Tim Loh's Paintings 陸天樞繪室

I am an enthusiast of Chinese Brush Painting and I would like to share my trials and tribulations in learning the craft. I want to document the process, the inspiration and the weird ideas behind my projects and to address some of the nuances related to this dicipline. I hope to create a dialogue and stir up some interest in the art of painting with a Chinese brush on Xuan. In any case, it would be interesting to see my own evolution as time progresses. This is my journal

Wednesday, July 31, 2019

Crinoline

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I was in grizzly bear country during a recent hike and the guide kept reminding us to make some noise so as not to surprise any unsuspecting...
Monday, June 17, 2019

Seeking frustration: painting on silk

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A friend showed me a painting on silk and it looked very nice.  Except that I didn't think the material was silk. Many of my friends d...
Friday, May 31, 2019

Epilogue to Yellow Mountain

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I looked at my finished Yellow Mountain painting and I felt something was amiss.  I did not get the fulfillment I was expecting.  It took me...
Thursday, May 23, 2019

Yellow Mountain

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Using my black and white sketch of Huangshan as a reference, I proceeded to paint a larger painting in color.  This painting shall have a p...
Thursday, April 18, 2019

Three Variations On The Yang Pass

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Music and poetry are intertwined with Chinese Brushing paintings in the sense that they often inspire each other.  Scholars in the past were...
Saturday, April 6, 2019

Who's being pedantic

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I explored the availability of a power outlet during a painting demonstration planning session.  I needed a hair dryer for my gig. Chinese...
Sunday, March 31, 2019

Will Epsom Salt Work

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I've used alum solution in my painting quite a bit.  It is affectionately called the Ancient Chinese Secret Solution by me.  Alum is use...
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Tim 陸天樞
Oregon, United States
Transplant from Hong Kong. Make my living pushing legal drugs. Painting is my Prozac!
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