“Simplicity is the most profound stage one can achieve, in art and in life.”

“Simplicity is the most profound stage one can achieve, in art and in life.” This is what Charles Cham believes in. Got a chance to see his works at "The Orangutan House". His works which are based on the yin and yang are vibrant and simplistic. He says that there is no paintingwithout drawing, drawing is thinking and painting is feeling. his thoughts are clearly reflected in his works.

Store front. one of his very own works.

The Orangutan House ....

Few of his paintings. I find it cool because the paintings can be hung in two directions....

Made with love

Made With love - make your own scrapbook for your loved ones. Its been a while since I saw a scrap goodness store of this sort. It just bought a broad smile on my face. The place is so warm to sit and do a piece of art with so much color and inspiration around you. With thousands of patterned papers, tools, embellishments the place is so apt for scrapbook enthusiasts. The scrap labs and a number of workshops made it perfect. This makes me want to do my own scrap book, I guess I will go ahead and do one about my recent travels. :)

I light

I light walk was a spectacular event which created a dynamic visual night environment where a number of local and international artists showcased their light installations. The city nightscape around singapore river was filled with light artworks. One key highlight of the Light Walk was an installation consisting of 29 large and beautiful light artworks of the Public Garden. The works were site specific which addressed the theme of people, time and place. It created distinctive skyline and the attractive public places were truly one of a kind.

The crouching digital origami tigers combined an ancient lantern making technique with cutting edge digital design and fabrication technology, bringing east and west together through tradition and innovation.

Animal Tree, a Lamp pole was done with the intention that can be installed in any public place. It provides shade during the day and emits light at the night. It is made of 512 pieces of orange happy bears.

The installation explores the meaning of touch in life and art. The sentence, "Touch. Do Not Please The Work of Art" is applied on the long wall using phosphorescent paint. In the day, only the title of the work as a protrusion on the wall is visible and touchable. At night, stroboscope spotlights highlight the passage for an instant every 30 seconds. The words light up and passers-by, when touching, looking or just passing the artwork, will cast their silhouettes and shadows onto the installation, leaving behind an instant personal graffiti.

Hammerhaus was a live performance, with artists Theinert and Hanfreich on 'visual piano' and sampler sequencer to interpret soundscapes into light art projections, generating abstract sound and visual experiences for the audience. Was an amazing show of 20 mins loved it totally.

Positive Attracts explores the belief that the optimism of our mental state of mind (4th Dimension) can effect a positive outcome of our physical state (3rd Dimension). The installation consists of the Artist's 9 favourite optimistic visionaries (Heroes) who have used their mental state to effect positive outcomes in their physical world. Inspired by songs such as "Rainbow Connection" and "Somewhere over the Rainbow", these Heroes incubate dreams and will "deposit positivity" to the public as they draw near to the Heroes. Famous quotes written at base of each Heroes will enable the public to guess who they are.

Fire flies installation was created from colourful PET-bottles and blinking diodes but yet retain the magical and whimsical qualities of fireflies.

Flora Magica spins a narrative between our technoid, cosmopolitan world and the complex, delicate natural environment of a hidden interior world. The façade of the Maybank building is transformed into a blossoming moon garden.

Imagine the jellyfish deciding to leave our polluted oceans and having a refreshing dip in the clean waters of Marina Bay before escaping into the universe as 'reverse UFOs', thereby for one last time trying to entertain and challenge all of us to be more aware of the consequences of our extravagance. The artists created these interactive and imaginative light objects providing an opportunity for visitors to 'grab' the jellyfish's tentacles and keep them on Earth.

Happy Painting

On my trip to Cambodia, I had a chance to visit Stef's Happy Painting gallery. As the name suggests all his paintings depict pure happiness. Stephane Delapree born in Paris makes beautiful and extremely colorful paintings. All his paintings depicts the daily life of khmer people. It's as simple as what he sees around him in his daily life. His paintings are very lively and cheerful. Forms and the use of colors was what i liked the most in his work. Here are some of his works enjoy......

Malacca- Heritage city

A short backpacking trip to Malacca city (Malaysia) was truly relaxing. The place is rich in its history. Centuries of colonization by the Portuguese, Dutch and the British as well as development of Straits Chinese (Peranakan) culture have influenced the architecture of the town. There are a number of artists who have their stores along Jonkers street. Was really inspired by the works of few artists.

The evenings were vibrant with a lot of food joints, cafe's and restaurants. The night market attracted the crowd saw a lot of artifacts imported from Indonesia. Indeed had a memorable trip.

Woodwould

It has been a great weekend so far, I can already see a lot of christmas trees and decorations popping up amidst the shopping malls over here which looks lovely. Along Orchard road, Came across this really cute store called "woodwould" which has really great stuff, I was totally in love with the store and their products. Spent a good amount of time there and picked up some very artistic stencils designed by "Lotta Jansdotter". Really cant wait to get started with doing something fun with them.