Basoeki Abdullah- “My Fair Lady” and “Mother and Kid”

A master of realism, Basoeki Abdullah brings his horses to life in his paintings. Horses are visually powerful animals that symbolize nature at its most magnificent with its speed, virility and nobility.

The horse has a special seat in history, often prized and revered by various cultures. Horses are by far one of the most important animals that have contributed to the development of human civilization.

The independent free spirit of the horse is captured in “My Fair Lady” in full gallop through a misty setting. The raw power the horse’s musculature and the atmospheric rendering of the action make this awe-inspiring work by the late master. There is a dream–like quality to “My Fair Lady” and the horses seemed mythical in depiction with a otherworldly spectral of slender maiden in their midst.

My Fair Lady

In comparison, “Mother and Kid” is a touching representation of a mare and her baby at ease in nature. Traditionally,”Mother and Kid” painting celebrate the bond of the maternal figure to her offspring, and here we see a powerful maternal figure seemingly preparing her child for its new adventure in the big wide world as represented by the spacious plains and the mountain scenery.

Mother and Kid

Ye Yongqing - Mix Media Work

Hello all and a happy Saturday.This is a continuation of yesterday's post and am glad to say I've kept one more promise to write today. So I'll start writing now as I really have to go to the mall to get Ray and Roy (my twin children) some rab clothing as they are having a camp out tonight

This mix media work by Ye Yongqing was previously part of a set of installation mix-media works entitled “9 birdcages in winter”. “9 birdcages in winter” first made their debut at the 1st Shanghai Biennale and were considered an important milestone of Ye Yongqing’s creative processes. In them, the Chinese art critic, Li Xianting felt that Ye “has put fragments of his different temporal life experiences together on a single surface, evoking that state between dreaming and waking”.

In the 1990s back from his travels from USA and Europe, Ye started creating paintings inspired by images of daily life like bird cages, automobiles, vintage photographs and caricatures. To him these paintings filled with graffiti like scribbles, were like a blog, a record of his random thoughts and expression independent of regionalism. Yet his mix media works with the bird cage as a theme seemed to show that the artist felt restraint. The birdcage traditionally symbolizes the loss of freedom, that of the bird. A man- made device to trap and contain nature, or in this case, a free spirit.

Yong Qing’s enduring artistic endeavor is to move beyond his cultural, physical and mental confines, be they real or self imposed. As an artist, he has learned to change and adapt beyond his own boundaries and across borders.

Japan hit by an earthquake and tsunami

Hello all, this is not a schedule post as I actually have another post that I intend to publish. But as you all might know a tragedy had recently hit Japan. To be precise it is an earthquake and a tsunami.

I’ve this video to share about what happened in Japan and hope this helps. To all my readers and fellow bloggers in Japan please be careful and stay safe. This is all a test and God’s will. We’re with you guys in heart and prayers.

Biography Of Ye Yongqing (b.1958)

Hello again all and a happy Friday to all. I need to find a logo designer for my real work before I enjoy my weekend but I wanted to write today's post first.

Today, I would like to feature a very famous Chinese artist. He is not only a gifted painter but also you can say a kind of all around player in the art world. He is non-other then the famous Ye Yongqing. Also don’t forget to check out my tomorrow’s post edition that will be featuring more of his art work. Now here is his biography and a few of his famous paintings. Enjoy all……

Ye Yongqing was born 1958 in Kunming, Yunnan Province, China. He is a pioneering artist who was part of the Sichuan School of artists. Begun in 2000, which he executed in a signature quirky style featuring scratched black lines using the traditional medium of Chinese brush and ink on rice paper. In recent years he also focused on creating colorful collages. But for years he was been better known as a curator, arts events organizer and artist’s community booster. Ye Yongqing is perhaps best known for his bird paintings. He is a close friend and colleague to artists who worked in western particularly Sichuan and Yunnan. Ye Yongqing graduated from the Sichuan Academy of Fine Arts in 1982.

