“长”画（二）

这是一幅长形画，由左至右连接不断往下看。（请多多指教）

当我步入植物园时，便有了一个重要的启发。那就是植物园里若果少了人，便显得美中不足！因上帝创造万物是为了要让人享用的...享受树上果子的美味，欣赏不同树类的线条美与色泽美...不是吗？但多少时候我会“忙”中抽空去观赏它们呢？（莫说植物园，就连住家周围的一花一草一树一木也“没空”去看一眼，脑子里尽是想着工作，几时交画稿给老板，该画什麽画？该看什麽电影减压，下午该吃什麽？什麽时候去度假？或想着昨天某人又得罪我了！等等等等...。）

直至我有幸到了植物园，才深深的体会到原来各类的花草树木与人的连系是如此的自然与紧密的。在欣赏的同时，也发觉除非我能常保持着一颗孩童的心，否则即使在我眼前不离三寸处摆上一盆百合花也不能将我的脑子从市区搬回来。（感觉上孩童的心是永远生活在“现在”的，而非“过去”或“将来”-“享受现在这一刻吧！”）

圆“画家”梦

一九八一年，我就读的那所中学来了一名画家兼教师，负责指导学校美术学会会员及各个不同年级的美术课程。他姓洪，我们都叫他洪老师。

据了解，他非但画画得好，文才也不错。

他的声音厚重且带着强烈的喉音...。

记得当时负责教导我华文的高级主任张老师还常在我班面前夸奖他！（哈哈！二十年后我才发现原来他与我太太的第一个美术老师叶老师是非常要好的老朋友，你说这事巧不巧？）

第一次上洪老师的美术课的情景是满有趣的（当时我念中二，跟现今许多学画的孩子比起来算是起步慢的，严格来说也可算是我的第一堂美术课吧！）。他将一个五加皮酒的壶摆在桌面上，然后叫我们用铅笔画那壶...！一些同学顿时乱了阵脚！不明就里（包括我在内）！但所幸洪老师当场就在一名同学的画纸上示范起来，教我们如何捕捉形体及加上光暗等...这才明白过来！

油画：朋友的肖像，名为“爱的故事三号”，2003年，私人收藏 （鲁本斯喜爱用红色来点缀画里的人物服饰，这几近成了他的“辩认”商标...。所以我决定采用这幅自个画的身着红衣的青年肖像来展示，以示对他的纪念。）

不是自夸，我常觉得洪老师是挺欣赏我的，或许是因为我的绘画天份与悟性都比周围的同学强吧！ （哈！感谢主！）后来我也发觉自己对绘画的兴趣越来越浓（哈！有点儿不能自拔的感觉！），至终便决定退出童子军制服团体而转入美术学会。

请包容我斗胆讲一句冒犯的话，（嘻！）在美术学会里，说实在的，我总觉得能学到的东西也不多。至于周围的中三，四年级的学长也没有一个是好到足以令我可以向他们学习的。所幸后来我家大哥自书局买了一本讲述有关维纳斯的神话故事介绍书...内里除了文字的描述外，也穿插了许多美术大师的油画。其中又以鲁本斯Peter Paul Rubens的油画作品最令我感到心动又心醉！就这样，便常在家用铅笔临摹鲁本斯的油画作品，特别是他的人物画，我总是尽心尽力的要求自己临摹得跟原画一模一样。（这样一来非但让我吸取了大师的知识与技术上的营养，也间接提升了自个的鉴赏力！）除外，我也临摹了提香Titian和布欣Franqois Boucher的作品，都令我获益不浅。

哈哈！我母亲是个读书人，当她知道我终日沉迷于美术（绘画）时，也不知是喜或是忧？？？但有一点是可以肯定的，那就是每当我向她要点钱买美术书籍时，她总是挺舍得给我的（我想也许她是希望能帮助我培养起阅读的习惯吧！）。就这样，在读读画画的情况下度过了我的中学生涯。这期间或许周围的一些邻居朋友都或多或少会觉得我怪怪的吧！一来是因为他们常看到我在家里画很多裸体画 - 因我常临摹美术大师的裸体画作品... 二来是因为我已不像以往一般的常与他们打球玩乐。说实在的，在我未学画以前已不喜欢跟他们一同玩耍，因我总是被他们欺负...我父亲和两名哥哥也完全帮不了我...至终经常落得独个儿在邻座的组屋楼梯处哭泣...非常难熬的几年呀！（连学校里的一名英文教师也常在课堂上以取笑讽刺我为乐！搞到我几乎想退学...。）当时我仿佛在暗处寻见了一样可以值得我去发掘和追求的东西...更贴切的说是找到了一点属于自己的自尊吧！

