Happy Birthday to the living Canadian Surrealist painter, Lisa Ng ! 🥳 Rumour has it artist Lisa Ng crawled out of a 1960s surrealist, Rene Magritte painting as an infant one magical spring evening whilst the peonies were in bloom, but medical records indicate she was more specifically born on June 7, 1984, the yearContinue reading “Celebrating Lisa Ng ( June 7, 1984 – )”
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Master of None, Moments In Love Season 3: Aziz, What A Tease!
Critics critique cause they care. Critics don’t pick apart young unknowns, we only go after the big wigs. We all know, being an artist, an auteur, is hard enough as it is. To take the risk, to take the plunge, to simply be one, takes hard work, commitment, discipline, courage and on top of allContinue reading “Master of None, Moments In Love Season 3: Aziz, What A Tease!”
Remembering Don Featherstone ( January 25, 1936 – June 22, 2015 ), the Plastic Pink Lawn Flamingo Man
People love flamingos! With all my Flamingos In The Bathroom print sales (depicted at the bottom of this post), I wanted to explore this fetish people have with kitschy flamingo themed things and naturally that led me to Don Featherstone, the original creator of the pink lawn flamingo. Don was a sculptor and after graduatingContinue reading “Remembering Don Featherstone ( January 25, 1936 – June 22, 2015 ), the Plastic Pink Lawn Flamingo Man”
Celebrating Henri Rousseau!
Happy belated to the late, Henri Rousseau (May 21, 1844 – September 2, 1910) 🥳 A French post impressionist Naive (self taught) painter with a checkered past. Born in Laval, Mayenne, France, after highschool, he spent a month in prison for stealing money and stamps before enlisting into the miliary to shorten his prison sentence.Continue reading “Celebrating Henri Rousseau!”
May Already?!
I sold a very old painting from my Cannibal Series made over 10 years ago! This series did not sell well at first but over the years it’s garnered a cult like following, selling one or two every few years. In the process of actually selling 3 more right now but more on that later!Continue reading “May Already?!”
Zebra Fur House
I finished a painting! A painting of zebras in a mansion of pink fur with the world inside out. This is me finding a place of serenity and beauty. I’ve been having dreams of swimming in fields of colourful fur, it’s nice to hold onto a pretty vision and share it with the world. OriginalContinue reading “Zebra Fur House”
Warthog As A Sneakerhead
The first painting finished for the new year. An Ugly Animal In A Cute Outfit, the warthog runs from predators rather than confronts and therefore he is a natural athlete and an obvious sneaker head. Decked out in holiday lights he illuminates his shelf of track and field trophies and his famous Basquiat painting. AContinue reading “Warthog As A Sneakerhead”
Happy New Year!
Finished off the old year with 2 painting sales made on the same day, wahoo! Here is Polar Chair gone to the USA and bought from my SAATCHI ART PAGE: https://www.saatchiart.com/all?query=lisa%20ng Then to Germany, my largest sale to date Indoor Chameleon In Orange Major bought from my SINGULART PAGE: https://www.singulart.com/en/artist/lisa-ng-7919 Thanks for all the support!Continue reading “Happy New Year!”
California Condor In Fur
An Ugly Animal In A Cute Outfit, a carnivorous scavenger appropriately decked out in a fox scarf and mink fur coat. Feat. Albert Bierstadt’s, “Among the Sierra Nevada Mountains, California,” and Chaim Soutine’s “Carcass of Beef,” two paintings that would make her feel right at home. Included is a taxidermy bunny, a couple left overContinue reading “California Condor In Fur”
Proboscis Monkey In A Suit
An Ugly Animal In A Cute Outfit, this one’s in a suit and tie. A sophisticated Proboscis Monkey with a pet turtle and fish, showing off his antique collection and Persian rug. Proboscis monkeys dine on raw fruit and therefore I included a replica painting from one of my favourite movies, The Grand Budapest HotelContinue reading “Proboscis Monkey In A Suit”