a way to carry the wet paintings there. I have a booth there. See you!!!

Maad @ Red Dot Museum
28 Maxwell Road
5-6 Jan 08
11am to 7pm

Oil on paper
size: 5 x 5, $25

Gothik

Oil on paper
size: 13.5 x 17.5, $50

Red House

Oil on paper
size: 9 x 12, $65

Calla Lily

Oil on paper
Size: 11 x 15, $50