中学毕业后，便告知自己要到南洋美术专科学院去继续“寻梦”？？？或说成“圆梦”更贴切吧！

如此，二十多年起起伏伏的过去了...问自己：“圆了梦吗？... 还不能以画养画！还没吧！”

A Fun Swim

Meditation

"Meditation" Ink On Paper 2007

Weight

"Weight" Ink On Paper 2007

看书记——推理小说

想来是在一九八六年吧！一次一名姓黄的朋友硬将一本书往我怀里塞...还说：“拿去看吧！猜到乱！”我不明就里，但当反应过来时，才知道是名为“夜的声”的日本推理小说。

就这样，便开始了看推理小说的旅程——或可称之为“瘾”吧！

“夜的声”是日本推理小说权威松本清张的一部短篇作品。内容异常紧凑，谜题很多，必须猜...既便猜对了谁是凶手，接着又得猜干案动机，时间和地点等...但看完整部小说后只得一个字——“爽”！

当然当时也免不了会向同期同学分享自个的读后感想...哈！当时就有一名年长我几岁的同级同学（当时正就读南洋美专，该校并没有太大的年龄限制，故一个班级的学生年龄常会参差不齐）听了我的感言后，便主动借给我另一本松本清张的长篇小说——“点与线”。读后，便对它赞不绝口！

这“点与线”一书有着醒脑的作用，看时需多多用脑！作者在作品内巧妙的应用了时间，不同交通工具的时间表与地点的配合，干案者如何用障眼法制造出不在场证明及迷惑人心，叫人先入为主的错觉...尤如一道道难解的数学题向你摊牌...而故事里的两名刑警——“三原与重太郎”则逐一艰难的将所有谜题解开，真正是精彩至极！绝品！喜欢挑战复杂数学题的朋友，这可是你们的福音呀！

续“点与线”后，又自个购买了松本清张的“时间的习俗”，“零的焦点”和“砂器”。间中也曾向图书馆借读了他的“异变街道”与“天才女画家”等。其中“时间的习俗”是“点与线的姐妹作，同是描述三原刑警与老刑警重太郎的破案过程，内容有些许跟照相摄影有关...。而“异变街道”的结尾则相当悲哀...看后心情沉重。“天才女画家”则可看出松本清张对社会各个层面的理解极其透彻。在书里，充分发挥出他对画家，画商，画评及买卖投资者间敏感又复杂的互动影响力的理解，并给予酸辣的批评！

除了松本清张，我也爱极了夏树静子写的“有人不见了”和“蒸发”。这两本著作的内容都非常引人入胜，令人巴不得一口气就想将它读完！如“蒸发”里的飞机乘客在上飞机前的人头点算与飞机起飞后的人头点算竟然发觉机舱里少了一个人...。哈！听我这么一讲是不是也很想看啊？但遗憾的是总觉得夏树静子的著作难找，既便是到日本书局去逛也找不着，店员告知我：“卖光了！没了！”也许是销售成绩好吧！

至于娱乐性高的推理小说作家那就得首推赤川次郎了。此君的生产量惊人！可在特短的时间内完成一本小说，且当年是凭一本“幽灵列车”一举成名的！记得自己曾读过好多他的作品，在这里也说不尽这许多...。他笔下的各个人物生动有趣，故事中还常夹插一些幽默情节，令人读了精神爽朗，嘻！有减压的作用！与松本清张和夏树静子比较下显得轻松易读也易解（当然这纯属个人的读后感言），Mmmm...非常适合年轻读者。

最近也因慕名而特别拜读了较松本清张更为前期的推理小说先驱作家横沟正史所著的“狱门岛”，故事里的主角便是扬名各方大名鼎鼎的金田一耕助。哈！此君给人的第一个印象总是一副老爱抓头皮的怪人...但实际上则是聪明绝顶的私家侦探！当然由于个人对有关金田一耕助本人的办案故事还处于初步的认识阶段，故在此不便多着墨。嘻！以后吧！

