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My studio

OK.  So.  I just wanted to share something that is actually a big deal for me.  I have a new studio now - that is actually separate from my bedroom.  I know it sounds funny but it's been something I've been dreaming of for the past 8 years or so and I fiiiinally made it happen.  For the past couple years I never really had enough space to create art outside my bedroom.  First it was Philly, then Taipei, then Shanghai - my bedroom always looked more like a bed inside a painting studio.  And trust me, it sucks. Despite making paintings size 80+, I would literally have to squeeze to the edge of the room just to get enough perspective.  I guess house searching for 4 months plus did pay off!  

2015

I just realized that I had no posts in 2014.  Sorry about that.
I moved back to Taichung in 2014 from Shanghai.  I moved eight times in the past two years.  I'm exhausted but also excited about Taichung.

My next show is in Portugal.  I'll be posting details soon.  Looking forward to Feb. so I can wrap up a lot of the paintings that I brought back from Shanghai.

I watched The Village by Stan Lai yesterday, it made me laugh and it made me cry. I can't wait to go to his next show in June.

Elena 

New show at the Art Xpres group exhibition in Galería Paspartú in Barcelona

I am proud to be presenting two works from my new series in 2012 at the Art Xpres group exhibition in Galería Paspartú in Barcelona from September 25-28.

Una mirada hacia el pasado, reflejando la profundidad de la soledad, de las imaginaciones de lo que podría ser el futuro.  Reflejo despierta el encuentro con uno mismo, con el paso de nuestro tiempo, con nuestra soledad, nuestras esperanzas y deseos.   Esta obra invita uno a mirar hacia nuestro interior, y sentir nuestras aspiraciones más profundas. 

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影子 | reflejo

taipei, 2012 

oil on canvas 

45 x 38 cm

Cuando uno esta enfrentado en la vida con osuridades, pérdidas, fracasos y frustraciones, cuando la vida parece que ya no hay luz ni cambio, lo único que nos queda es una fuerza interior, una luz que enciende nuestra fé en el medio de la oscuridad.

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石 | piedra

taipei, 2012

oil on canvas

45 cm x 38 cm

Bueno, estoy más que encantada para estar participando en esta exposición, mil gracias a Elena Jordán y Christy Liao por todo el apoyo maravilloso.  Espero que la exposición nos abrirá nuevas perspectivas hacia nuestras expresiones artísticas y nos brindará nuevas inspiraciones para seguir adelante. 

Tim McFarlane's new show Presence

Hope yall get to check out Tim McFarlane's new show Presence at the Bridgette Mayer Gallery
Tim's artwork has the ability to transport me to a different space, a different dimension.  I see so many layers of spaces and emotions, of layers of wisdom and secrecy hidden beneath somewhere/ something yet still perceivable.  His artwork reminds me that these spaces still exist in the world, and that we have the capability of feeling and perceiving them.

Anyways, wished I could actually be in Philly for this.  The show runs from September 5 - Oct 5, 2013

(photo: ©Bridgette Mayer Gallery)

dead ends

I think we spend a lot of time in life going after and then running away from dead ends.
people, choices, situations.
like those times, when doors open, and after tricking you into thinking that something was actually possible, they are slammed right back in your face
and all the hopes that you have built around that,
somehow ends up in an empty vaccuum

to find that hope and optimism again..
is hard.

I'm in Shanghai

I moved to Shanghai in March ~
and haven't updated much of my blog mainly because
1) I had no access to internet for the entire first month after moving into my new place
2) My blog is blocked in China!
3) I don't have a camera....yet

but...
I set up my studio between tears and heartaches and sleepless nights
I found out a way to access my blog too
I've started working on my art again, like never before
I have so much energy