September 17, 2016. Oil on canvas. 25 x 35cm. Russia. Moscow. 克林 The night train coach to Moscow was tiring. The cabin was comfortable, yet we were not used to small areas and moving beds, therefore I hadn’t slept quite well. From today onwards, we would travel with mini bus a lot. Like 4-5 hours… Read More
Sept 14, 2016. Oil on canvas. 15 x 20cm Russia. St. Petersburg. 瑞皮諾 I was slightly disappointed that the art tour turned out to be another shopping tour for art books. I had strong desire to do more practise once I could. And I expected that I could indulge into painting during this trip. In… Read More
Sept 15, 2016. Oil on canvas. 15 x 20cm Russia St. Petersburg. 瑞皮諾 涅夫斯基大街 The first hotel we landed Russia was Hotel Moscow in St. Petersburg. That was not a bad hotel. Breakfast was great. Lobby was spacious and it was located in the middle of the city, on the busiest shopping and business street,… Read More
Sept 13, 2016. Oil on canvas. 25 x 35cm Russia希斯金夏宮 Taiwan painter, 詹振揚organised a Russian Tour at September 2016. I was very pleased to join them and knew more about Russian art, culture, heritage, history, as well as got new Taiwanese friends. This was supposed to be an art tour with half of time appreciating… Read More
Dec 30, 2014. Oil on canvas. 45 x 50cm. Painting was such a precious experience since it had brought to me to a lot of different memories. This piece was done 18 months ago. One day, that day, I had a sudden thought. I wished to go to my oldest home to paint because
Feb 2016. Oil on canvas. 22 x 30cm. I used to like plein air painting and that was my major practice and learning opportunity in these 2 years. But I had decided to give up plein air for a while. The focus for 2016 would be my basic sketching skill. I hope the fundamental training… Read More
July 1, 2016. Pencil sketching. 45 x 60cm. After quitting Master Yim’s studies in Taiwan, I continue to work on sketching exercise during my spare time. This was another human portrait which I felt proud of myself. But at the same time, it was a difficult task when I did it. And I had to… Read More
June 1, 2016. Oil on canvas. 40 x 55cm. Practising with Master Tang for 3 months had turned me into a different artist. I started to know what was a good work. I started to know more about color. But I was still very green about the brush stroke. And I was very weak in… Read More
June 25, 2016. Pencil sketching. 24″ x 36″. 12 hours. Learning sketching in Taiwan became a big burden to my health. I was always striving to minimise the influence of the trips on my work and family and other painting activities. Therefore I used to take the latest or earliest flight. That meaned I would… Read More
August 20, 2016. Oil on canvas. 35 x 45 cm. I had been learning oil painting for more than 3 years. No clue for improvements. All I could do was to do more practises. I had gotten more than 1000 piece of works so far. Yet quantity had no co-relationship with quality. The hardest I… Read More
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