4th February 2022 Dr Tan Poh Tin My 1993 flour-dough handcrafted and hand-painted creation “Girl on a Garden Bench” invites you to pause and join her, to breathe deeply and smell the flowers. Her loyal dog may move closer to her and switch his watchful eye to you. Don’t worry, he’s well trained. Her…
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Bouquet For Your Kind Thoughts
4th February 2022 Dr Tan Poh Tin It’s the Chinese New Year. In Malaysia it is a public holiday for two days. Some Chinese businesses stay closed till day four. Greeting cards are now extinct, replaced by messages on social media. Receiving them, even the viralized generic e-cards gives me a feel-good feeling…
Time is Precious
3rd February 2022 Dr Beena I wish to introduce art created by my friend Dr Tan Poh Tin. It is called Dough Art. She found this in Taipei, Taiwan, in 1993 during her travels. I have never heard of this art before. Now, this form of art uses two parts of dough to one part…
Off the Bad Vibes!
30th January 2022 Mrs Annie R Teo Once every so often, we all come to experience an encounter of the unpleasant type. I recently made such an encounter, and I must confess that I did let it get to me, a bit. The good news is that it also taught me something valuable and somehow…
Tiger and Meta Word
30th January 2022 Dr Beena Hello everyone😊. Where ever you may be, may you be in peace. I did this painting in watercolour in Chinese style in my art class. We had this assignment as this is the year of the Tiger for the Chinese Lunar New Year. The sample given was in a digital…
Being Cheerful
Being Cheerful😊 20th Jan 2022 Dr Beena Hello everyone😊. I want to share this aspect of art that I just learned. It is called Pointillism. Hm………….now I have never heard of this word. So let us delve in and see what it means. I did this art classwork yesterday. However, it took me six hours…
Dance Worship
10th January 2022 Dr Beena Hello everyone. Once again, Mr Nandakumar permitted me to write my thoughts on his painting. It is about Theyyam, a form of dance worship from Northern Kerala and Karnataka. The dance contains traits dating back to the Neolithic period. Wow, how notable is that a tradition or structure of liturgical…
Surreal
7th January 2022 Dr Beena Hello guys. I hope everyone had a peaceful New year. Look at this painting I did and find the mistake😊😉. Yeap, it is surreal! Before we jump into my thoughts, let me explain how I did this painting. It is in watercolour, my favourite medium😊. I used a candle for…
Age is Attitude
19th October 2021 Ms Kala Pohl Another year older. I look in the mirror. I see a face with lines, skin not so clear, hair greying, a body not quite trim…. but I feel so young. I wake up each morning with anticipation, with the knowledge that the day is going to be wonderful. And…
Who’s the Boss?
23rd September 2021 Kala Pohl Friends tell me that my middle name should have been Pollyanna. Or maybe even my first name. I choose to see the glass half-full – always. And no, I have not had it easy all my life. Lots of ups and downs, pain, health issues, tough work environments and on and…