White Rose for Mother's Day!

I hope you have a wonderful Mother's Day weekend!

Here is a lovely white rose for everyone.

Thank you very much.

[Abstraction White Rose by Georgia O'Keeffe, 1927, oil on canvas.]

The Lady of Shallot, 1888

This was painted by John William Waterhouse(1849~1917) in 1888.

Wow! It looks like a photograph. Unbelievable.

Based on the poem with the same title, written by Lord Alfred Tennyson's in 1832.

Oil on Canvas
153 cm × 200 cm (60 in × 79 in)
London

Skull of a Skeleton with Burning Cigarette, 1886

Exactly 1 year and 2 months ago from today, I have quit smoking.

Yes! I usually smoked Camel Lights. I recently found out about this painting by Vincent van Gogh(1853-1890). I am lucky that I could quit smoking, and hope to keep this till the end!

Let's be healthy!

Oil on Canvas, 32 X 24.5 cm
Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam

Museum of Contemporary Art at Chicago

Finally, I've visited one of the art museums in USA. I accidently went this place, instead of going to the Art Institute of Chicago, however, I learned a lot from the visit.
Especially, I was impressed by the works presented by Olafur Eliasson. Also many inspiration came from R. Buckminster Fuller, the guru of the design and architecture.

These words written on the walls by Mr. Fuller hit me.
"You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete."
"A designer is an emerging synthesis of artist, inventor, mechanic, objective economist and evolutionary strategist." Untill here: Written on June 29th, 2009.

This guru actually gave me the idea to design my restaurant. Thank you.