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Landscapes

From the time I studied my Bachelor in Taiwan to now I study my Master degree, I used to paint landscapes. I still continue the series doing that. Hidden Portal is the first painting I have done in this semester. The main focus of the painting is the portal at the centre of the artwork. It is a response to the painting I did in my BA study, The Magic Portal. The two portals link together, you will arrive the Hidden Portal when you get into Magic Portal. It acts as a metaphor for the connection between my bachelor study and master study. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Hidden Portal

 

 

The Hidden Portal, Oil on Canvas

Wonderland, Oil on Canvas

Wonderland

 

 

Wonderland is a landscape painting. I found so hard to develop this work, I was stuck and got out of ideas. For this painting, I did not do any sketch beforehand, I found it so difficult to create a painting without preparing and doing research thoroughly.

 

For working on landscapes, my main use of colours is navy, dark green, green, brown and all sorts of natural colours. Until I was painting Wonderland, I wanted to step out of my comfort zone. I painted mushrooms with vibrant colours. I like how the trees look in the painting, and the neutral colours create a great contrast with the bright colours of the mushrooms. 

 

I create this work, it is my moment of being confused and out of mind. Psychedelic art is informed by the notion that altered states of consciousness produced by psychedelic drugs are a source of artist inspiration. The mushrooms in my artwork, the use of colours, have a symbol of psychedelic. The mechanism for surrealism is the observance of dreams and the experience of hallucinations. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bibliography

I have been watching a lot of movies by Disney and Pixar since I was young, I love their background and all the backdrops and setups. When I was studying my BA in Taiwan, I discovered this series of book, 'The Art of since 1949 ABRAMS'. It is about the art of a movie by Disney or Pixar. The book shows the digital and concept art done by different artists and also sketches of characters and background scene in the movie. It helps develop my paintings and inspires me with the use of colours and element in a scenery to create my work, and stick to the theme fantasy and imagination. 

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