"Feng Shui Art Earth Tiles" in blue, green and turquoise are similar to the brown volcanic Luxury Art Tiles I showed in the "Craftivism Art Show" in Culture Days 2010. The concept of painting square tile-like images started with my participation the group show for Twitter/Art Social Media at the Diane Farris Gallery in Spring 2010. Each "tile" is hand-painted in acrylics, resin sand textures and R&F oil sticks for a rich design on a wrapped gallery stretched canvas. The colours are taken from a painting from 1998, which are both a nostalgic and surrealistic representation of a real place along Point Grey Road and Trafalgar Street in Vancouver.
Art as Communications – Message of Healing The image below is one of my favourites where I’ll be recreating the colours for 2012 from 1998. It is a nostalgic and surrealistic representation of a real place along Point Grey Road and Trafalgar Street, Vancouver. The area is known as Kitsilano and is still one of…
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Culture Days Event: Artistrun Collective QR Code Art Show Reception at Old Foundry Building – October 1, 2011 Vancouver, Canada – The Artistrun Collective QR Code Art Show takes place during the second annual Culture Days to raise community awareness, accessibility and public engagement through the use of QR codes. This show will be promoted…
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I've been working on a series of mosaic tile paintings. It began six years ago and here's an excerpt: Since creating my “Mosaic Butterfly Series”, in order to prepare for the 2010 Cultural Olympiad events, I wish to represent the unity of cultural diversity. Each painting is a precious tile, created like a Tibetan sand…
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I just won a small art grant that will include a QR code for promoting a small group art show at Old Foundry Studios in Vancouver. I previously won a small grant the year before for the Craftivism Art Show for Culture Days. I will be having a QR Code Art Show for the upcoming…
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LJL Decor Shop is now on Etsy – www.etsy.com/shop/LJLDecor Setting up a shop on Etsy takes only a few minutes and is free. Each item costs 20 cents to list (the site is American, so all prices are in dollars) with a small final fee of 3.5% of the selling price (eBay, by…
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Luxury art tiles are based on Liza J. Lee’s art piece, ”Beyond Petroleum” for the “Craftivism Art Show” for the first Culture Days events in Canada, 2010. “Craftivism” was selected among over 4500 art shows across the country to be in a full-page ad in the Globe & Mail. Each “luxury art tile” is hand-painted…
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I'm one of 44 artists at the “Twitter/Art+Social Media Show” at Diane Farris Gallery. This show examines how social media is changing the practice of artists who use it to share feedback and promote their artwork, organize shows and produce art collaboratively. In this case, I was recognized for her art blog Artistrun.org now called…
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