Biography Of Hamdan Omar

Hello all and again this is another post edition of “fulfill promised”. But I think this would be the last of the edition as office works have been catching up on me. And I really hate if I were to break a promise.

As for this last “fulfill promised” edition I’ve chosen a special painting title Doa (Prayer). To reminds us all how important it is to pray and the power of prayer. This painting is the work of a very famous Malaysian painter name Hamdan Omar. Now here is his biography and his famous painting. Enjoy all……

Hamdan Omar was born in Malaysia. He attended the School of Art and Design at MARA Institute of Technology currently called UITM, Malaysia. In 1977, he graduated as a Graphic Designer and joined the Malaysian advertising industry. He was very successful and won the prestigious Best of the Best of Indonesian Advertising Award in 1995. He retired from the industry in 2005 to become a full time painter. He started exhibiting his works since 2007 in group shows and in 2008 staged his first solo exhibition in Jakarta.

Doa (Prayer)

Biography of Dao Quoc Huy (b.1971)

Hello all and welcome to the post edition of “fulfill promised”. This time I would like to feature a famous painter from Vietnam. He is non other then the famous Dao Quoc Huy. Here is his biography and his painting. Enjoy all….

Dao Quoc Huy was born 1971 in Vietnam. He graduated from the University of Fine Arts located in Hanoi, Vietnam. Later he taught from the university and became a member of the distinguished Vietnam Fine Art Association. Since 1996, he has been honored with awards from the Vietnam Fine Art Association. In 2000, he was awarded the silver medal at the National Exhibition held in Vietnam. Dao Quoc Huy has exhibited extensively in Vietnam and abroad in countries such as Singapore, Malaysia, Philippines, China and Switzerland.

Woman with a Bird

Biography of Takashi Murakami (b.1963)

Hello all and a happy Tuesday to all of you may today bring us all the happiness and joy that we all hope for in our lives. OK, back to today’s post edition and in my quest to write about different “as promise” famous artists from different countries, I’ve choose to feature this famous painter from Japan. He is non-other than the famous Takashi Murakami and here is his biography and a few of his paintings. Enjoy all……

Takashi Murakami was born 1963 in Tokyo, Japan. Murakami attended the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music, initially studying more traditional Japanese art. He is a prolific contemporary Japanese
artist who works in both fine arts media, such as painting as well as digital and commercial media. He borrows popular themes from mass media and pop culture, and turns them into huge sculptures, “Superflat” paintings, or marketable commercial goods such as figurines of phone candles. In 2008, Takashi Murakami made Time magazine’s “100 Most Influential People” list, the only visual artist included.

Music Monday: Blindman (Whitesnake)

Hello all and a happy Monday to all. When Monday comes then its time for MM ( Music Monday ) and in today’s post edition of MM I like to feature a slow rock song. Long been since I heard this song again and I would like to share it with all of you. Its from the legendary rock n roll band called Whitesnake and the song is entitled “Blindman“. Enjoy all and happy MM!

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Biography OF Kim Tschang-Yeul ( b.1929 )

Hello all and in this post edition “as promise” I’ve written about a new famous painter biography from a country which I’ve not feature before. He is none other than the famous painter from Korea name Kim Tschang_Yeul. Enjoy all…..

Kim Tschang Yeul was born 1929 in Mangsan, Pyeongahnamdo, Korea. He graduated from the College of Fine Arts at Seoul National University in 1950. From 1950 to 1968 he was a member of The Art Students League of New York. He has held several solo and group exhibitions in many countries including China, Japan
of China in 2005 and during that same year he also exhibited his artwork at the famous Guimet Museum of Asian Art in Paris, France. His works are collected by art institutions and museum around the world

                                                           

Biography Of Tan Juat Lee ( b.1953 )

Tan Juat Lee was born 1953 in multi-racial Singapore. After completing her BA ( Hons ) in Nanyang University of Singapore in 1976, she continued a fine art education at Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts in Singapore in 1987. A self-acknowledged romantic realist, she describes her pieces as Chinese Singaporean with a touch of the current “East Meets West” ideology. She won many awards, including Grand Prize in the UOB Painting of the Year Competitions in 1997 and 2004, Juror’s Choice in Philip Morris ASEAN Art Awards in 1998. Her highly personal artworks have been exhibited in Singapore, China, Brunei and Japan.

