POISE AND PRIDE

POISE AND PRIDE – An Artist's Self Portrait

This painting POISE AND PRIDE- is also an award-winning painting as the Highly Commended Acrylic in The Hut Gallery Open Award Exhibition April 2018.

Acrylic on canvas. Ready to hang

61 x 76 x 1.5 cm

-Flowers and girls’ series- by HSIN LIN

In this series, I first started painting most of myself or my cousins, basically the people around me.

Same as my "Bloom like flowers" series, flowers are the object representing life itself. In this series, I paint flowers in full bloom, an interpretation of the vitality, and also a salute to the golden age.

The goal of my art journey has always been true to myself and be true to the present moments.

To experience the changing of the seasons, it has become a routine of mine to paint the first bloom in my surrounding during its flowering season. I decided to add in the flowers from my front yard - peony stands for honour, and bush lily stands for great luck. In order to capture the details in this artwork, it actually took me several months to re-reconnect to myself mentally, emotionally, and spiritually.

I absolutely enjoy painting those photo-real flowers, sometimes I even have dreams full of beautiful, delicate flower petals after a long day in the studio, which is totally worth it.

I always want to deliver an important message in my floral series - Now is the very best time to be alive.

Be at the moment, be yourself. Whenever you are experiencing difficulty, life itself can be bloomed like flowers with no fear.

A Self portrait . Painted in Bayswater, Melbourne, Victoria, Spring, 2017. by HSIN LIN

Solo Exhibition :

11 - 22 Jan 2024 - HSIN LIN solo exhibition- Blossoms of Life at VAS McCubbin Gallery. Invited by The Victorian Artists Society.

18 Oct - 19 Dec2023 - HSIN LIN solo exhibition- Blossoms of Life –Invited by Wyreena Arts Centre ／Maroondah City Council.

7th Feb -8th April 2022 - Bloom Like flowers by HSIN LIN presented by Maroondah City Council | Arts in Maroondah at Maroondah Federation Estate Gallery. (Melbourne, Australia)

1st - 28th September - Bloom Like Flowers Solo Exhibition by HSIN LIN, Knox Immerse 2019 by Knox city council , Upper Ferntree Gully , Melbourne

{Press Update}

*This particular Artwork – POISE AND PRIDE is featured in the article : Artist Demonstration - How to paint realistic portraits with acrylics by Hsin Lin. Published by Mont Marte Art.

Publish date -28th Oct 2022 , Melbourne, Victoria. *