Artist Information:
Elaine Cheung
Honolulu, HI
United States
Member Since: Aug 2003
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Artist Statement:
I like to experiment with
different techniques. The
images that I choose to paint
will dictate the technique
that I use. For instance,
certain scenes cry out for the
pallette knife while others
want only dabs with the brush
and yet others decide they
would like to be glazed.
Sometimes I feel as if the
paintings paint themselves.
Other times I paint out of
frustration. The Tiki People
started out that way, but it
actually turned into something
I liked. The colors please me
and the people in the ocean
just seem to sit there and are
a part of this alien
landscape. This scene
actually came to me on a
weekend out at Waikiki. We
were sitting on the beach and
watching the sunset. The
light was bouncing off the
ocean and there were people
just standing in the water or
sitting in it and not swimming
or doing anything. It just
looked very strange.
I always start my paintings
with an underpainting or at
least a stain so that the
white of the canvas is gone.
I think that white disturbs
our color sense. Colors do
not look right if a painting
is started on a white canvas.
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Commissions:
Mrs. Ellie Dillingham,
Honolulu, HI, portrait
Mr. Makoto Kurozumi, Tokyo,
Japan, reproduction
Pastor Robert Field, Honolulu,
HI, portrait, calligraphy
Ms. Maryknoll, Honolulu, HI,
portrait
Mrs. Jeannine Levitt,
Honolulu, HI, portrait
Dr. Davey Jules Jackowe,
Honolulu, HI, illustrations...
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Elaine Cheung's Free Artist Portfolio
| Welcome to Elaine Cheung's Portfolio. Browse Cheung's body of work: I like to experiment with different techniques. The images that I choose to paint will dictate the technique that I use. For instance, certain scenes cry out for the pallette knife while others want only dabs with the brush and yet others decide they would like to be glazed. Sometimes I feel as if the paintings paint themselves. Other times I paint out of frustration. The Tiki People started out that way, but it actually turned into something I liked. The colors please me and the people in the ocean just seem to sit there and are a part of ... |
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