til 4 a.m.

in process...
(birth & death)
canvas board
acrylic
2009

all this week, all i wanted to do was to paint...it's been hard and the only way i know to escape is to paint. the process of painting something with meaning allows me to think and then paint. painting provides this smooth feeling of healing and i just paint til 4 a.m. and wake up at 9:30am. that's been my last few days. :)

i started on this piece after the news of "j". i have to paint a few pieces of frida kahlo for my customers so i began with this. birth and death. it's perfect for what i am personally experiencing life at the moment. i'm learning that life is eternally and to not be afraid of death. thus, i believe in celebrating death the same way we celebrate birth. this skull frida represents death but she's in the form of a butterfly representing birth of a new life. if life is eternal then life goes in a circle. i will try to finish this piece over the weekend...until then...

in process...
(lotus life)
14 x 18 canvas board
acrylic
2009

i'm not sure where this will end up as a designed piece or just a painted piece. it's the sequence of my "fortune baby" which i just finished. obviously, it's a fetus in a heart protected by a lotus flower...i chose to paint in dark colors because sometimes in life we just don't know what the outcome of a pregnancy will turn out. i'm painting this from a personal experience which i will continue once it's finished!

in process...
archival paper
acrylic
2009

as for this, i was testing out some really nice archival papers, it's not done but i did this from something i once saw and i was trying to recollect what it was from a long time ago then i end up making it frida kahlo...

still in process...
30 x 30 canvas
mixed media
2009

"in lakech" might just be the title of this piece. i am still not finished! it's been over a month! no excuses, i just wasn't feeling it until earlier this week so it's really almost done. i've even received a great amount of compliments when people see it at my studio :) i just need to feel otherwise i will be unhappy of the turn out.