Window Illustration for Marni

I had thought that drawing live on the front window of the Marni store would probably be one of the most daunting things I would have to do. But I was pleasantly surprised that it wasn’t at all but instead had enjoyed the entire process tremendously. Despite the fact that it was all done within the span of 5 days - from conceptualising to execution! Yes, it was all a whirlwind! I got the ok to proceed in the morning and I was down at the store drawing by mid afternoon to draw my first 2 girls!

The window illustration was inspired by Marni’s Pre-Fall 2019 Collection featuring their signature experimental mix of prints and shapes. 

Huge thanks to the amazing Club21 team for trusting me with my ideas and especially for the cool timelapse clip. 

Live Floral Painting in Chinese-Style at Rolex’ CNY Gala Dinner

It was such a lovely experience painting these peonies for Rolex at the beautiful St Regis’ Caroline’s Mansion.  The CNY celebration dinner had a chinoiserie theme and hence the blue peonies. Though peonies are usually painted in red and pink in Chinese paintings, blue is a rather rare choice but I love how they turned out.

Considered by many as “the king of flowers”, the peony (牡丹 mudan) is one of the most prized flowers in the Chinese culture for its beauty and its representation of wealth and honour. This was painted in the 寫意 (Xieyi) Chinese painting style which is more freehand and expressive.

For those of you who do not read Chinese, the character above is 福 (Fu) which means “Good Fortune”. It is one of the most auspicious Chinese characters you would find being displayed or used frequently during the Chinese New Year celebrations. So when 福 is featured together with peonies, it is an even greater blessing.

Other than Peonies, Chrysanthemums are also very popular during the Chinese New Year celebrations. Especially the multi-petal golden hue ones which represent abundance of wealth and prosperity, joy and optimism. So how can I not paint them too for the CNY Gala Dinner.

It is said that if the Narcissus 水仙 blooms on the Chinese New Year Day, you will have wealth and fortune the whole year through. So I just had to include this auspicious flower in my repertoire of Chinese painted flowers for Rolex.

Fashion Illustration for Carat 55 Christmas Party

It was such a delight to be invited to illustrate for all the lovely guests at Carat 55's Christmas Party. To reinforce Carat 55's branding on the illustration card, I illustrated the facade of their boutique as well as their brand mascot, a pink giraffe which was also made a standee for photo ops at the event. 

It was a beautiful cool evening filled with warm laughter and friendly faces. So it didn’t really seem like work while I was there Live Drawing for the fabulous guests. And among them are these beautiful ladies who stayed back a little more so that each one of them had her own fashion illustration drawn.