Painting is just another way of keeping a diary. ~Pablo Picasso
Art is the only way to run away without leaving home. ~Twyla Tharp
Painting is poetry that is seen rather than felt, and poetry is painting that is felt rather than seen. ~Leonardo da Vinci
Art is the desire of a man to express himself, to record the reactions of his personality to the world he lives in. ~Amy Lowell
Great art picks up where nature ends. ~Marc Chagall
Art is the colors and textures of your imagination. ~Meghan, Los Cerros Middle School, 1999
Art is pictures straight from the heart. ~Ben, Los Cerros Middle School, 1999
To me, art is the picture that sits in a perfect pose on my wall, shelf or floor with colours that match my furniture and a gorgeous frame to finish. OK, seriously now....when I chance across a piece that strikes a chord in some personal way and it fits my three digit budget, I'd bring it home.
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| Sitting room of Kuen Stephanie |
Kuen Stephanie’s paintings get to the heart of the matter. A nostalgic revisiting of a Malaysia that is fast-disappearing, she captures the small, seemingly inconsequential details which have suddenly become precious, by virtue of scarcity.
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| Snacking on rambutans |
Her paintings usually depict scenes that would be considered too banal for art in the ordinary scheme of things – but which she manages to imbue with her own peculiar sense of enchantment.
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| Ladies peering out of their windows |
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| Fullmoon |
It may be the numerous cats stretched out lazily on the steps of a kampong house, the bags of grain on the floor of a typical Chinatown shophouse, the mangoes leaves adorning the lintel of an Indian household, the frangipani trees or it may be her vivid Matisse-like colour scheme. Either way, she manages to lovingly recapture the Malaysia that once was from her treasure trove of memories.
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| Portrait of Love |
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| Secret Recipe - women in a family cooking together |
Kuen Stephanie can be reached at 012-2180690 or email her at kuenstephanie@yahoo.com. Visit her website at www.kuenstephanie.com.
* Images courtesy of Kuen Stephanie.
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