Floral Anatomy

OK, I got bored, I need colors. Even though this graphic journal of mine was supposed to be all done in black and while but somehow I just felt like some colors was needed. Anyhow, I thorough enjoyed making this piece and the automatic placement of things just felt into places the way I either intended or by accident but visually it all came out quite fittingly. For composition, I usually do not force myself to doodle up a composition prior to the making and processing of of my work, and so the process could be similar to that of the automatic writing, where I just watch the art unfold itself to me rather than the other way around.

Sustained Synthesis II

Over the weekend I had a chance to visit this arboretum near our house in Orange County in California. It is an arboretum open to the public all year around. I took a few pics. Later back I took those photos and re-synth them and this is what became of it. This might be an old sage still sitting there at the arboretum under a shade, or who knows, maybe an elemental spirit? Or just an impression that I got from the visit......

Mall Rats

This is a composites of mall rats, of people I took pictures of walking around headless and busy getting from one place to the other, from one end of the mall to the other end and back again. Boy, my sympathies goes out to these boyfriends and husbands that had to wait for their girls for hours and hours on end just to wind up with bags full of junks....... Well, that includes me......

Anatomical Disaster I

I have always been fascinated by the medical drawings and historical bio-medical illustrations or diagrams since I was little. They seemed to defy who we are, as we don't really see ourselves as such, all cut up and laying motionless on a operating table. Yet as I come across more and more of these intricate and detailed drawings, whether it be reflexological chart, acupuncture point diagrams, or a heart valve dissection drawing, I find them aesthetically pleasing to view.... If anyone is interested, check out this fabulous blog - Morbid Anatomy, you'll be surprisingly amazed and possibly entertained by the notion....

Floating Debris

Some mechanical details overload. Just can't seemed to get away from the symmetrical designs, oh, no, do I smell obsession? Ah, getting ready to have a Father's Day lunch! Hope you guys have a good one!

Hard Engine I

Anybody who lived through the 80's should have some sort of remembrance of one particular publication called the Omni Magazine. It was a fairly popular sci-fi/scientific/futuristic type of magazine that featured many talented artists of the time. I used to spent hours in the library reading and get inspired by the artworks that it featured. One striking artist that stuck in my mind all throughout the decades was that of Bob Venosa. His organic art was always ethereal, glassy with constant glowing translucent lights and emanating shapes of divine-like forms. I especially loved his particular piece called "Jutta II". So while trying to come up with an image this evening, I thought of Venosa's art and did a similar symmetrical one in my element of style. As you can see my love of compositional symmetry plus mechanical gadgets in combination of a ethereal feminine face is well exemplified here.