View from Within

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I read about this Seok, it sounded really horrible. You have a wonderful view from your window and despite the haze have painted it beautifully.

Posted by Christine Davies on Sat 17 Aug 15:28:08

That's the spirit Seok! I'm very sorry though that you have to stay indoors because of your neighbours but happy to see that you painted this beautiful watercolour from your window. It looks so delicate with its pastel colours and lovely drawing. Best regards from me.

Posted by Satu Vartiainen on Sat 17 Aug 15:48:57

Lovely work Seok, amazing what goes on in other countries!

Posted by Ros Patterson on Sat 17 Aug 16:23:28

Lovely watercolour despite the conditions you had to paint through

Posted by Glennis Weston on Sat 17 Aug 16:29:07

Good for you Seok. I'm amazed you are able to see out of your window. Well done

Posted by Fred Elwell on Sat 17 Aug 16:30:09

Great watercolour and good for you Seok, and with a Burmese wife I have to add that I fully concur with Aung San Suu Kyi

Posted by Michael Edwards on Sat 17 Aug 18:29:58

Great watercolour and good for you Seok, and with a Burmese wife I have to add that I fully concur with Aung San Suu Kyi

Posted by Michael Edwards on Sat 17 Aug 18:29:59

This is lovely. Art prevails I'm glad to see.

Posted by Dawn Broughton on Sat 17 Aug 19:21:03

You have certainly mastered your greens! Marvelous :)

Posted by Lesley Dabson on Sat 17 Aug 19:59:50

Lovely work, Seok. Your greens are always so beautifully and delicately done - lots of variation in shade which gives depth to the painting. They used to burn the stumps of the crops off in this country too a few years ago but thankfully that practice has now stopped. Smoke pollution is horrible. I don't even like bonfires.

Posted by Thea Cable on Sat 17 Aug 20:34:32

Good for you Seok, don't let them get you down, this is something good from all that trouble!

Posted by Carole Swingler on Sun 18 Aug 08:22:20

Just such a wonderful view, and beautiful painting.

Posted by karyl Quigley on Sun 18 Aug 09:41:36

That's the spirit Seok! Something beautiful has been created by you out of an ugly situation :)

Posted by Sarah Bottjer on Sun 18 Aug 10:18:47

Lovely shades of green. Great depth in this painting.

Posted by Lorraine Paris on Sun 18 Aug 10:33:16

Thank you all so much!

Posted by Seok Yam Chew on Sun 18 Aug 13:36:49

A beautiful painting Seok all the better for being produced under such difficult conditions.

Posted by Val Kenyon on Mon 19 Aug 12:02:54

Thanks very much, Val!

Posted by Seok Yam Chew on Mon 19 Aug 15:35:26

Superb work Seok, despite the conditions.

Posted by Stephen Slater on Wed 21 Aug 20:18:20

Thanks, Stephen!

Posted by Seok Yam Chew on Thu 27 Aug 01:38:01

Hang on Studio Wall

01/04/2015

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Every year in Singapore, we suffer weeks and sometimes months of bad air caused by the burning of agricultural land in Indonesia by irresponsible Indonesian farmers and companies clearing their land for the next planting season. The winds carry the smoke all the way across to Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand. Protests to the Indonesian government by the countries affected by the foul haze simply fall on deaf ears, thanks to the rampant corruption that is endemic in that country. This year, things got so bad in June that most of us were confined to our homes for almost a week, with air purifiers turned on to the maximum as the haze hit hazardous levels. I was not going to allow our inane Indonesian neighbors to get the better of me, so I painted this view from my dining room window. As Burma's Aung San Suu Kyi once said,"My mind is free." And so is my painting hand.

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