Tag: <span>art stories</span>

Mural Commission for Ji Xiang Confectionery in Singapore!

At the end of 2021, I received an opportunity to install a mural in a shop in Singapore — Ji Xiang Ang Ku Kueh! Ji Xiang Confectionery is a family-run business that specialises in making and selling ang ku kueh. Ang ku kueh, also known as Red Tortoise cake, is …

“Little Dreamers” 100-Day Challenge: Days 76 to 100

On 29 Nov 2021, I published Day 100 on social media, and thus completed this 100-Day Challenge, a little over four months since I started this artistic journey! Since 19 Jul 2021, with some (numerous lol) breaks in between, I’ve created and posted one new illustration nearly each day on …

“Little Dreamers” 100-Day Challenge: Days 51 to 75

75% of the way into this 100-Day Challenge, and three months into this artistic journey! Since 19 Jul 2021, with some breaks in between, I’ve created and posted one new illustration nearly each day on my Instagram and my Facebook page, as a way of developing a new series of …

“Little Dreamers” 100-Day Challenge: Days 26 to 50

Halfway through this 100-Day Challenge, and two months into the process! The project is to create and post one new illustration each day on my Instagram and my Facebook page, as a way of developing a new series of artworks. I had started on 19 Jul 2021, and the original …

“Little Dreamers” 100-Day Challenge: Days 1 to 25

For 100 days from 19 Jul to 26 Oct 2021, I’m creating and posting one new illustration each day on my Instagram and my Facebook page, as a way of developing a new series of artworks. Based on the initial direction of the works, I’ve named the series “Little Dreamers”, …

The Making of Animation “All Is Not Lost… Yet”

2021 started with a mad rush to complete my second animation project. I basically spent New Year’s Eve and Day hunched over my work table taking hundreds of snapshots… which at 24 frames per second, adds up to only a few seconds of film lol. After this project, I definitely …

The Three Most Common Motifs in the Dreamer Penguins’ World

As a visual artist and coach, my life has been all about pursuing what I love and fulfilling my dreams. One of my dreams is to help people connect to their truest vision for their lives, through the art, music and writing I create, which is inspired by my own …

A World Where All Our Dreams Come True

In the summer of 2018, I went to Spain to attend my first artist residency, where I painted the first Dream Tree mural. After that, I stayed a month in La Garriga with a local family in exchange for practising English with them. During my time there, their daughter turned …

All it takes is to just SHOW UP and BE THERE.

A year ago I attended an artist residency in Cēsis, Latvia. For some reason I felt that I wasn’t “artsy” enough to be there, and among these artists who I perceived to be more “legit”, I couldn’t help feeling like a fraud. Each time I hung out with them, I …