February 2012
4 posts
Carving images with a pen
Painting is my perpetual life companion, but writing is its quiet twin. It’s an act that I’ve done for as long as I’ve been drawing. Poring over Dickens, Alcott, Dahl and other 19th-20th century books as a kid became the catalyst for my fascination with words. My paintings are what gets flung on the public ring, writing stays on the seat. But I do both with equal intensity. In...
“Me guardo tu recuerdo
Como el mejor secreto
Que dulce fue tenerte dentro....”
– Siempre me quedará by Bebe. Why you so good Spanish language?
January 2012
7 posts
We'ar x Little Lotus Project Highlights
Last December, I was fortunate enough to be part of Spinning Top’s Little Lotus project. A crew of us artists, photographers and videographers from around the world headed to the border of Thailand and Burma, where we’ve gotten to know some beautiful Burmese refugee children. We were stationed at two schools, SAW and Sky Blue, and there we taught art classes, painted murals, among other fun...
Stunning. Long exposure shots of fireflies in Japan. Childhood memories waddup.
December 2011
3 posts
November 2011
6 posts
Little Lotus Project 2011
I will be part of this year’s Little Lotus project, and this time Spinning Top charity are taking 12 artists from NZ, the US and South East Asia to Mae Sot, Thailand. We’ll be painting murals and teaching art classes for children in Sky Blue and SAW schools, and when we come back we’re holding art exhibits in NZ & the US to raise more funds for them. It still bugs me out to...
Excerpt: Kidrobot's interview w/ JRYU for the...
J★:These children have very very little to look forward to.The Burmese civil war has been going on for decades there is no indication that it will end anytime soon. And with them now in Thailand, they aren’t considered citizens of that country so they live in refugee camps along the border, beside large trash fields where they hopefully can find recyclables and the such to earn a meager living.
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October 2011
30 posts
Second time around organising a group exhibit, and I’m truly looking forward to seeing what’ll come out of this.
Beauty Meets the Bizarre is an exhibit showcasing some of the more exciting emerging artists to watch out for coming from Auckland down to Wellington. 15 artists explore contrasting themes, from light and dark, to the ethereal and the macabre, to the delicate and...
“But I’ve been disappointed far too many times in going around big galleries and...”
– Mercedes Helnwein
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