Sleeping Monkey

Just launching another round of my brush painting series, specially in 2014 Winter.
This time the topic of my brush painting is different than what I used to paint, it's a sleeping monkey on a tree.
So far this painting is available in the form of blank cards in 2 sizes at my online shop. Free free to browse it and the rest of 2014 winter collection.

Charlotte L Design

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More flowers at Arts Market

This January I painted some greeting cards with the topics of flowers, like wisteria, daffodil, berries, thistles and so on. They are on sale now at the Arts Market.  Hope the flowers bring up some enthusiasm during this winter time. 

Charlotte L Design

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Animals & Birds

Here is another set of my hand painted note cards.  They are on sale at the Arts Market. 

Charlotte L Design

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Vegetables & Fruits

When I travelled in Bangkok, Thailand, I stayed in Mandarin Oriental Hotel for a few days years ago. It was the first hotel built in Thailand and the structure was built in 1879.  I visited there in February, the place was definitely a great escape from harsh Canadian winter. Unbelievably, the weather there is still very hot.  Everyday when I went out of the hotel, my sweaters were soaked wet. In order to keep the hotel's customers hydrated, they provided bottled water in the room, which a lot of hotels would do so.  Apart from it, they also provided fruits commonly eaten by local people. Of course, for a Canadian, their "common" fruits are quite exotic to me. Every time when the butler sent a new bunch of fruit to the room, he also put a hand-painted postcard in the fruits. The postcard depicted the fruit he offered on that day. The idea was so good and I kept most of the postcards.  Everyday I could not wait to go back to the room to get them [the cards]. 

These cards inspires me to paint fruit on my greeting-card series, for instance, pineapple,  dragon fruit, and now even vegetables.

 Enjoy!

Charlotte L Design

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My Latest Sumie Paintings [unstretched]

I have studied Sumie painting for years, and seldomly post them to my Facebook or blog. Before I simply use my Sumie skill onto porcelain ware, I suddenly find out the paintings on paper are quite good and should share them to my readers. 

A Running Horse with simplified chinese character. Although I should write Kanji charcters instead, I think the simplified chinese charcters reflect more onto the action of running. 

I painted the subject of dragon very first time. Once I painted it, it looks like
one of my favorite games,  Angry Bird.  Can I title this painting as "Angry Dragon". 

Of course if it is named as "Angry Dragon", a fighting scene is unavoidable! 

Opposite to dragon, there is a Phoneix, another imaginative figure. 

Another creature I like is frog.  This frog is small enough to lean onto a leaf. 

A pear with woman-like full figure

Lotus and Water Lilies

This winter I launch a series of hand painted greeting cards for my booth at the Arts Market. Among the cards, I specifically painted some water lilies and lotus. I always like these flowers, which impress me with their simplicity and pure look. They look outstanding than the other flowers.I adopt light hot pink and fine black outline to stand out their innocence.
In Asian culture, water lilies and lotus are elegant flowers.  When I traveled in Bangkok, I saw each believer carried a stem of petals-folded lotus streaming into the Buddhist temple. In contrast to a bunch of mixed flowers, I think a stem of lotus fittingly symbolizes the believers' heart to their god. So pure and simple.

Display for this holiday at Leslieville

Last Thursday I went to the Arts Market [the Leslieville location] for organizing a bit my booth after 8 p.m.  It was a freezing cold yet dark evening.  On the street I barely saw people passing. I quickly got a parking spot and rushed into the Arts Market.  The owner of the Arts Market, Daniel, waited at the entrance.  When I got into the store, it was totally another scene. I couldn't say it was fully packed, on the other hand, I gladly saw warm and smiling faces there.  It was so nice to see varied artists working hard on their booth there. An artisan brought her dog as an assistant [seemingly] to decorate the booth together, while another busily hung his wall arts with the help of his daughter, mother, wife and brother.  What great teams are!  

Honestly I was a bit guilty that I didn't have their diligence and, of course, envied of their teammates.  My son, Jaden, was still too young for this.  I hope one day he can be involved in fulfilling my artistic dream. On this visit, I first launched my Sumi-e series in public and hopefully it would be accepted by the viewers. 

After a busy night, I went back to my warmest hub and slept tight with Jaden for a sweet dream. 

Arts Market Shop @ Relaxing Leslieville

Hi there,

Starting from October, I have displayed my art works at the Arts Market, which locates at 1114 Queen Street East, Toronto.  This time, I showcase my porcelain paintings and my Sumi-e paintings as well.

A slogan of "Paper isn't the only canvas!" is a good vehicle to shout out my painting point of view. Yes,  all those years I have diligently worked on my artworks, until recently, I realize my painting desire is expressed beyond a piece of paper, but different kind of porcelain wares, i.e. tiles, cups, vase and so on.   Last Sunday, while I was doing my display there, a nice lady approached me and wondered what kind of work I did.  I simply told her I painted on the stuff, not just on paper. Then I showed her the painted tiles and explained to her I even put them on my kitchen's wall.

In Leslieville, there are a number of varied shops, bistro and dine-out with characteristics.  This place is absolutely good for couples, duos and group of friends who want to spend a relaxing weekend. I think, if you are tired of the standard shops and places in the giant shopping mall or plaza, you will find charm in this neighbourhood.

Please drop by there between Wednesday to Sunday from noon to 7 p.m.

Charlotte L.



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