“Chi” or “Qi” encapsulates the most complex yet simple concept of energy embedded in the ancient Chinese knowledge system.
Inknovations was my re-connection to my mother tongue and its system of knowledge. In a way, I have always know ‘Chi’; it’s just buried deep in my body. I exhibited Inknovations one year after my fellowship in Malaysia and China.
Inknovations honors the process of spontaneous, intuitive painting combined with a thoughtful balancing act of ink and colors. The interactions of ink and colors show the dualities present in our natural environment: rising and descending energy, movement and stillness, heaven and earth, constant change and steady passing of time in our lives.
Oasis 一气呵成 (2015) watercolor, walnut ink and sumi ink on Xuan paper, 55” x 28”
Reaching for the Stars 星愿 (2015) watercolor, walnut ink and sumi ink on xuan paper, 55” x 28”
Colors of Gamelan (2015) watercolor and Chinese ink on Xuan paper, 55” x 28” . I painted this piece during a live concert of Javanese traditional music ensemble Gamelan Sinar Surya in Santa Barbara on September 19th 2015.
The air we breath in 擦肩而过 (2015) watercolor and sumi ink on xuan paper, 14 ¾”x14 ¾”
Symphony 交响曲, 2015. watercolor and sumi ink on xuan paper, 28”x 28″.
Prismatic Sunset 丹霞明月一何鲜, 2014. 27″ x 54″. Water color and Sumi Ink on Xuan Paper.
Beautiful Africa 美丽的非洲 (2015) watercolor and sumi ink on xuan paper, 55” x 28”
Splash of passion 热情洋溢, 2014. 27″ x 54″. Water color and Sumi Ink on Xuan Paper.
虚实相生 Mountanous Qi , 2015. watercolor and sumi ink on xuan paper, 28”x 28″.
Sankofa 温故知新 (2015) watercolor and sumi ink on xuan paper, 55” x 28”
Come away with me 随 (2015) watercolor and sumi ink on xuan paper, 14 ¾”x14 ¾”
重为轻根，静为躁君 The virtue of silence, 2015. watercolor and sumi ink on xuan paper, 28”x 28″.
[…] Si Jie Loo is a multi-disciplinary artist who is interested in capturing the spirit of humanity, primarily with Chinese Ink. She graduated from Dartmouth College in New Hampshire, USA with an honors in Studio Art and has since live and work in both US and Malaysia. As an artist in the diaspora, she is constantly on the move between places, cultures, music genres and languages. She inks down captivating people, musicians, dancers and nature during her travels, most recently the Tibetan plateau and the Silk Road in Northeast China. She calls this body of work INKounters and further develops larger abstract paintings that convey that essence in another series INKnovations. […]