总之推理小说为我的人生提供了许多的内容与色彩，也同时大大的开阔了我的视野与想象空间，收获着实不浅！你也读读看吧！

Chiangmai一游 - 一点小感触

DIY的秋千可曾看过？外观呈十字形，每一端有一板坐，一次可供四个孩童乘坐，如此，因着重量的些微差距，再配合着旁人的帮助...旋转起来。我站在旁看着，只有流口水的份。无奈自己已四十岁，而非四岁......超重了！（见图一）

（图一）DIY秋千，可惜自己已超龄...没得玩！

我自年少开始便对拍照有点兴趣，也自认在摄影构图及取景上也有少许天份-特别是在进行近距离拍摄时就更能将天赋体现出来！（当然这里并非指像放大镜般的将人体毛发拍得像树的主干一样粗大的特技照片）但无奈却对看似复杂无比且昂贵的摄影器材望而却步...但所幸最近购买到一架超便宜且拥有8.3MEGA PIXELS性能的数码相机...便多少能让我尤如小老虎多添了两对小翅膀。

（见图二）拍摄的是一名年岁不小的妇人，正在路边卖小鸟。每一个藤制小笼子里各有一只，一对或更多的小鸟...当时我在旁看着...不明就里？后来友人才告知我是买来放生的，并坦言不要向她买，免得她又得到处去捉鸟来卖？？？但与此同时我却想到另一点：“若没人买，笼子里的鸟儿又到何时才能获得自由呢？？？好矛盾呀？？？”理不清，别理！

（图二）卖小鸟的妇人

可曾看过一对不戴头盔的男女共坐一架摩托车在马路上“慢慢”的奔驰吗？男的眉清目秀，中分的发型，身着白色长袖衣，烫得光滑无皱褶的长裤及磨得光亮几近可照见牙齿的黑鞋。女的则貌美如花，长发随风而飘，香喷喷的气味叫人心醉（纯属个人想象）。还有还有，她在男友后面是采用侧坐的姿势（好美！），而非两脚左右分开状。她身穿一件连衣裙，双手合放在大腿上，裙的尾端如行云流水般的飘动着...轻声细语的向着男友说点什麽...。男的则时不时的别过头去向她（女友）讲点什麽...讲国际政治吗？不可能吧？讲情话啦！

在新加坡有机会看到这幕尤如爱情小说般的美丽景观吗？应该没有吧！新加坡的骑士都得戴上头盔才可以在马路上奔驰。若想上演上述景象的话，至终则会像美式足球员般的头盔互撞擦出零星火花！不美！（当然，安全第一啦！）

（图三）穿高跟鞋的女士

确定构图无误...好！拍！嚓！

就这样，这景象便在数码相机的小框框里定了型。（见图四）“这照可堪称得上是我的摄影极品之一！”（哈！哈! 请多多包容我言语上的愚昧。）

那正是Free & Easy的一天中午，与朋友一起决定往Chiangmai的Old Town寻宝。目标共分三个，走过了前两个，便直往第三个目标前行。走着...走着...也不知自己搞什麽的？没来由的便对这旧店屋有点感觉...或许是它那半新不旧的的模式令我起着共鸣吧！便不明就里的将它纳入了我的记实系列里。尔后才发见这照的最大魅力是在于那架急驰而过的电单车恰好位于店屋的低位正中处...如此，整幅画面活了！

（图四）店屋

在Chiangmai最大的乐趣莫过于以一颗安静的心静观周围的人，事与物。在那里，女人大都长得漂亮，且多数烫直发，叫人看了开心！男的则不是长得很Man，就是很秀气...但共有的特征就是谈吐上都显得很文雅。人的生活感觉上过得简单，对“陌生人”的基本信心也显得简单...不论乘坐三轮Taxi也好，四轮由Pick-up加工改装的Bus也好，都纯属口头上的讲价交易，不用Black & White，真叫人（我）吃惊！

在吃方面也多样化，各形各色，各从其类，令人眼花缭乱！我常少吃旅行配套里所提供的食物，有意无意的让胃有更多的空间可装入其他的道地及街边美食...但又常无奈的感到怎吃也吃不尽，更吃不来...只有感叹自己为何不多长一个胃...。（开玩笑的啦！）

