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

Friday, October 31, 2025

Sorry, I just don't get it

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I was stunned, shocked, embroiled in total disbelief at a recent art show. The piece of "art" that claimed First Place was a porta...
Sunday, October 12, 2025

To sketch or not to sketch

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Convinced that sketching was what made Xu Beihong's horses look so distinctive and exact,  muscles bulging and tendons tensing I dec...
Thursday, September 25, 2025

On a whim

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It was almost midnight.  I should be climbing into my bed.  Not because I was afraid to turn into a pumpkin, but I just wanted to have a goo...
Tuesday, September 9, 2025

Bony legs

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When I toyed with painting horses a few months back, I was serious about it; more than an whimsical fleeting infatuation anyways.  I thought...
Tuesday, August 26, 2025

Revisiting old skills

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I've been given a few opportunities lately to show people how to paint with a Chinese brush. I was apprehensive at first about shoulderi...
Friday, August 15, 2025

Picking at my scab

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I am sure most of us have picked at our scabs.  Some of us more often than others. A nasty habit. Scabs are like our body’s natural armor, p...
Thursday, July 31, 2025

Stupid as stupid does

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"Stupid as stupid does"  Forrest Gump inspired me. I was not ready to accept defeat with my recent water ripples painting.  It was...
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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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