I spent the last week making this portrait of #Alvivi (click the image for downloadable hi-res version). Their saga unfolded as I drew. I mostly followed it on Facebook – an endless stream of links and comments, butthurt and outrage, condemnation and rationalization. Paint, paint, paint. My brush was the only thing that kept me… Read more
Getting ready to ink #Alvivi’s portrait.
New logo for new website baking in the oven. My ‘brand’ is all about uncontrollable thought worms and/or unruly pubic hair. Coming soon.
Some shapes I saw in my head when I accompanied my dad on his 2-hour long Qi Gong session. Drawing from the back of the mind.
Last week something important happened to me. Well two things. One of them I can’t actually talk about, except to say it involves illness and someone I love. I mention it because my mind seems to associate the two memories closely, even though they’re completely unrelated. I was wondering why I couldn’t blog about this… Read more
Fertilizer Fridays are interviews with artist friends. Honest, casual conversations that share ideas and bust myths about being an artist/making art. It was Election Day. 5 May 2013. I had just voted and was hanging out at Merdekarya‘s post-voting event, where I met Anna at her magical henna booth. She drew leaves snaking up from… Read more
Reimagining my Bunga Bersih dress (now completely deflowered) as a possible prototype for a Lalang Dress. Those are cutoffs from the cardboard grass stencils I made last week. In art, one thing usually leads to another. Which means: 1) don’t throw anything away 2) make things, even though (especially if) the first idea isn’t perfect.
How do you keep the grass growing? In the midst of redecorating Barisan Nasional banners with painted lalang. Should I let people buy this stuff by the metre? Meanwhile, our new cat Chicken is also enjoying the grass. In reality, she hates going outside.
