You may notice I have not blogged for a while now. But I have been busy at work, flying, and picking up my paint brushes again. And I am glad there is traction and many friends came forward to encourage my paintings and urged me to go commercial. Perhaps in time.
I have always been an artist. I have a liberal and free-form artistic expression (寫意派), and my medium is Chinese ink or brush painting (水墨畫). I have also dabbled with pottery, using a potter’s wheel and also free-form sculpting. I graduated from the Nanyang Academy of Fine Art (NAFA) at its old campus at Saint Thomas Walk in 1979 – I was the youngest student in the class then (source).
I was caught up with work and business for such a long time, I stopped painting altogether for more than 36 years. However, I managed to get back painting again, using simple disposable pre-inked Japanese calligraphy brush pens and sketchbooks, instead of the traditional Chinese brushes, ground ink and cotton paper. Here are some recent sketches.
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- Illumination for the illumined
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- Blessed solitude
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- 靜 Finding God in the desert
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- Angels in our midst
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- 辛勞是福 Labor is a blessing
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- Let us attend!
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- Into the light
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- 信 Faith
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- Living saint
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- Repentance
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- 歸屬 Refuge
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- 祈禱 Contemplative prayer
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- Santuary in the woods
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- Seek Him and find Him
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- 鯉魚戲水 Carp play
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- Orthodox elder praying
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- 空間 Space
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- 歸 Coming home
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- 八方祝賀 Congregation of carp
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- 百事成雙 Duality
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- 鴛鴦戲水 Goldfish at play
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- Long winding road home
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- 橫行霸道 Aggression (crabs)
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- 竹林四起 Bamboo in abundance
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- 鯉魚戲水 Carp in the pond
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- Monastery Chapel in the forest
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- Dancing prawns
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- 秋竹 Autumn Bamboo
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- Carp in the lotus pond
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- Autumn bamboo
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- Waterfall
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- Chasm
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- Survival in adversity
So, if you like a commissioned piece for your desk, or a framed piece, let me know and perhaps we can have a chat. And yes, I will write again soon.
Seamus Phan has 31 years of professional experience. He is a professional speaker, meeting facilitator, marketing and branding consultant, creative director, copywriter, journalist, book author, technologist, programmer, artist, filmmaker, and aviation enthusiast. Some of his blog articles are reproduced at McGallen & Bolden, where he is the creative director and lead strategist. ©1984-2017 Seamus Phan. All rights reserved.
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