Artwork Size

135.5 x 245 cm / 53 x 96 inches

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Artwork Medium

Acrylic Painting, Silkscreen Printing, Colour Pencils, Pastels, Silver Leaf and Resin Gemstones on Linen Canvas
Canvas Artwork has wire at back of frame for hanging.

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Artwork Description

“Spirit Mountain Lake” was inspired by traditional Chinese ink paintings. In particular the Shan Shui artworks, which are more interested in painting the emotions and the way the landscape makes you feel, instead of aspiring to realistically capture what the landscape looks like. In these artworks I used AI to create imaginary landscapes, I took traditional Chinese landscape paintings and merged these together with tropical foliage found here in Singapore. The foliage images for this artwork were gathered from many photos taken, while walking in the MacRitchie rainforest. Like most of my artworks that speak of Singapore, “Spirit Mountain Lake”, also contains elements that have come from my surroundings. However, as with many of my more recent artworks, this piece goes beyond the surface of pure representation, the seen, and delves deeper into feelings which are unseen.

It was important for me to create an imaginary landscape as these pieces become more dreamlike and move deeper into the subconscious, the thoughts and dreams that we may be processing in the late hours of the night. There are times in life where we have to navigate through dark periods, which is part of the reason why I chose to paint with Chinese ink making black the primary colour. 

But not everything in this artwork is black, fine thread-like silver patterns and white light sparkle throughout the piece. Reminding one, that beyond the dark times there is always a light, there is always a hope to reach out to.

To date there are two other artworks in this series, they are called  “Beyond the Night” & “Night Meanders”.

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作品描述

《灵山湖》的灵感源自中国传统山水画。山水画注重表现情感以及景致带来的感受，而非单纯追求对景物的写实描绘。
在此作品中，我运用人工智能创作了想象中的景观，将传统中国山水画与新加坡热带植物相融合。作品中的植物素材源自我在麦里芝雨林徒步拍摄的众多照片。
就如同我以新加坡为题材的从多作品，《灵山湖》融入了来自本地的元素。然而，正如我许多近期作品一样，这件作品超越了单纯的表象与可见之物，深入探索那看不见的情感世界。

对我而言，创作一幅想象中的风景至关重要，因为这些作品愈发梦幻，深入潜意识，反映我们在深夜中思考与梦境中的内心世界。人生中总会有需要穿越黑暗的时刻，这也是我选择以中国墨为主要媒介，将黑色作为主色调的原因之一。

然而，作品中并非全是黑色，细如丝线的银色纹理与白色光点在画面中闪烁。这提醒我们：在黑暗的时刻，总有光明，总有可以伸手触及的希望。

截至目前，该系列已有两件其他作品，分别为《超越夜晚》与《夜色蜿蜒》。

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Artwork Viewing

Currently at Whitestone Gallery Singapore.
For enquiries, email Deborah here or Whitestone Gallery for more information.

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