--- title: "Art & Music" url: https://seamusphan.com/art-music/ date: 2016-04-12 modified: 2026-06-05 lang: en author: "Dr Seamus Phan" description: "Music creation I learned violin as a kid, just for a while. I learned the electronic wind instrument (EWI), the digital equivalent of the saxophone, when I was in my..." tags: - "art" - "artist" - "brush painting" - "calligraphy" - "chinese calligraphy" - "chinese painting" - "fine art" - "ink painting" - "painting" - "seamusphan" - "中國畫" - "國畫" - "寫意" - "山水畫" - "彩墨畫" - "書道" - "水墨畫" image: https://seamusphan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/jappreinkedbrushes.jpg word_count: 363 --- # Art & Music ## Music creation I learned violin as a kid, just for a while. I learned the electronic wind instrument (EWI), the digital equivalent of the saxophone, when I was in my thirties. And now, I am trying my hand at the traditional Chinese instrument guqin (古琴). Wish me luck. I am also writing lyrics and tinkering with music creation. Visit my [YouTube channel @artistaviator](https://youtube.com/@artistaviator) (and [Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/artist/50womDE7SdqEZ9gQUIGl3b)): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2Lz7nAiWTI&list=PLOrMOfu3LyIeVMru2B-mUzkoMvq0acmsY   Other music platforms to find my songs and music: [![Apple music - artistaviator](https://seamusphan.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Apple_Music-Logo.wine_-150x100.png)](https://music.apple.com/us/artist/artistaviator/1790838727) [![Spotify - artistaviator](https://seamusphan.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Spotify_Full_Logo_RGB_Green-150x41.png)](https://open.spotify.com/artist/50womDE7SdqEZ9gQUIGl3b) [![Boomplay - artistaviator](https://seamusphan.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/single-coloured-icon-on-white-background-150x31.png)](https://www.boomplay.com/search/default/artistaviator) [![Amazon music - artistaviator](https://seamusphan.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Amazon_Music_Logo_Horizontal_RGB_Entertainment_Dark_MASTER-150x32.png)](https://www.amazon.com/music/player/artists/B0DT7BP1TB/artistaviator) [![Shazam - artistaviator](https://seamusphan.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Shazam_logo.svg-150x43.png)](https://www.shazam.com/artist/artistaviator/1790838727) [![iheartradio - artistaviator](https://seamusphan.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/iHR_secondary_Color-150x43.png)](https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1323-artist-aviators-channel-256503980/) [![Deezer - artistaviator](https://seamusphan.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/deezerwmark-mb-rgb-150x26.png)](https://www.deezer.com/en/artist/297701611) ## Custom Music & Jingle Creation for Businesses If you are looking for a friendly and casual creative who can deliver custom advertising, marketing, social media, or corporate jingles and songs for a song (pun intended), let's talk. Within the confines of AI-assisted technologies, there are still kinks but as long as you are not overly fussy, we can make music (with lyrics) work for your business. ## Artist at heart ![Nanyang Academy of Fine Art (NAFA), St Thomas Walk campus, 1978](https://seamusphan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/nafa_stthomaswalk_1978-320x197.jpg) I have always been an artist. I have a liberal and free artistic expression (寫意派), and my medium is Chinese ink or brush painting (水墨畫). I have also dabbled in pottery, using the potter's wheel and also free form sculpting. I graduated from the [Nanyang Academy of Fine Art (NAFA)](https://www.nafa.edu.sg/?sp) at its old campus at Saint Thomas Walk in 1979 - I was the youngest student in the class. I was so busy with work and business that I stopped painting for more than 36 years. However, I have managed to start painting again, using simple disposable pre-inked Japanese calligraphy brushes and sketchbooks instead of the traditional Chinese brushes, ground ink and cotton paper. These days I also dabble in Chinese calligraphy, in the style of 行書. ![Divine shelter](https://seamusphan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/IMG_20160519_142334-800x513.jpg)Divine shelter ### Commissioned art Please visit [https://artistaviator.com](https://artistaviator.com) for my paintings. I am open to commissioned paintings for your homes, offices, and organizations too. Here are some of my art. ![Church by the lake](https://seamusphan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/01.jpg) Church by the lake ![Blissful solitude](https://seamusphan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/02.jpg) Blissful solitude ![Finding faith](https://seamusphan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/03.jpg) Finding faith ![Chapel in deep winter](https://seamusphan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/04.jpg) Chapel in deep winter ![Holy Trinity Chapel, Antarctica](https://seamusphan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/05.jpg) Holy Trinity Chapel, Antarctica ![Deep in prayer](https://seamusphan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/06.jpg) Deep in prayer ![The elder praying](https://seamusphan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/07.jpg) The elder praying ![Faith found far away](https://seamusphan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/08.jpg) Faith found far away ![Liberation](https://seamusphan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/09.jpg) Liberation ![Fr Seraphim Rose](https://seamusphan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/10.jpg) Fr Seraphim Rose ![Pilgrim to the chapel](https://seamusphan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/11.jpg) Pilgrim to the chapel ![Warmth of the sun](https://seamusphan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/12.jpg) Warmth of the sun ![Monk at the Karjini Park](https://seamusphan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/13.jpg) Monk at the Karjini Park ![Contemplating before a waterfall](https://seamusphan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/14.jpg) Contemplating before a waterfall ![Agura river, Sochi](https://seamusphan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/15.jpg) Agura river, Sochi ![Hieromonk in Tolmacheva](https://seamusphan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/16.jpg) Hieromonk in Tolmacheva ![Monk in Valaam](https://seamusphan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/17.jpg) Monk in Valaam ![Inspired by Valaam](https://seamusphan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/19.jpg) Inspired by Valaam     #### Engage me to supercharge your business now! If you are a business wanting to succeed in Asia Pacific with PR (public relations), strategic counsel (including GTM), marketing (including Fractional CMO), media coaching, leadership training, and crisis communication, or if you are looking for a Board Advisor or Board Member, [send me an email](mailto:websitesubmit@seamusphan.com?Subject=seamusphan_enquiry) right away!