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Old 04-06-2006, 09:27 PM
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Hello,

I am Marvin Chan from Malaysia. I took up painting full time
a year ago, and this is what I got.

These are from a series of 40 paintings which I worked on
to build my language.

Up to date, I feel they are still in development stage.

Outline:
In this series, I use the canvas to collect and process
the sentiments I get from people I spend time with.

Since I do listen to alot of their problems, I feel a sense of
destitute in the paintings. Which I think makes
human relations a giant soap opera.

Anyway, please feel free to share your opinion.

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Marvin, these are treasures! I really like each one equally..your work is fantastic and I hope you will keep on this track for some time to come. Colours are exquisite. What size are they? What medium are you using? So very well done!!

P.S....I see you spend a great deal of time with women!
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i like them very much... the simply colour palett, the combination from space and person and the wrighting just threw it. it' fascinating, especially the second one!

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These are really good but I must say the first one is special! The blue infuses life. Acually I like them in the order you have them. Thanks for sharing
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Marvin, these are treasures! I really like each one equally..your work is fantastic and I hope you will keep on this track for some time to come. Colours are exquisite. What size are they? What medium are you using? So very well done!!

P.S....I see you spend a great deal of time with women!

They are made with Oils and charcoal. meassures 25 by 25 inches.
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Old 04-07-2006, 09:19 PM
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Thank you for the remarks.

Yes I do spend a great deal of time with women.
It may very well be that there are fewer men in my area.
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amazing! I really like these. I've been hanging out in plein air forum since I moved out of my studio and working from landscapes around me- this makes me want to get back to the real stuff- thanks for sharing!
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Incredible and wonderful works Marvin! You are a very talented artist!
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I love the 3rd!
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I love the 3rd!

Thanks,

if you'd like to know...

the third one is about being let down...
...it is about girl whose lover didn't go further into knowing her...
...she not better off herself...her face is not clear...
...As for the girl...see the faintly scratched out haute couture on the right...
...a wedding dress...
...The windows to her soul shut...it gets really cold...
...romance is tragic...


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Love them all...#4 is my favorite...great comp.
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Those are really good, like the colors, specially like the 3rd.
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very beautiful works with touching atmosphere
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Whats the story behind the first one? Its fastnating
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Whats the story behind the first one? Its fastnating


The first one is about being scrutinized...

...but in the case of romance, who actually get to hold the magnifying glass.
...who is actually in control?
...An apple in her right hand, her left hand behind her back...
...the "writing on the wall"...

...The butterfly is motionless, to be studied...
...but who gets affected...not the butterfly...

The lines;
I've looked at you with the focus I
gave to my bithday candles...

...And I will pretend I don't know of your sins...

...But I don't know how to live without my hands on your throat...

...I use as signs to illustrate her thoughts, her dialogue with herself, rehearsed, debated, questioned and answered. over and again. it's her currency.

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