欣赏当地的木雕制成品也是件令人兴奋不已的事。当然，有的雕工很精细（大型的有时还需花上雕工师傅几年的时间方能完成），有的则显得粗了点（原因：不知道）。我跟朋友为了要拜访木雕师傅及参观其木雕制作过程而专程包租了一架三轮Taxi到Chiangmai 以外偏西南部的一个地区去作访...但至终却因与司机间语言上的彼此障碍而不得圆梦（他带我们游走的地点都是清一色的木雕Show Room，而非师傅的住家兼Studio。（哈！也许是为了弥补心中那一丁点的无奈吧！在离开前便特地买了一个“少年踢藤球”的雕像回旅店把玩陶醉一番）。

（图五）身着青衣头顶红帽的车夫

听“话”

Ink On Paper, 2007.

上帝的话最能温暖人心。

我“话”很多！哈！只要认识我的人都不会否认这点。
我喜欢讲话，也很喜欢听别人讲话。
每当听到别人称赞我时，便会异常高兴（有时甚至感动得落泪）。
我喜欢听好话，好听的话和正面的话。

但有一等人的话，是我不太喜爱听的...哈！但有时又不得不听...那就是极度负面消极的话。
“过量”负面消极的话有时候会影响我的情绪，思维及谈话内容等。（哈！哈！每当我面对这等爱讲（？）或习惯讲“过量”负面话的人时，最常做的事就是尽量帮助对方将话题引入"积极面"）。

当然，话又得讲回来，有谁又不曾讲过消极的话呢？我自个也多少曾讲过消极的话（将来也肯定会再讲），只是每个人在程度上有差距而已...讲得“多”的，叫人听多了会生厌...不是吗？但试问这世上又有谁在讲话时能够保持完全客观呢？不可能吧？因为人有情绪，有情绪就会主观吧！不是吗？

谁的话才最可听呢？？？？？？





上帝的话最能温暖人心。

笑

什麽人，事与物最能令我由衷的从内心发出微笑呢？

那就是：
“当吃没有太多巧克力成份的冰淇淋时。”
“当美食当前时——特别是鸡腿肉饭，虾面，菜饭，叻沙面，日本寿司和拉面，还有其他很多很多...。”
“当发现自己的绘画作品有magic touch时！”

“当买到自己喜爱的衣服，裤子和鞋子时。”
“当上电影院看戏时。”
“当唱卡拉OK唱得顺畅时——特别是当我觉得自己活像个歌星时！”哈！偶尔会这样子啦！
“当买到漂亮又In的玩具时。”
“当和一群朋友在餐厅吃喝讲有的没的时。”
“当看到太太开心的样子时。”
“当工作做得顺利时。”
“当自己教的学生画出好的画作时。”


这些玩具都是近几年来的各人收藏，其中的Astro Boy是去年朋友们所给的生日礼物。哈！记得当时高兴得几乎要哭出来！

“当坐在电视机前边观赏节目边品尝红酒时。”
“当有机会出国Holiday时。”
“当看到蓝色的海水与色彩缤纷的沙滩一景时。”

取自L.A.的Laguna Beach，迷人的深蓝色海水！令人心旷神怡！

“当卖画时。”
“当看到上帝的作为时！”
“当收到礼物时。”
“当发现自己的体重不再标升时。”
“当一天的生活过得充实时。”
“当打开雪柜发现太太买了可口的Ice-cream时。”
“当完成一幅自己满意的美术作品时。”
“当玩Arcade玩得超级棒时！”
“当被人称赞时——哈！很少人称赞我。”
“当陶醉在神的爱里时。”
“当上帝赐福给我时。”
“当晚上睡得香甜时。”

百发却不一定百中。

“长”画

这两组画稿（A图与B图）曾呈交去年的一个“壁画设计计划”。

内容主要是讲述一个地点的民众（见图：正方体）从这一头尤如潮水般的“通行无阻”的流去另外一个尽头（见图：椭圆形体）。反之，另一尽头的民众也流向这一头的地点...如此，由左至右，由右到左不断的循环不息。

