Endurance

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Lovely work Seok, great that amongst the horrendous situation outdoors you were able to find solace and cleaner air in the domes and produce work like this

Posted by Ros Patterson on Sun 18 Aug 14:35:05

Wonderful Seok that you managed to produce beautiful paintings despite the air pollution. Endurance is the perfect title!

Posted by Christine Davies on Sun 18 Aug 15:04:34

Fantastic work Seok. Beautiful flowers

Posted by Petra Palmeri on Sun 18 Aug 17:54:31

Lovely work Seok, and I agree with Confucius, orchids do thrive on neglect!!

Posted by Debs Jones on Sun 18 Aug 18:18:19

Lovely background colour and beautiful everlasting orchids Seok!

Posted by Satu Vartiainen on Sun 18 Aug 18:36:07

I think you did well under the circumstances. I can't imagine how difficult it must be; outwith your control .... I find that situation very unnerving.

Posted by Gudrun Ståhl Sharpley on Sun 18 Aug 20:05:12

Not wishy washy at all. Another lovely watercolour.

Posted by Dawn Broughton on Sun 18 Aug 22:31:48

Great contrast between looseness and detail - works so well.

Posted by Michael Edwards on Mon 19 Aug 06:50:05

Just so lovely.

Posted by karyl Quigley on Mon 19 Aug 09:49:19

I love your loose washes surrounding the more detailed orchids. Another little gem of a painting.

Posted by Val Kenyon on Mon 19 Aug 11:48:43

Thanks so very much, everyone!

Posted by Seok Yam Chew on Mon 19 Aug 15:34:53

A gorgeous painting though Seok!

Posted by Carole Swingler on Wed 21 Aug 10:57:54

Thanks very much, Carole!

Posted by Seok Yam Chew on Wed 21 Aug 15:30:41

Lovely background which enhances the beautiful flowers. Your flower paintings are getting better and better all the time.

Posted by Thea Cable on Fri 23 Aug 21:40:41

Thank you very much, Thea!

Posted by Seok Yam Chew on Sun 25 Aug 08:19:09

Beautiful Seok!

Posted by Sarah Bottjer on Tue 27 Aug 16:45:58

Thank you very much, Sarah!

Posted by Seok Yam Chew on Wed 28 Aug 07:56:15

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01/04/2015

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Another advantage of painting in the giant greenhouses at Gardens by the Bay in Singapore was that when the horrible haze was choking us in June this year, the greenhouses with their filtered air were a safe haven. This was painted en plein air during a particularly horrendous week in June when the smoke was billowing across from Indonesia. A pre-Fabio Cembranelli workshop painting - the background was a bit of wishy washy. I called this painting "Endurance" because the orchid, according to Confucius, endures the hardships of hunger and thirst, and is only loosely tied to the things that support it, growing where others cannot. Obviously the haze was getting to me, or I would not be quoting Confucius! With bad food and bad air, I am NOT a fan of anything that comes out of Indonesia or China at this point in time!

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