Artemin Gallery

Period: 9/21 - 10/26

Once I wake up in the early morning, I take a glance at my garden to check out how the weather is like first. Then, I start thinking about what I am going to do in a day: Surfing, gardening, farming, reading, or creating something interesting in my art studio. Most likely I start off surfing to make the best balance of myself for a brand new day surrounded by beautiful waves and blue skies. I see sometimes fish swimming and jumping around me like greeting with cheers, and I feel that I am a part of their lives.

After taking a shower, me and my wife start having a breakfast together talking about ceramics we create, flowers and vegetables we pick out of our garden and farm, and books we read of course.

Before we step into our art studio, we stop by our lovely garden and farm to observe the growth of plants and vegetables. Colors and shapes are different depending on seasons, but they are very unique and can’t help thinking about how interesting they are. Moreover, we see tiny bugs digging the ground, bees drinking nectar, and butterflies trying to laying eggs on my precious lemon trees.

While my wife is still working on something good to our flowers and herbs, I finally make myself into a creating mode and get myself into the studio. I pick up something that I like to draw in my mind: waves, clouds, fish, bugs, birds, and so many things that I see with my own eyes, and start painting.

When the blue sky miraculously turns into orange, vivid pink, purple and red, I suddenly see vermin coming out of woods and eating our ripe tomatoes and other juicy things. He turns around and grins at me for a moment, and run into a dark forest. I grab some beers and looking at the beautiful sunset sky that changes moment by moment and stars are already shining in the dark and what I can only hear is the sounds of waves coming from the beach.