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

Thursday, September 28, 2023

Painting on silk again

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My last encounter of painting on silk was fraught with plenty of obstacles.  I was being stubborn and tried to use silk fabric, instead of t...
Tuesday, September 5, 2023

Face Up or Face Down?

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To the uninitiated, Xuan paper is just a regular piece of white paper to be painted or written on.  The more astute observer would however n...
Thursday, August 31, 2023

Tai Chi Sword Gesture

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I am still patting myself on the back for amalgamating two paintings into one with my last project on dance and martial arts poses.  I am ju...
Wednesday, August 9, 2023

Gestures

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I don't know why but I've always liked the pose of a ballerina on toes.  Perhaps that stance forces the dancer to assume a good post...
Monday, July 24, 2023

Finishing up Gazing 歲月人生

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I've been looking at the half finished "Gazing out the window" project for over a week now and I am most tempted to leave it t...
Friday, July 7, 2023

Gazing out the window

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I was learning about mental illness, being bipolar in particular, and creativity.  It was interesting to note that some of the renowned arti...
Monday, June 5, 2023

A life revealed in beautiful Chinese calligraphy

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I picked up something rather unusual at a local donation center rummage sale.  Here is a snippet of that item. The Chinese writings on this ...
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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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