Latest work

FantaZodia

OK, so I'm not very good at Figure drawing. As a matter of fact, I suck. So I thought which would be the better way for a suicidal task if I paint 14 of naked bodies, which Zodiac elements in it? So this is the result. It was quite difficult to squeeze all 12 into 1 canvas (which was donated by my colleague) and to make each piece has their own color scheme and yet make the whole thing coherent. So this is the best I could come up with. Still got a long way to learn...

Sanity

This is a reflection of the day I had today. Mostly I was at the blurring edge of sanity and insanity. This is also the third self portrait that I did of myself.

As my friend Elena (who is a really great artist) said: "Pacey, your arts make too much sense! Sometimes you just need to fuck what the world think and do what makes the most sense to you". And today, for the first time, I felt I did just that...

FLOAT Competition

Float is NUS annual competition where the students use recycled materials to build 14-footer lorry size Arts exhibition (coupled with a mechanism and dance performance). Sounds fun? I’ve been joining in 2.5 competitions and been helping out here and there as seniors mostly.

I came back Hall at about 11pm while it was raining on Thursday. I was hesitating about coming back, but I guess it was fated in a sense that I have one day off from work. So I took the whole day off, and spent the night in hall helping them. To my pleasant surprise, I’m still of some use. I got the honor to attach the last piece of prop onto the Float (cos not everyone is confident with metal wire construction). I also got to body paint the lead dancer. And I helped finish one piece of costume for the display. It’s sort of like “Project Runway” moment when I have minimal materials and 2 hours to finish a piece to walk down the runway.

Here are the highlights of the FLOAT competition


Beautiful Costumes - The joker, the king and the queen
KE Finale
Body Painting - My masterpiece

Narrator - The story teller
The last piece of prop that was attached by me (done by others)
My Project Runway moment - Before
My Project Runway moment - After
KE Float - Beautiful Joker
KE Float - Knight Helmet
With my roomie and the FLOAT
The committee who put it all together
All FLoaters f Different years
Kent Ridge Float - Magical Shoe House - The well-deserved Winner
Eusoff Float - Christmas House elves
Shear Float - Rhapsody
Raffles Float - Musical Forest

Creative Materials - KR Float - Needle wheel
Materials: Cardboard, Bicycle part, Stirrer, Can bottoms, bottle cap, Plastic Bucket, Wooden Clip Hangers
Out of focus thread: A real fanCreative Materials - KR Float - House decorative
Materials: Computer keyboard pieces (This was originally Shear's idea last year) , Origami paper, Cloth, Fruit wrapper, Spray bottle
Creative Materials - KE Float - Knight
Materials: Can drinks Cans, cardboard, book binder
Creative Materials - KE Float - Lamp
Materials: Fruit carton, Bottle Cap, Can bottom, Egg carton, Rope
Creative Materials - SH Float - Piano
Materials: Yogurt drink bottle, Bicycle chains, Cans, RopeCreative Materials - EH Float - House pillar
Materials: Old carpet, cans, newspaper
Creative Materials - RH Float - Bee hive
Materials: Cardboard, drinking cups
Creative Materials - KR Float - Shoe house
Materials: Cardboard, Metal wire, Sandwich box, yogurt bottles, chocolate box
Creative Materials - KE Float - Chain mail
Materials: Cooper metal wire weaved together

Latest Artwork

I know I havent posted anything artsy lately, mostly because I was uninspired and also too busy with work. So here are my latest work for those who still love to follow this blog :)

Tranquility
First up, we have Buddha, my teacher. I played a bit with texture and tried to make the painting looks like a real bronze statue.


Youth
This is my first piece in my up and coming series: "True beauty". The series will go beyond cliche conventional concept of beauty and try to redefine it. This piece conveys the beauty of youth regardless of age.

Fall in Love, Boston
Fall is coming in the US. And I miss the foliage dearly. I also love to see the fall in New England. So what is more appropriate than a landscape of Boston, looked through the wooden window of Singapore?

Black Arts - White Lies
is the new theme of my revamped website, aiming to be launched next month. The site will focus mostly on design skills and effects, avant-garde rather than informational. There will be a lot more database and programming involved too. I cant believe in the mid of my busy schedule I still have time to do it. So stay tune ok.