讲到这里，相信大家也不难猜想到这两组画稿是为了表达交通顺畅所带给民众的便利而制作的。



（A图）由左至右，（图一）连接（图二），（图二）则连接（图三）。

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（见A图与B图）可见画稿里的一些形象是运用“转型”的方法来表达。如众多人物的形象逐步的转化为陆上交通工具，尔后又由交通工具通向水管而形成水...而与此相反的情况也有出现...带有些许卡通画的趣味。

若做一比较的话，也会发现A图与B图哪怕是表现同一主题，但趣味性却不一样。A图较直接，而B图则多变化——也较具曲线美！但我个人却偏好A图，哈！也许正如众多朋友所说的：“我是一个直肠肚！讲话直接，做事也直接！”

（B图）由左至右，（图一）连接（图二），（图二）则连接（图三）。

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肯定

步入四十岁，最近常问自己：“是否有必要重新肯定自己从上帝那里所得着的呼召？”哈！早在一九九二年左右，上帝所给予我的呼召是通过绘画来见证他...但近来我却常想：“或许他会希望我能以另外一种新的方式来见证他也说不定...？”

或许他会希望我进入教会工作，成为一名全职员工？（当然，所谓“全职员工”并非指“牧师”一职，请别误会。我所属的那间教会有十五千名会众，所以有各个

不同的工作岗位。）

我祷告...要他给予我正确的方向。

Series - #01 The Timeless David, Ink & Acrylic On Canvas,

哈！哈！他在很短的时间内便回应了我星期三早上所作出的祷告。中午时我便接到了一通朋友Miss‘K’的电话，透过电话她要求我隔天让她观赏我近几年来的绘画作品...。

第二天，即是星期四中午，我们在市区一间餐厅见面，她对我的一些作品相当有兴趣...。当晚，我便电邮了几幅作品给她，并附上售价表...。

星期五她便告知我她决定要买下我的三件作品。

Series - #03 The Timeless Thomas, Ink & Acrylic On Canvas,

哈！哈！事情发展到这里，我已心有所悟。其实上帝已经提供了答案给我，即是藉着让我售画来勉励我继续朝着绘画的目标前行，非但如此，还将祝福加给我。

还能说什麽呢？感谢他！在我对前景的发展有些许的不肯定时，他给予我肯定。

神永远是爱我的，愿一切的荣耀都归给他。

False Teachers, Ink On Paper,

Child Head, Adult Body

Ha! Ha! Hopefully I can live as illustrated in the above “Child Head, Adult Body” image forever!

Recently, I began to realize what life is about. Hee! The answer is “Being A Happy Person”! That’s all! Right? I remember in my carefree childhood days, I had enjoyed my friends’ company, played with them - catching, fishing, joking… When I went to secondary school, I joined the scouts, went camping with my classmates…etc; later I also joined art club - enjoyed drawing and watercolour painting, copied great masters’ paintings to learn their skills …; I even found pleasure talking to my school teachers.

After my ‘O’ level exams, I went to art school to do my three-year fine art course. I got to know a lot of friends there who had the same target as me – to become a full-time artist. We learnt painting from one another (besides from the lecturers), encouraged those who felt depressed, and ever dreamt of furthering studies overseas together, becoming a ‘somebody’ in future…

After studies, I went to National Service, made friends, talked a lot…; Then working life started from the day I finished NS. I have great joy whenever my Pay Day comes, and occasionally even have the privilege to have lunch with my boss! I also manage to hold painting exhibitions, sell my paintings, and enjoy the fruits of my labour…

On Sundays, I go to church with my wife, and bask in God’s blessings! Amen! When Monday comes, I am recharged and back to my jobs again - enjoy teaching, doing illustrations & paintings; have entertainment such as: watching movie, listening to CDs, travelling… I have even started collecting toys recently to entertain myself. Ha!Ha! But human relationships come first. As years go by, I have also learnt how to love my wife and appreciate her company more and more each day... Eventually I find that in all these things that I do, I am seeking for the one thing – “Happiness!”

However, at times my emotions do go up and down - worry about my future, afraid of not having enough for this and that, worry that I cannot be a good husband…, and end up not having a fully happy Christian life.