A Millenial Blessing

Henri Matisse paintings and "Lyric Waltz" by Dmitri Shostakovich.

Hello all and a happy new month of March to all of you, may this new month bring all the happiness and joy to our lives… In today’s post I don’t think I would be featuring any biography of any famous artists. Instead I like to feature or share a video of many beautiful and famous painting from a youtube.

I’ve actually done a biography post edition of this famous artist and you can read about it HERE. Now in this post edition the video will be displaying many paintings at once and added a nice music to listen too makes this video a treat to watch and listened. It’s from the famous Matisse. Enjoy all…….

Music Monday: Happy Days

Hi all, today is already Monday the 28th and also the last day of February. Don’t you think that time really fly right ? And where have all the good times gone too? And for that let’s all remember to have fun and enjoy life too the fullest. And for this edition of MM (Music Monday) I would like to feature the Happy Days sitcom show theme song which I really love to watch when I was very young. Enjoy all and happy MM.

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Biography Of Oscar Salita ( b. 1943 )

Hello all and in today’s post I would like to feature another Philippines artist. He is none other than the famous Oscar Salita and here’s his biography and a few of his famous paintings. Enjoy…..

Oscar Salita was born 1943 in the Philippines. He is considered one of the popular Filipino artists and his folk artworks are cherished by collectors in Philippines and abroad. Salita’s works are very distinctive- his figures and backgrounds speaks of traditional Filipino culture and they are rendered in bold colors and interesting geometry. Salita has enjoyed huge success in his career; his work has reached the US and many prominent cities around the world making him an important and highly prized artist.

Biography Of Liang Yifen ( b. 1937 )

Hello to all readers and fellow bloggers that have been following this blog. I do really hope you are satisfied with the content of this simple blog and would return to read more about new update and even read about my everyday life stories.

In today’s edition I would like to feature a Taiwanese artist as I believe that I have not featured one yet. And to be fair to all the Taiwanese readers out there here’s one dedicated just for you guys.

So here it is the biography of Liang Yifen and a few of his famous paintings. Enjoy all…..

Liang Yifen was born in 1937, in Feng- yuan of Chang- hua Country in Taiwan. He graduated from Taipei Teaching College majoring in fine arts. Liang studied modern art under Li Chung Sheng, a celebrated artist in Taiwan, from 1958 to 1963. Liang held his first solo exhibition at the Taipei American Cultural Centre gallery in 1973 and since then, he held solo exhibitions annually, setting up a work studio in New York and holding exhibitions throughout the United States. Liang returned to Taiwan in 1999, and held a solo exhibition of large-scale paintings at Taichung Harbour Area Art Centre in 2003.

Liang’s works are collected by a large number of private collectors and have been shown in over 150 exhibitions worldwide.

Debutante

Face Painting

Biography Of Sudjana Kerton (1922-1994)

Sudjana Kerton was born 1922 in Bandung, West Java. In 1950, he was awarded with a scholarship to study in Amsterdam, Holland after which he continued his art education at the Academie de Grande Chaumiere in Paris, France. In 1952, he enrolled at the Art Students League in New York, USA and from 1962 to 1963, he studied mural painting in Mexico.

He returned to Indonesia in 1976 after 25 years abroad. A major retrospective exhibition of Kerton’s work was held in Jakarta in 1996 after his passing in 1994.