My new logo :)

Jean's Registry of Marraige

I took these pictures last last week during Jean's ROM. So i thought I share their happy moments

Malaysia: Genting - KL trip

Screw the orders. I had a lot more stuffs in between but I'm too tired to think now. So here it is, our family Malaysia trip. I was scared of security and it was heavy so I took the photos entirely on the cell phone camera. Well if it's good, Nokia's technology is wonderful. If it's not, go buy Sony Ericson and give me. We went Genting - Casino and entertainment place, and KL - capital of Malaysia

Shanghai photo documentary - First day

OK Finally this is the first (and last part) pf my Shanghai trip. This was the first day when we just touched down and it snowed. We were so excited.


Fast train
This is an express train from Airport to center City. I was really impressed with this oneUntitled
This is m colleague Terence. I just like his expression on this one
Peaceful Suzhou

Jump
Happy Cluster
We were still sitting in the same area then. These days each person one floor, sad...
It's a bird? It's a plane? It's...ermm...
Snow!
Actually Kevin looks so gay and "Sounds of Colors"ish
Pattern
Can guess what it is? It's a drain covered with snow


Something very China




Light
A tear in a cover of a pathway for passenger, letting snow and light piercing through
Winter Sonata
Or Korean beauty and the beast
Rooftop
I actually climbed up a very slippery rock to get this view from top down. Anything for a good photo that is
Like a flower in the snow storm

Snowflake

Shanghai photo documentary - Second day

OMG OMG OMFG it's been months since I posted something. I'm so very sorry. Lately I've been busy as hell. A lot have happened. I've grown a little more. (For update go to my the other blog). SO here there are, the second day of our Shanghai trip

Friends and Breakfast

Snowfall
The beautiful snow view from our Hotel Window



Lost passenger
Tombstone
Ok I know I'm kinda morbid, but I'm obsessed with Death and the expression of Death itself. And what could be more appropriate then a picture of snow falling on a lonely tomb standing by a tree bracing the cold?
Searching
Gigantic floating restaurant
The empire
OK, can you tell the symbols in this picture? The king (my boss). His queen on his left. His mistress oh his right. The servant. The good officer. And lastly, the evil officer, ME. Muahahaha
Zhen Huang miau
OK shut up I know my Chinese sucks.
Pinkie and the Gloves
Errrrr...
(Can you believe I got the moment RIGHT WHEN IT HAPPENS. Genius photographer indeed)
Censored
SMILE!

Shanghai photo documentary - Third day

Tall guys
Lines
Snow Cinderella
On the street

Winter Stage
Old hotel





Ghost steps
The symbol of Shanghai is a gigantic D...



Shanghai by night




Shanghai by night

Your highness



Ya-da!

Shanghai photo documentary - Last day

Hi, it's been quite some time. I've been as busy as hell, sorry about that. These are the photos from Shanghai trip. I wanted to post the whole thing but there are way too many and I'm lazy. So we shall go in reverse order. These are the ones taken on the last day of the trip.

Little boy and the snow
Big boy and the snow
"You, yes, you!"


Highway blue 1

The man in the subway
City of the mist 1
Highway Blue 2
City of the mist 2
Bloody snow


Beauty and the beastBusy street
City of the mist 3
City of the mist 4
Untitled
Sky tower 1
Sky tower 2
Sky tower 3
Sky tower 4
The end...

Winter in Maine

It's winter in the US now.
It's been a while since I last painted a landscape so I thought I'd paint one. Guess what is the canvas? I was running out of canvas and canvases here are too expensive, therefore, I used a piece of plank wood ($2) in IKEA as my canvas. Of course it required a coat of background color and the paint dried like twice as fast, but it turned out well. I guess after I finish all my canvases this will be my new source of material.
This is where I want to be now, in Maine, where the snow covers the whole world. I also played around with the technique commonly used by Monet in his landscapes painting. Of course I will need to go a long way in order to reach his level. But this is a start.
So, enjoy "Winter in Maine"


Click on the pic to see the larger version with all the stroke details and water reflection, etc.