Feng Shui Art: good fortune and good taste

Arts & Leisure

Posted on January 29, 2013 09:32:45 PM

By Jasmine T. Cruz

One of the results of these stolen hours is a mixed-media piece called Empress II. The empresss ears are made of jade circles from an antique shop. Bronze with hints of sky blue is draped over her shoulders and is decorated with swirling auspicious Chinese patterns. The jade tones are complemented by a blazing red textured background, the lucky color for the Chinese.

FENG SHUI ART PROCESS If there are artists who only paint in the morning or paint at night, Ms. Uychaco only paints when the Chinese calendar deems it a good day. Its a symbolic start, she said.

Her layering of colors is guided by feng shuis five elements. Its like a cycle, a production cycle, Ms. Uychaco said. Water is good for wood because wood will not grow without water. Wood is good for fire because it feeds the fire. The fire turns to ashes which is earth. In the earth, you have metals.

Thus, she paints wooden brown tones over blue tones, which in turn can be covered by red tones, then earthen tones, and then metal tones.

Through this method, a rich texture emerges.

Another way to infuse the elements is to use different palettes. I have a palette made of clay for earth. I also have a glass palette for water. I also have a jade palette. She mixes her paints on these palettes, and I transfer their (the palettes) energy to the canvas.

COIN OF GOOD HEALTH Ms. Uychaco said she is not a feng shui expert, but simply an enthusiast.

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