April Fool's Chameleon

Chameleon II, Acrylic, 16"x20"
©Martina Lo

Chameleon

Chameleon I, Acrylic, 16" x 20"

Inspiration for this piece comes from an encounter with my friend's pet chameleon. Its color-changing abilities and skin texture is emphasized by the range of colors and geometric shapes that make up this composition.

Project Box Art

Project Box Art is close to completion! Only a few more tweaks and a layer of varnish left. Premiere night would be Tuesday (6/19/2012). Scroll down for further description of the art piece:

White clouds of San Diego (view from North/West end)

Transition of clouds to sunset

View of both streets of Torrey Pines Road

Cloud coming over the sun (view from South/East end)

"Cloud Study" is inspired from the bipolar weather changes with which San Diego has become associated. The sky is brought to the ground as a way to emphasize the beauty of San Diego nature. "Cloud Study" consists of five different cloud arrangement based on actual San Diego sky-scape I have observed and documented. I feel that through a "lightened" artbox experience, one can be reminded of the environment and strive to appreciate what is all around us.

©Martina Lo

A Rainy Day at Disneyland

"A Rainy Day at Disneyland", 11'' x 14'', Acrylic. Finally Complete!

Real, or Fake?

Real, or Fake? Acrylic. 16'' x 20''. The answer is, the dog on the left is fake, it is a statue in front of a dog care center I passed by. This was a question even the lab who saw it couldn't answer right away. I watched as this lab actually had to approach the statue and take a sniff to make sure, and as a result, inspired me to reproduce this special moment. Turns out that painting the statue proved to be just as difficult as the dog trying to distinguish it; however, after many hours of refining, I finally convinced myself that the statue looked more or less like a statue. The statue is so finely crafted that I bet attracts many friendly visitors each day.

Cocker Spaniel, by Martina Lo

"Big Tongue", Acrylic, 12'' x 12''. Painting of a very curly-haired cocker spaniel who loves licking people, hence the nickname.

Golden Retriever, by Martina Lo

"Nonchalant", Acrylic, 11'' x 14''. I passed by this Golden Retriever in front of a store entrance and I just stopped on my tracks and pulled back to take a few good photos of this dog. I just loved the nonchalant way the dog appeared in front of the store; it only looked at me when I first walked up to take a picture but for the rest of the time it just gazed into the distance. Since this dog was lying outside the store, I wasn't able to meet its owner and find out the name of the dog. There are some parts that can still be adjusted but I decided to leave it the way it is. 

©Martina Lo