Hsin-Lin Chiao

"In Loving Memory of Mom, " Acrylic & Colored Pencil, Signed

2015

"Soul Mate" is an original mixed media piece. Made with acrylic paint, molding paste, and colored pencil on canvas. The artist is Hsin-Lin Chiao. This painting features different tec...

"Unity" is an original mixed media piece createrd by Hsin-Lin Chiao. It is made using acrylic paint, molding paste, and colored pencil on canvas. This painting features different tec...

"Salvation" is an original acrylic painting made with molding paste and colored pencil on canvas. The artist is Hsin-Lin Chiao. This painting features different techniques of abstrac...

"A Self-Portrait" is an original mixed media piece by Hsin-Lin Chiao. This piece is an abstracted self-portrait. The artist signed and dated the piece in the lower left and the artis...

"Orange Composition" is a painting with stain acrylic dye by Faith Taylor-Lund. The painting is orange with a fluid pink stain on the left. Artwork Size: 72" x 66" Artist's Statem...

"But Nothing Happens" is a contemporary abstract painting, acrylic on canvas consisting of layers of gold with highlights of red and blue. The artist signed and titled the piece on t...

Arao’s geometric sewn fabric paintings reference woven textiles and ethnic patterns from the Philippines, reinterpreted in kaleidoscopic fabric compositions. Fabric, a material that seemingly begs for human touch, is something we all have a level of familiarity with. Whether it is clothing worn or removed from the body, commercially bought, hand dyed, or recycled weathered canvas, Arao harnesses the tactility and multiple interpretations of fabric, often alluding to its central relationship to the human body. Precisely sewn together into tapestry-like wall works, Arao’s background in painting is evident in his mastery of color and composition. Paired with his conceptual link to his identity as a gay Filipino-American, Arao’s works simultaneously reach back through history and into the future as powerful symbols of representation and beauty. Gathered from disparate sources, carrying the psychic or physical traces of the hands that manufactured or the bodies that wore the textiles used in his fabric paintings, there is a legacy of nuance woven into the fibers of each work. Written into each color choice, use of various types of fabric, and overall composition, is a steadfast trust in process and faith in intuition. Regarding this body of work, Arao states, “ In my sewn paintings, the stability of geometric forms is disrupted through the use of altered patterns and asymmetry, creating a space that’s dynamic and shifting – much like the concept of queerness itself.” Flexible, open-ended, and bounding with vibrant color, Paolo Arao...

'your life starts now' is a reminder that today happens only today, everything in life and beyond happens right in this moment. The Universe is full of endless possibilities for us. ...

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'Unfolding III' is a reminder that you are allowed to ask for more, to live a bigger life, be the most authentic version of yourself during this lifetime. The Universe is full of e...

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'More' is a reminder that you are allowed to ask for more, to live a bigger life, be the most authentic version of yourself during this lifetime. The Universe is full of endless possibilities for us. Get ready to receive abundance of health, wealth, love and success in this lifetime, loving the way you live and surrendering to your glorious destiny. Emmi Granlund is a prolific Scandinavian visual artist, interior architect, designer and musician living in Helsinki, Finland and Nashville, Tennessee. Through her holistic design house Atelier Granlund Oy she creates intuitive abstract...