The Cave by Marko Stout

Looking at this painting, you might have thought that it's the work of famous painters like Gustav Klimt, Georgia O’Keeffe or even Wassily Kandinsky. But actually the paintings that I'm sharing today are the work of a “live and kicking” contemporary New York City artist name Marko Stout. I‘ve decided to feature him here in my post today as he will be having an exhibition call “The Cave” which is scheduled to open in New York City in the autumn of 2011.

The painter that painted the above paintings is not just gifted and blessed with great painting talent but he also holds a degree in medicine, metaphysics and biology. Now let me introduce you to the man behind the painting. He is none other then a man name Marko Stout or better known as Dr. Stout.

After completing his education in New York City, Dr Stout spent much time living abroad in a houseboat in Sausalito and sailing the San Francisco Bay. Dr Stout paintings are abstract and seems to be forcing his paintings to be observed beyond the subject and added with his outsider “art brut” ways which eventually lead his paintings to be viewed in a rather spiritual experience of human anatomy with psychological and mythical archetypes

Dr. Marko uses vibrant colors to reveal and indicate excitement, passion, love, desire and strength in  his paintings. It is also used to stir intense and passionate emotions to his subjects, He uses black to show sexuality, mystery, fear, evil, unhappiness, restlessness, remorse, anger, loneliness and of course death.

Here's more of his paintings..

PS : “Boy” if only I’m so lucky and able to visit his exhibition ,

Biography Of Deng Xinli (b.1974)

Deng Xinli was born 1974 in Henan province China. He graduated from the Chinese Central Institution of Fine Arts in 1997. He went to New Zealand to pursue a degree at the Whitecliffe College of Art and Design. Later he becomes member of Auckland Artist Association of New Zealand and member of Chinese Artist Association of New Zealand. From 2004 to 2007 he was invited to teach “Surreaslist Art and Tradiotional
Painting Techniques” at the Unbridge Art Centre of New Zealand. Deng Xinli’s paintings have always been surrealistic in nature. In his paintings he tries to express the current state of political and social undercurrent and does it with surrealist humor with historical and cultural undertones. He has participated in many group exhibitions held in New Zealand and China.

Lady Of The Moon

Love Of Immortality

Music Monday : Kavana- Special Kind Of Something

Hi all and Happy MM (Music Monday). It’s another new week already and I’m proud to say I’ve manage to write several posts already for this month despite my busy schedule and the disappointment of not getting any PR from Google …hehe…

So to keep this blog going I think I really need a special something. That’s why I wound like to feature this song for this edition of MM to keep my mind focus and to motivate me. It’s a song by Kavana entitled “Special Kind Of Something”. Enjoy all and Happy MM.

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a billingsgate knows exactly how it wants it

Biography Of Bencharong Kowapitaktat (b. 1973)

Bencharong Kowapitaktat was born 1973 in Thailand. He graduated from the prestigious Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok from the Faculty of Fine and Applied arts. Later he studied at the Faculty of Painting, sculpture and graphic arts at Silpakorn University. He won several awards at Art contests by prominent banks and corporations.

In 1997, Bencharorong was the Top Winner for the Thailand Art Award 1997 organized by the Philip Morris Group. He had a fine eye for rendering farmyard scenes of chickens with life-like detailing. His works has a rustic charming appeal as well as beauty in composition.

 Crowded Comfort

Happy Family

Biography Of Guo Jin

Guo Jin was born in 1964 in Chengdu, China. A graduate of Szechuan Academy of Fine Arts in 1990, he participated in countless successful solo and group exhibitions in China, South East Asia, USA and Europe.

His paintings of cherubic children in costume and play are easily recognizable and have become a signature for his works. A prevalent theme for Guo Jin’s paintings is the “reflection and contemplation of man’s naiveté” while the children “represent the essence of idealism that we possessed but were probably lost after”. His most recent solo exhibition entitled “Guo Jin’s Return” was held in 2008 at the Indonesia National Museum in Jakarta.