Thursday, July 12, 2007

New Member in the House

Because I was so smitten with 小姐, I would stand in front of the painting each time I walk past, to admire and day-dream about how it would look in our Jemej home.


After getting to know and hitting it off with Justin in the course of preparing for his exhibition in the hotel, The Boy and I decided that we would act on it - buy the painting. One of the most "frivolous" purchases I've ever made. But we never looked back - from taking a pic together with the artist himself during the exhibition, to the installation (next to what Squarenails calls "The Mothership") over the weekend, we are mighty pleased with our new-found baby in the house!



Because the hubby bought me such a nice painting, I rewarded him with something he liked very much too - a painting of his favourite toy, Condor, since young!! Ok, only that this cost only a tenth of the big one. :D


Painted by Dyn, another artist, he's got another one which I loved very much but restrained myself from getting. This was definitely one from my childhood memories!


Oh, have I mentioned before, that Justin said he found it strange that whoever buys his paintings, especially that from his 大姐/小姐 series would become preggers. Probably due to his use of the word 喜喜 in his works - double happiness from buying his painting, AND getting preggers. Well well, I sure didn't know that in the very beginning!!!

14 comments:

Anonymous said...

i love the red and minimal contrast of colors!!!!

Little Miss Snooze said...

Haha...it sure is a sign babe! :)

ShutterBug said...

woo hoo! Congrats on the purchase! IT sures will look great on your walls :)

And not forgetting the auspicious blessings it brings along :D

Anonymous said...

I think that's swell... and maybe very soon, we will congrat you on another new member!

Anonymous said...

hahaha... come join the club!

still it looks great :) so fitting with your chinoiserie theme.

michelle said...

WWWAAAAAHHHHHHH! BEAUTIFUL!!!!!!

now you need to insure the painting man!

Jemej said...

imp > the red got to me first! and the oriental look and nostalgia.

lilsnooze > well well... i'm not sure about that! :p

shutterbug > Thanks thanks! Haha yeah, the auspicious blessings that come along sure makes the buy more worth it! ;)

domesticrat > i notice that your use of "swell" has some kind of double meaning to it... ;)

ruth > we were just saying during the last dinner gathering that next time, we need another room for our gatherings - for our young ones!

michelle > gosh, I never thought of that!

mummybean said...

oh, you bought it in the end! nice.

so should we be expecting good news soon? :)

~tif;fany* said...

maybe good news sooooooooooooooooon!! :DD

Anonymous said...

wah. I missed YKT.

lup.bbl

Jemej said...

beanbean > uh, maybe we hear yours first? ;)

tiffany > not that i know of! =p

bbl > hairband now, no YKT. lup.

Anonymous said...

nice! i love the colours and how it is a statement piece. You must ask Justin how long it takes for his customers to get preggers! heee...must be prepared mah :)

Jemej said...

Haha, i don't think he is able to do that!! ;)

Candice said...

it fits right into your place!