Fortunately, God opened my eyes recently and reminded me that I should cast all my cares unto Him, and live a carefree and let-go life. When I received this revelation from God, I began to cast all my problems to Him, and then slowly, I discovered that a lot of problems became “lesser weight”; For some, I even did not see them as problems anymore! Meanwhile, I also realize that as a Christian, I should guard my heart, let it be “child-like”! (child-like + faith = Child-like Faith, which God commends) I believe I can slowly let go of my worries and problems day by day, because God is my faithful Provider for all my needs, just as He provided the “Manna” as food from heaven for His People in Exodus. I can indeed enjoy my daily life and become “A Happy Man”!

Note: All the white round objects in the above illustration represent “Manna”, not snow. Ha!

再说童画:一点小技巧

爱心：“先爱其人，后画其人。”在画孩童的过程里，肯定会遇到很多的挫折，因孩童常坐不定…哈！有时候还会特地跟你捣蛋（如首先摆了一个姿势，当他或她发现你已进行中途时，便会刻意转换成另一种姿势…事后还顽皮的向你哈哈大笑…）。故你少了一份爱心便不行。

认识：跟孩子们交朋友，这很重要。因为在交往的过程中，渐渐的，你会发见他们外表上的特征及性格特点。这些，对于你在进行绘画制作时是极度重要的，因为能够帮助你更深入的展现出对方。

结构：对于人体的构造必须要有某种程度的认识。就如上述所提到的，孩童易动不易画，故对结构的熟练掌握是必须有的。

记忆：很多时候在一些特殊的场所如地铁、巴士或餐馆等，会有很多“偶遇”出现!可能是在地铁里有一名非常可爱的孩童被你发现正坐在母亲的膝盖上（恰好你当时身上又没笔没纸，而你又巴不得将他的模样画下。）这时不妨运用边观察边记忆的方式来制作画作…当然这种作法尽可能把握时间，越早将记忆里的形象画在纸上越好，免得拖久了印象和感觉会逐渐模糊。

总之，上述几点只是我这些年来的经验之谈，也许其他的“同行”有更多这方面的发现…当然，希望他们乐于分享。

童画

最近难得有机会翻看了自己的一些旧速写作品，发觉自己常爱画孩童在日常生活上的一切大小举止。就想：“为何不办个专画孩童的画展呢”？

认识我的人都知道我非常的喜爱小孩，也许就因如此，无形中便自然的生出这许多的“童画”。

始于一九九三年，便可说是制作“童画”的开始。当时我家二嫂为家里添了一个男宝宝，令人疼爱不己！（哈！当初也不知自己是怎么搞的？就爱以速写的方式来画他。）后来隔了两年，他妹妹也跟着出世了。哈！我可乐了！家里又增加了个模特儿。

两兄妹的性格各异，哥哥较静，常坐在床上或躺卧在地板上静静的“观赏”电视节目。而妹妹则东爬西钻的，静不下心。因此常深觉得哥哥易画，而妹妹则较难。（当然也较具挑战性。）就这样，年复一年的，完成了这许多的速写稿。当然，间中也穿插了一些绘制其他孩童的作品，但总的来说，主要的“角色”还是他们两兄妹。

现今，兄妹俩都些许长大了，哥哥今年念中一（声带开始变粗。），妹妹则念小五，而我则想着该如何将以他俩为主的速写作品通过哪种方式呈现给大众。

还在想…

Rest

Oil On Canvas,2003.

Rest & Receive

Acrylic On Canvas, 2005, (Private Collection)

Forgiveness

Living Things, 2004 (Private Collection)

Why keep?
Keeping will make you restless!
Keeping will make you frustrated!
Keeping will also make you stressed!
Keeping can make you look like a frog that lives in the well - always no time to see the wonderful sky.(Even the sky seems like a round shape from inside the well!)
Keeping can also keep you looking at your "roommates"!(You will subjectively think that your "roommates" are people who are unfriendly and bad...)
Sometimes your "roommates" may leave you,(They do move out, with or without your permission...) but sometimes new people will move in!(Then you feel heavy again!)


Forgiving your "roommates" can chase away all your "roommates"!
Eventually, you will smile!

(Note: "roommates" here are referred in the negative sense; of course, "roommates" that we keep in our hearts and minds can also be those who mean a lot to us in the positive sense...)

