Starting from about 6 months ago, I have a new hobby. Painting. I'm gonna skip the story about how I was brought up in an art family which I had already written in my art blog.
I wanna exclaim how fast the time flashed when I found my greatest interest in life! I didn't notice I had been painting for 6 months already! That was surprising!
Anyway, back to the topic. I dunno since when, but must be within the 6 months, I started to think about letting people to know about my art. I want to build a reputation in art world, so that people know about me and my art. Deep in my heart, I have few targets to achieve:
1. I want to show people that oil pastel can also be a great medium on the same level with oil painting. But at the same time I wanna show people that I do this not because I can't do oil painting but instead because oil pastel is itself a very all-rounded medium which should be promoted to more art galleries.
2. Other than that, I also want to use art to remind people about the beauty of science.
3. I want to have a unique way of painting something common which the strokes had not been used by other people.
So I have somewhat achieved those:
1. I have replicated Starry Night by Van Gogh (which was originally an oil painting) using oil pastel and had gain lots of good feedback about the great details in the painting.
2. I have painted 2 abstract painting from the photos of cancer cell scanning electron micrograph (SEM) using oil paint and had attracted much attention from friends with non-science background. And they did get to be exposed to the beauty of science through my painting.
3. I had created a unique stroke for rose painting and am going to create a rose series with 4 rose paintings. Now I had 2 rose painting at hand.
No wonder I feel such great satisfaction! =)
Although I have achieved those targets, more have to be done to create a bigger impact. So, I decided to give myself higher goals:
1. To create a great painting using oil pastel and submit to art galleries for display to raise awareness of the all-roundedness of oil pastel
2. To paint another 2 cancer cell abstract paintings to close the cancer cell series. Then, write a nice description about cancer and promote cancer awareness. Then, submit the whole series to art galleries.
3. To paint another 2 rose paintings with the unique strokes. Then, submit the whole series to art galleries if nobody wanna buy from me.
At work, I build my science CV; Outside work, I build my art CV. =) And because of the fully utilized life, I feel contented and astoundingly satisfied.
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