Drew Barrymore has always been one of my favorite actress. I love her bubbly, sunshine personality. I stumbled across this photo of her with flowers in her hair and it made me smile. Growing up in Singapore, where fields of flowers is not a common sight, my dream has always been to roll around in a field of flower…. and this picture was my way of doing it:)

It’s my birthday today and funny enough, I came across a fun picture of an old lady who obviously loves to have fun and doesn’t care what people think of her. I have kept that picture for a while and it just called for me to paint her… and so I did. It made me think of growing older, what it means and what I have been doing lately. I can honestly say that as I get older, I am more confident, I am learning to love myself and not rely on the opinions of others to feel good about myself. I paired this quote with this painting as a reminder to live the rest of my life to its fullest! Who cares what others think? As long as I LIKE IT!

I saw this post on Pinterest and was moved by the contemplative look on her face. Painted it inflight on my way to Seattle. I love looking at it… Makes me take a deep breath and go.. “Ahh…” Watercolor crayons. 

  

 I have never considered myself beautiful. Guess there is a specific standard for beauty in the world around us. And it started with me wearing glasses when I was very young. Never saw anyone wearing glasses that is considered beautiful. Could not even see myself as a princess because there were no princesses with glasses! As I am in my mid forties, I finally embrace the beauty in me.. It’s how I feel about myself not what others think of me. Must share with caitey…. 

I love fall… Was driving on the weekend and marveling at the colors of the leaves. Came home and painted this. I love this quote too… “The trees are about to show us how lovely it is to let the dead things go”. Yep, letting dead things go….   

On this wet and grey Sunday morning, I decided to go bad ass.. Inspired by this quote on Pinterest “I’m sorry, what language are you speaking? It sounds like bullshit”. Sometimes, I wish I have the guts to say this out loud to some people.Watercolor and acrylic

I was never able to paint or draw when I am upset. The other day, I made the mistake of reading my emails in the middle of the night. One email made me upset and I could not go back to sleep. So I got  up and painted this. I got this. I got my own back. I don’t need ungrateful people on my team. Watercolor, acrylic and collage on her dress.