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Latest Art & News
28 Dec 2007: New "closing" painting up
Some years, I close the year with a painting that holds some significance because (1) I want to squeeze one more in for that year to make it a good one, or (2) it becomes especially close to my heart because I choose a optimistic subject, or (3) remember it because... sometimes Significant World Events do happen at that time of the year, and these events are ingrained in my memory along with the painting I was working on the time. So really, I always have a "closing painting" for most years.
Unfortunately, the event to mark the close of this year is the assassination of Benazir Bhutto. The painting I was working on before and after is Ahimsa (Do No Harm), a subject that I suppose could not be more apt to mark many troubling current events and my sincere wish (though possibly naive) that humans may one day start acting more out of kindness than fear in their treatment of all living beings. (Fear is the mind-killer, as Frank Herbert wrote in Dune, while recent studies confirm that fear really does impair--severely--rational thought.) In the current climate, I have the feeling there is going to be a bumpy ride in world events for 2008. I can only hope those of us not incapacitated by fear will make the ride more tolerable if only by showing wisdom, mercy and compassion in the face of any and all challenges ahead.
And with that, I hope all who read this have a happy, healthy and uneventful 2008.
8 Oct 2007: New ACEOs
A couple of new ACEOs uploaded to the site! You can click on the thumbnails above to see them.
5 Oct 2007: Art News: 2 Items
First, if you're in Singapore, I'll be drawing/painting portraits tomorrow (Saturday, 6 Oct 2007) at the Maad Market. The Maad Market happens every first weekend of the month at the Red Dot Design Museum on Maxwell Road. Portraiture happens between 2pm to 7pm - sitters will be sketched/captured by around 14 artists at a time. There is no obligation to pay unless you'd like to take home a portrait. Or two. Or all of them.
Second, I'm auctioning off the last of my current batch of ACEOs on eBay. Click here to see all of them at once.
1 Oct 2007: Singapore Art Cafe
Two pieces of mine are hanging at the cafe until Oct 14th. The Singapore Art Cafe is on the third floor of the Esplanade, part of the library@esplanade. Don't miss the cafe (or the art) while you're there!
9 Aug 2007: Art silence
Just a quick note about the recent (lack of) art updates - there are images waiting in the wings for print publication, there is also that ongoing massive Surreal Botany project, the artwork for which is under wraps until the book's ready to go. Which makes this website kind of boring in the meantime. However...
As if that wasn't enough, there are a couple of things going on pertaining to the local artist/illustrator scene (for the fantasy/gaming genre in particular) and I'd really like to get in touch with more local (Singaporean) fantasy artists. If you're on the Elfwood Singapore mailing list, you're already in on it, if you're not, then feel free to give me a holler on my contact form, especially if you're looking for creative opportunities.
Happy National Day weekend!
26 Jun 2007: Website news switches to blog format
Things may look a little different on the index (News) page now, but it's just part of the latest site improvements! Site news and announcements are now being handled by a blog engine.
If you're a blog fiend and are familiar with RSS aggregators and readers, then you may be happy to know that the RSS feed for my website announcements is now here! If you'd like to subscribe to just the new images as they're uploaded to the site, then try this feed.
I'm currently hacking WordPress in my free time because I'd like more non-art content on the site, and WP is just an excellent (and very customizable) Content Management System. All announcements on Illumina's index page are actually WordPress blog posts in the "website" category. When I'm completely done customizing WordPress, the full blog with all its categories will be accessible from the site's menu. The WordPress blog will be for "work" -- art, PHP, design, sites I'm working on, and etc.
The LiveJournal account isn't going anywhere, and you're still free to take a gander at it! I do tend to use it more for social reasons, while I'm planning to use WordPress for more "serious" stuff like tutorials and tools.
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Janet Chui paints, programs, and pens a monthly column about the environment and health concerns for artists. The random quotes below come from Blue Green Planet, an environmental e-card site. Janet lists her personal and business practices on this page. Her column can be found at EMG-Zine. She also cofounded Two Cranes Press and will be illustrating the Field Guide to Surreal Botany.