My Art Space

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Total Life.Art.Style
Experience

We have various art programs that allow you to learn, appreciate and enjoy art.

Meet Great
People

Meet like minded people and pursue passion of art together.

Relaxing
Ambience

Relax amidst various flora and fauna at prestige Istana Park.

Art
Exhibition

Showcase your art, appreciate and understand art.

Great Learning
Philosophy

We provide personalised guidance that develop your art style in long term.

Flexible
Timing

We have minimum 16 timeslots every week that allows you to choose according to your schedule.

Community
Engagement

Fulfill social responsibilities through our community art projects.

MEMBER STORIES

The exploration of painting has also kept me curious and playful.

Low Lee Teck

About the Artist

My name is Low Lee Teck, male, Singaporean. A self-sufficient retired old man.

 

刘利德(Low Lee Teck)是我的名字, 男性。
土生土长的新加坡公民。
自足自给的退休古稀老人。

 

How did you get started in creating art and how does it enrich your life?

Since childhood I spent the whole day painting, cutting and pasting.

When I arrived in secondary school, I fell in love with art and painting even more. I regularly read many Taiwanese art magazines, art history and painting theory. Everything was learned through self-exploration. During this period, I occasionally participated in some public painting exhibitions to measure my own painting level. Later, because of the convenience of work, I came into contact with more books on painting and art which expanded my art horizon. For a time, I always worried about this and that when I was painting, which caused my half-knowledge of painting theory to stumble and stagnate.

After learning and realising my art knowledge was not enough, when I was 60 years old, I ruined all these unskilled paintings without leaving any behind.

However, the original intention of pursuing the art of painting was not lost, and I told myself that I must let go and set off again.

The exploration of painting has also kept me curious and playful.

 

打从童年开始,一整天都是在涂涂画画,剪剪贴贴中渡过。

到了中学,爱上艺术绘画创作的心更甚,定期阅读了好多台湾的美术杂志,美术史和绘画理论等,一切都是在自我摸索中学习,这期间偶尔也参加一些画会公开给非会员参展,来验证自己的绘画水平。之后因为工作上的方便,接触了更多的绘画艺术的书籍,扩大了艺术视野,一时间,绘画时总是顾虑这个,顾忌那个,让一知半解的绘画理论给绊倒而停滞不前。

学然后而知不足,在我60岁的时候,一气之下,将所有这些不成才的画作全部一件不留的毁了。

但追求绘画艺术的初心未泯,告诉自己一定要放下归零,重新出发。

绘画艺术的探索,也让我一直保持着一个好奇好玩的顽童之心。

Please share on your learning experience and what you like about My Art Space

Art Exploration Painting Workshop

Selected medium: Acrylic

4-1-2021

2-5.00pm

This is a project worth recording in my life journey.

Maybe you will be curious:

If you want to realize your dreams, why not go to NAFA?

You want to find your dream, why not go to LaSalle College of the Arts?

Why choose My Art Space?

Because of the friendly environment and flexible class schedule, choosing your favourite instructor online provides a lot of convenience.

More importantly, it allows me to create freely, and choose different ways of artistic expression.

No classmates or teachers here will laugh at your creative ideas. Teacher Chankerk once said: “It’s best to paint at your age. You don’t have to explain it to others.” This is what I want, “I paint myself”, maybe it’s because of my personality. I don’t like being restrained by others, especially in the art of painting.

Art Exploration Painting Workshop
艺术探索绘画工作坊
选用媒介:阿克力Acrylic
4-1-2021
2-5.00pm
这是一个值得记录在我人生旅途的项目。
也许你们会好奇:
你要圆梦 ,为什么不去NAFA南洋艺术学院?
你要寻梦 ,为什么不去LASALLE拉萨尔艺术学院?
为什么选择My art space呢?
因为友善的环境,灵活的上课时间,上网选择自己心仪的指导老师,提供了不少的方便。
更重要的是,这里允许让我自由挥洒,自由创作,选择不同的艺术表达方式。
在这里没有同学和老师会嘲笑你的创作理念,常格(Chankerk)老师曾说:”你这年纪作画最好,不必向他人交代”,这就是我要的,”我画我自己”,可能是性格使然,我不喜欢受人约束,特别是在绘画艺术上。

What’s the best piece of advice you’ve been given about creating art?

I like Chankerk’s teaching method. He will not spoon feed you or hold your hand to draw. He will only guide and analyze from the side to enlighten you. I call it “Let the teacher knock on the head”.

Thank you Chankerk for not treating me as an old man. The gradual guidance, questioning and reasoning strengthened my cognition of creative and artistic thinking of pictures, colours and techniques.

Explaining the profound things in a simple way, and bringing out painting theory in practice has also benefited me a lot.

 

我喜欢常格的教学方式,他不会用汤匙喂你,也不会牵着你的手画画,只会从旁指引推敲分析,让你顿时眼睛一亮,我把它称为”让老师敲敲头”。

感谢常格(Chankerk)老师不把我当老人家看待,渐进式的指导,提问推理,加强了对画面,色彩和技巧的创意艺术思维的认知。

深入浅出,实践式的带出绘画理论也让我获益匪浅。

What's your favourite artwork?

I like my first painting “Sunflower” that I finished here. Although it is not the best, she is my newborn child after all. I changed it and repainted it eleven times before completing it. This will be my guide and reminder of my future creative development of my art. Patiently and calmly, not afraid to redraw and modify, the good will be better.

 

我喜欢自己在这里完成的第一幅画”向日葵”,虽然不是最好,但她毕竟是我的初生儿,是改了又重画前前后后十一次才完成,这将是我日后画画的借鉴,耐心沉着,不怕重画修改,好会更好。

What are you trying to communicate with your art?

Literary poems and calligraphy are my favourites as well as creative direction. I hope to share them with you one day.

 

文学诗词和书法是我的所爱,也是我创作概念的方向。天马行空,白日梦笨拙的喜悦画面,希望常和你们相遇分享。

 

Tell us what plans you have for your art future?

People are great because they have dreams.

I do not have dreams because of greatness.

I plan to have a presentation in my lifetime. Let me share our encouragement with the pioneer generation elders of the same age.

If there are organizations and activities for the elderly to realize their dreams, please contact me.

I will donate part of the sales from my paintings to show my respect and gratitude.

I don’t have dreams because of greatness. I just want to enrich my life and add some colours to my coming years.

Friends, do you also know of such an organization?

I am convinced that My Art Space will definitely help me realize my dreams and enrich my life.

 

人因有梦想而伟大

我却不因伟大而有梦想。

原想在古稀之年有个发表会,

让我和同龄的建国一代的老人家们分享共勉。

如果有那些善心组织,有为老人家们圆梦的活动,敬请和我联系。

我会捐出卖画的一部分收入,以表敬意和感激。

我不因伟大而有梦想,只想古稀之年不留白,为往后的岁月加添点色彩。

朋友们,你也认识这样的组织吗?

我深信My Art Space 一定能帮助我圆梦,让我在从心之年不留白。

 

 

All rights reserved by the artist for all images of artwork, please do not duplicate or replicate without permission.

"NO HIDDEN AGENDA
NO GOAL TO ACHIEVE
WE DO ART AS IT IS
AN ENJOYMENT
A FULFILLMENT
A PASSION OF THE SOUL"

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