Born in the darkness on the floor
Once thought to be too dark to be seen
Now a shiny star in garden

在黑暗中地板上出生
一度以為太黑暗了不能被看見
現在是花園中的閃耀之星

This is a piece born in the very beginning of my art journey shortly after I met J-D in 2018.

I was transitioning from fashion industry to jobless to English teaching. 

I just moved into J-D’s tiny single man apartment. 

I started painting on the floor as a hobbist, not thinking about making art for career for sure. 

He’d go out to work and I’d spend my day job hunting, creating and waiting for him to come back. 

I started cooking a little on a camping stove in his tiny apartment. 

Not knowing what to do with life, it was a dark time in a little dark room. 

In creating this piece, I gained confidence with the control of detailed fine lines and watercolor shading. 

It was satisfying to paint the background pitch black with heavy acrylic, painting all my dark emotions into galaxy.

I didn’t know that you can use splash technique to create similar starry effect back then yet.

The stars in the background were hand painted with a paint brush one by one. 

The dotting process of mimicking stars was a healing process that led me to see light. 

Meeting J-D also made me a lot less scared. 

He encouraged me to paint more. 

The distressed wood frame was made by first destroying it with a metal comb, then painted with wood paint,
and destroying a little bit more, repeating this process for several times.

It has always been in a little corner of our house, usually a dark corner. 

I hung it on the wall of my art room after we moved in current house. 

Five years later, it’s time for me to let go and let it shine. 

It’s a dark piece reminding me of the dark time. 

It’s also a nice reminder of how far I’ve come.

I started painting on the floor in a living room, to a small table in living room, to a big table, to a big table in a studio room.

Now, I left behind all the things I created in the new house we just moved in last year with gratefulness.

I’ve created it once before and I’m confident that I can do it again, but even better. 

I’m ready to start over fresh, everything on my own this time.
Thanks to the universe, I now work with with female-led organizations that I resonate with. 

An orchid child bloomed in art universe.

這是我2018年認識J-D後不久，在藝術生涯剛開始時的作品。

我正在從時尚業過渡到失業，再到教補習班英文。

我剛搬進 J-D 的小小單身公寓。

我以業餘愛好者的身份開始在地板上畫畫，並不考慮以藝術為職業。

當他出門工作，我會花整天找工作、創作並等他回來。

我開始在他小公寓的露營卡式爐做飯。

不知道人生的方向，那是一段在小暗房間裡的黑暗時光。

在創作這件作品時，我在細節線條和水彩陰影的掌握中找回了信心。

用厚重的壓克力把背景漆成漆黑，彷彿把所有的黑暗情緒都畫進銀河，過程令人滿足。

當時我還不知道可以使用噴灑飛濺來創造類似的星星效果。

背景中的星星是用畫筆一顆一顆手繪的。

模仿點點星星是一個療癒的過程，讓我看到了光。

遇見 J-D 也讓我不再那麼害怕了。

他鼓勵我多畫。

做舊的木框是先用金屬梳子破壞它，然後塗上木漆，然後再破壞一點點，再塗再破壞。

它一直在我們房子的一個小角落裡，通常是一個黑暗的角落。

我們搬進現在的房子後，我把它掛在我工作室的牆上。

五年後，我想我準備好放手並讓它發光。

這是一幅讓我想起黑暗時光的黑暗作品。

也是很好地提醒，提醒我已經走了有多遠。

我開始在客廳的地板上畫畫，到客廳的一張小桌子上畫畫，到一張大桌子，再到一間工作室的大桌子。

現在，我把所有在去年剛搬入的新家中創造的一切及感恩留在身後。

我已經創造了一次，我有自信可以再做到一次，只是這次會更好。

我準備好重新開始，這次只有我自己。

感謝宇宙現在讓我與有共鳴的女性領導組織合作。

蘭子在藝術宇宙中盛開。

Year: 2018
Painting size: 24x33cm
Frame size: 30x41.5cm
Materials: paper, watercolor, acrylic, gold pen
年度: 2018
畫作尺寸: 24x33cm
畫框尺寸: 30x41.5cm
媒材: 紙, 水彩, 壓克力, 金筆

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