Original artwork description:

{Press Update}
1. *This particular Artwork – A Life Time Story (2021) is featured in Maroondah City Council's news –Interview with the Artist: Hsin Lin - Bloom Like Flowers. Published by Amy Freund, Editorial and Publications Officer.
Publish date -24th Feb 2022 , Melbourne, Victoria. *


2. *This particular Artwork – A Life Time Story (2021) is featured in Victorian Artists Society Magazine for December 2021. Page 13 - HSIN LIN - Artist Interview –BEING AN ARTIST DURING THE COVID LOCKDOWN.
Publish date - Dec 2021. *

A Life Time Story - Orchids and Roses on Wood Tray with A Weaving Basket
By HSIN LIN


Metallic Gold paint is used. It shines beautifully when you look at the physical painting.
20/05/2021
Artist Acrylic on triple primed gesso stretched gallery wrapped canvas.
Artwork painted extends to all Sides. Ready to hang, D rings and wire attached at the back in gallery standard.
Comes with a certificate of authenticity. Sealed with clear varnish.
76.2 (W) x 121.9 cm (H) x 3.5 cm (D)


Affirmation:
Show appreciation and love and the rest shall come to you.


I would like to share the concept behind this piece if you have a bit of time.
I started this artwork around February. It’s been a long journey, sunny days and rainy days. Long working hours required determination and faith to be achieved. I spent almost every day studying those intricate compositions and fine details. The process wasn’t an easy task but It’s a challenge that I enjoyed, and I am happy to say I finally have it completed in May.
By the time I have this artwork completed, I decided to name this artwork - A Life Time Story, which is an extension from my previous award-winning artwork – A Life Time Journey, A Life time blessing, and A Life Time Love.


In this particular painting, the delicate, exotic orchid represents love, luxury, beauty, and strength. In ancient Greece, orchids were associated with virility. Pink roses are symbolic of gratitude and appreciation.
Flowers represent us as humans, the wood tray and vases as the body carrying our soul and physical body, protecting us as a shield in the natural order.
The weaving basket stands for connections, the connection between families, friends, all the people around us. Even if you are apart, everyone is still being linked together as a whole, stronger together. Every passenger in our life, every stranger, people who are meant to cross our path for a reason, plays an irreplaceable role in this lifetime story.


This artwork is inspired by a graceful floral arrangement that I spotted in the local nursery. However, the side story- If you look close enough, you may notice from the details that there is something different from my usual approach.
In fact, these gorgeous blooms were referenced from artificial/ Man-made flowers. Due to the restriction in the covid era, that was somehow the best that I could get at that time.
I decided to be true to myself and to the time we live in, so I painted those as it is, kept the real details and let the viewer know the true story behind the scene.
Because we are all part of this story, and the story goes on. We write our story individually, meanwhiles, together as a whole. It is also a reminder of the special time that we come through. Our body kept us strong, alive, and healed, the heroes who keep the world moving.
The messages that I wanted to deliver to the viewer are the vitality and endless possibilities, the greater love that I experienced during my art process, and from mother nature.
Being inspired by nature enlighten me in all aspects of life. I started with some small projects, gaining enormous joy and peacefulness from the process. Then I started to work on more detailed and bigger pieces, at the same time, focusing on developing skills and my own style, which is a challenge that I set for myself from time to time, and a challenge I enjoyed with no doubt.


I am grateful and beyond humbled that I have had the love and support from my collectors and gallery since I started. Ｗhat is even better is I get to know a little bit more about how the artwork plays an important role in their life. Gradually, Art is no longer a one-man journey to me when I started to get lovely feedbacks from collectors around the world, sharing their joyful experiences and inspirations from my artworks.


For people who read through the description, thank you for joining me on a life time story- a story that I write with my paintbrushes, the one last for a life time.
I sincerely hope you enjoy this artwork.
Artwork completed in Melbourne, Victoria, 2021 Winter.


-Bloom like flowers -
In this signature series of mine, flowers as the object represent life itself to me.
Our own will to be alive, and the way we want to be alive.
While I carefully paint these tiny flower petals or built up those fine leaves’ vines, it is like the way we try to figure out those uncertainties, furthermore, to be able to be closer to the truth a little bit more.

Exhibitions-
-18 - 28 JUN 2021 VAS WINTER SELECT EXHIBITION at The Victorian Artists Society.
-10th July -1st August 2021 Camberwell Art Show
-Nov 2021 Blossoms Of life by HSIN LIN- by Knox Immerse /City Council at MIllers Homestead, Melbourne.

Materials used:

Artist Acrylic on triple primed gesso acid free stretched gallery wrapped canvas. Sealed with varnish. Signed at front and ready to hang. Comes with certificate of authenticity. Artwork painted extend to all Sides.

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