The Big Art Book Digital Anthology Launch Party

Guess whose work they decided to grace upon the cover:



Here's me accepting my Outstanding Artist Award:

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Public speaking is scary:



Here's what eye said:
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Hi my name is Lisa Ng. This is my painting titled, “Picasso’s Rose Period.”

When Picasso was twenty-five he had already completed his Rose Period. When I turned twenty-five I figured if I could take all the best parts of Picasso’s Rose period and combined them all into one painting, well I thought it could be really something great. This is exactly what I did here, and threw in a few elements of my own.

In doing so, I couldn’t help but to learn a lot about Fernande Olivier, a model and artist whom Picasso was lovers with for seven years during the time he was making his Rose Period. Rumor has it she was born out of wedlock and raised by an aunt. When her aunt tried to arrange a marriage for her, she fled, instead marrying another man who ended up abusing her. When she was nineteen she left this relationship and changed her name so her abusive husband could not find her. It is around this time she met Picasso, and modeled for him. She inspired Picasso, he painted over 60 portraits of her. When Picasso got famous, they parted ways. She then took odd jobs from a cashier at a butcher’s shop to a sales person at an antiques shop to support herself. She taught drawing as well. In her old age when she was suffering from arthritis and going deaf, she received a small pension from Picasso to not publish a memoir about their relationship together while they were both still alive.

I think mixing through all the shades of rose, fuchsia, salmon, raspberry, strawberry and pink; I must have stumbled upon another’s interpretation of a woman who played an important part of his growth and development, and now, mine.


One question I’ve been asked is, “Why the clowns?”

To this I discovered that:
Each one of us is a unique, fun-loving, and potential thriving individual, even if we don’t know it yet.

Art making for me is a discovery. It happens everyday, in the world, and in the mind.

Thanks again everyone for having me.
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And for the BIG ART BOOK 2012 go here:

http://issuu.com/scarborougharts/docs/bigartbook_scarborougharts_2012

And oh look who else was selected as a juror's choice: Jeff Garrett, with the Spooky Astronauts Drawing Club, page 34 - 35

Guest Speaker @

My painting was recently selected to be part of THE BIG ART BOOK Digital Anthology Launch. They have invited me to do a brief, two minute presentation on myself and one of my pieces. This will be a first. If you have any questions of this nature, let me know and I'll see if I can answer sum.

From the people of the
BIG ART BOOK Digital Anthology Launch:

Join us at the Doris McCarthy Gallery for a free, public reception to celebrate the online launch of the Scarborough Arts' Big Art Book.

7pm: mixing & mingling
7:30-8:30: visual arts presentations and readings by select Big Art Book artists

All are invited.

RSVP Online here:

http://new.evite.com/#view_invite%3aeid%3d00AAAAQZXGL24ENVUEPBK72IPAEORM

GETTING THERE
* The DMG is located on the upper level of the Academic Resource Centre at the University of Toronto Scarborough (across from the UTSC bookstore).
* Pay parking is available in Lots A, B, C & D.
* For more information: www.utsc.utoronto.ca/dmg/visit

Please feel free to repost, print, forward and otherwise share this invitation.

No Bad Press, Yet

And a nice description of my first live auction. It went for a handsum of $350.

http://www.thespec.com/whatson/artsentertainment/article/667685--when-the-bidding-heats-up

Money & Cumfort

Exploring the perverse nature between decadence and depravity, Lisa Ng’s selected body of paintings titled, “Money & Cumfort” explores the hidden truths amidst a garden of wallpaper flora. On exhibit inside Scarborough’s Cliffcrest library, one can also read a book and stay warm.

*Please note, the start of this exhibition is now on Feb. 7, and not Jan. 31st as previously stated. The revised flyer is posted above.

PAINTING IN AUCTION

The Burlington Art Centre has selected one of my paintings to include in their art auction this year:



Here is the painting they have selected:

The Four Seasons In Vertical Stripes

ART HEADED TO SCARBOROUGH, ON.

MONEY & CUMFORT
Paintings by Lisa Ng

Jan 31 - Mar 27, 2012
@ the Cliffcrest Library
3017 Kingston Road, Toronto, ON.

Exhibiting my latest 5 feet by 2 feet. It contains 52 patterns last time I counted and took four months thinking time, and roughly 150 hours to paint. More details to come :)

ART HISTORY LESSON # 5

................Sebastian Horsley
..............................August 8, 1962 - June 17, 2010

I came across an interesting book recently:



Fast Facts:
*also worked as a prostitute and a writer
*swam with and painted sharks at one point
*was crucified
*had problems with drug addiction and obsessive compulsive disorder

Some Favorite Quotes:
Mostly people aren’t really interested in art; they are interested in what other people are interested in.
All art is failed music.
Unhappiness lies in that gap between our talents and our expectations.

Additional Favorite Quotes:
Being an artist is the best and most individual life style you can have in society without being a criminal.
The more money you accumulate the less interesting you become.
The forlorn always return to that familiar refuge- the comfort of childhood habits.
Something else kept me off drugs in my new home: employment.
Good art is possible only after one has given up and let go.
An artist, I reminded myself, should always remember that no one asked him to write, paint or exhibit himself in the first place.
Isn’t it better to be an anonymous celebrity than a famous non-entity?