“In The Right Place, At The Right Time”

Few days ago, I went to visit some toy shops near Chinatown. I was very fortunate to have found a toy car, made in year 1960 in China, and bought it at a very cheap price. After buying the toy car, I thought of ‘showing off’ to my friend Mr K who runs a gallery in South Bridge Road (of course he has helped me sell many of my artworks too).

When I reached the gallery, Mr K looked happy and asked me to go to the attic (where many of my artworks, among others, are stored) immediately, because a couple showed a lot of interest in my artworks. So I went up (no chance to show off my toy) to meet them… I had few words with them, and eventually they decided to buy one of my dear paintings. Wow! That was marvellous! Everything seemed so simple and easy - It must be God helping me! No doubt! He always leads me to the right place, at the right time!

Another blessing happened to me earlier this year, very similar to the above case. I was having a group exhibition together with other six artists at the same gallery mentioned above. On the second day of the exhibition, one of my NAFA school-mate came to visit. I was very happy to see her because we had not met each other since year 1987. However, I was also very tired and hungry then, as I had waken up very early in the morning to settle a few things… So in the end, I just had a few words with her, and asked the gallery owner to help me accompany her… I really needed a break to have my lunch, that was all!

So I left the gallery, had a good lunch, and a good break… it took me about an hour. After a satisfied meal, I walked slowly back to the gallery. Before I reached the gallery, I was thinking to myself that my friend must have left already, but the moment I opened the gallery door, I saw her still there, and was standing in front of one of my paintings! When she saw me, she asked me to do a bit of explanation about the work. Eventually, she decided to buy it. Haha! So… what can I say? Right Place at the Right Time, isn’t it? This is my Heavenly Father’s doing; He is a good God! He loves me all the time, just as He loves Jesus! And always willing to bless me!

Just imagine: If I had never bought that toy, I would certainly not have gone to the gallery; If I had never gone, I could have missed that couple; If I missed them, they might not have wanted to buy my work (as they told me - if they never met me, they could have bought another artist’s work.); Similarly, if I had gone to the gallery few minutes later, I might not have chance to talk to my classmate, and I also found out later that she was about to leave the gallery… Hehe! It is all about God! Amen!

My Favourite Photos

How should I label my series of favourite photos shown below? Will "The Anxious Bridegroom" be appropriate?
Haha! The bridegroom is actually my younger brother...He was anxious at thatmoment when one of the bride's following cars had left him without noticing him!

My Dream : Story-Making (2)

Sealed Warriors

"Sealed Warriors" was another idea that I had last year. I wanted to show a group of christian characters having fellowship with God, serving God and facing fierce challenges from the evil one.
In the story, there would be six or seven characters, all of them brave and strong. Everyone owned a sword which represented God's Word. I had even planned to have their right hands imprinted with the seal of a cross - as an identity of "Sealed Warriors"! Ha! So far, my idea has birthed forth only a few sketches though. More to come...
Note: I am thinking - if there are christians who do cartooning, it would be great to come together to publish our works! But so far, not many christian artists, whom I know, can do cartooning; or even if they can do, they are not so interested, or just too busy...Let's hope we can fulfil this dream someday...

My Dream : Story-Making

Many people thought I am only a fine artist, but in fact I do a lot of cartoon drawings and illustrations as well.
Since first year in NAFA, I began to create a series of cartoon drawings on "Shadow", and they were published on newspapers( Ha! I was earning some pocket money then).
It was my dream to create a long-story cartoon also, ha! However, it did not come through easily...I always wondered:"Was being busy a good excuse?" Finally, I managed to complete one story, entitled:"The Food For Tree". Till now, I dare not show to many people, because the content is quite negative-it is very much to do with the nature's revenge to man's abuse to the environment( Ha! Can you see the words that I used for this story were actually cut-and-paste?).

The Food For Tree, 1997-98

In another story: "Him story", I was actually trying to show a true story of a rebellious teenager and how he accepted Jesus Christ as his personal saviour. However, I was too busy to complete it...In fact, I would love to do this story...but...no time!

Him Story, 2006.

My illustration ( Part 2 )

0781, 2007.

Wonderful Life, 2007.

Great Joy, 2007.

My illustration ( Part 1 )

Faces, 2007
"God can turn water into wine".
"God can turn sorrow into joy".

Warrior, 2007.

The Happy Party, 2007