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“Stillness Speaks” 42x30cm, 300gm hp/wc paper. FC poly cps.
This idea came by when I was out of inspirations. I have taken quite a number of pretty decent reference photos before this but as usual, after a few days, those pictures that I took didn’t appeal to me.

I was bumped out of ideas. I was like a zombie, mopping around the house like a lifeless soul. So I told myself, just relax, take a break, watch stupid movies on TV, then perhaps something may come up.

One fine day (after almost 1 week in zombie mode), while doing my routine house chores, I saw this set up on one of my tiny balcony (see ref. picture) that an idea suddenly came about. The whole set up gave me a sense of calmness. I started to re-arrange the rocks, using my mobile phone, tried to capture the best angle

I have always love delicate English roses teacups, more like looking at it rather than own one.

Probably because I know I will be so afraid to use them. So when I saw this photo of the teacup (taken by Maureen Wong, our close family friend, on WhatsApp.) I knew, I MUST paint this and it will be a perfect gift for her. Her family have been, and still are very close to my parents. They have brought joy and much laughter to my mom and dad, were always there through good and bad times. They are  family to us.

So, to show how much I appreciates them, I decided to paint this, since this set of tea cup is hers,  it will be even more meaningful.

I have wanted to do it on a black paper but afraid that the whites will not look