Artist Prabhakara Jimmy Quek. Singapore.

I have completed a new painting. I love it. Tell me how you feel about it.
New Journey. 2011. 102 x 76 cm. Prabhakara Jimmy Quek.

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New Painting by Prabhakara Jimmy Quek.

Art Class & Painting Lessons: Weekly painting lessons at the artist's home studio. One to one private sessions and small group painting sessions are available. Each person would progress at his/her own level. Anyone who is interested to learn acrylic painting (at all level) or drawing could join anytime as long as there is a vacancy in any of the sessions. Please visit Art Class website for updated information: http://pabha.com/ArtClass/

Latest information and details regarding time schedule,fees and registration form are available at Art Class website: http://pabha.com/ArtClass

Painting Courses: Course No. 1. Acrylic Painting Lessons - This course is for those who like to learn acrylic painting. You will learn how to paint with acrylic medium. You will learn to use your materials effectively and to know and to mix your colours well. You will be guided for techniques to achieve various visual effects. Besides practical exercises, you will also learn to paint and complete your Still Life.

Course No. 2. Acrylic Painting for Improver - This course is for those who wish to improve his paintings and for those who has learned painting before but still unable to resolve his painting problems; and for those who like to make further progress in his painting. To know his weakness and to experiment with new ways and new approaches to the theme of his paintings.

Course No. 3. Painting Sessions with the artist - This is for art lovers and for those who has completed any of the above courses and wish to continue learning painting so to progress to higher levels . This painting session is also for those who is able to paint independently but still wish to continue receiving guidance from the artist.

Course No. 4. Basic Sketching/Drawing Lessons - This is a basic sketching / drawing course. Drawing has been the very foundation of all art. You will learn how to sketch and draw by using pencils on paper. You will do sketching/drawing of still life, using direct observation method. Practical exercises Include drawing shapes, drawing in line and tone, relationships between subjects, perspective and proportion. This course is helpful for those who plan to take up painting lessons in future. After you have completed this course, you could register for Course No. 1. mentioned above if you wish, so to continue learning painting from the artist.

One to one private painting sessions or group painting sessions are available. Due to limited slot available, you could register for 8 or more sessions if you wish. First come first serve. Official Art lessons website: http://pabha.com/ArtClass/

Under special situation Private Painting Tuition/session at Your Place is also possible to be arranged. One and a half hours per session. Please visit: http://pabha.com/ArtClass/ for more details

Art Materials Needed: You need to bring your own canvas or canvas panel. 2B pencil or charcoal stick. Brushes. Acrylic paints or Acrylic introduction set. Painting knife. Mediums. Portable easel (optional). You could obtain these art materials from art shop in Singapore, like Art Friend (BBC) Pte Ltd at #03-33 Bras Basah Complex. Also bring some Paper towels or Tissue paper. Please bring along your painting reference materials, sketches or drawings for reference and discussion when needed. For Pencil Drawing Lessons, you need HB, 2B, 4B 6B pencils, eraser and drawing block.

Each student sticks to his/her time schedule for the duration of the course. For other time schedule, please check with the artist. Payment of fee on commencement of lessons. Website: http://pabha.com/ArtClass

More about the Artist: Jimmy Quek Prabhakara is a professional artist living in Singapore. He started learning art since 1972 and has been practicing art full time since 1986. Jimmy signs his painting Prabhakara. He held 11 One-man art exhibition and participated in more than 80 group exhibitions in Singapore and abroad. His paintings are in the collection of many individuals, corporations, institutions, Ministries and Singapore Art Museums. His art and exhibitions are recorded in many important publication and reported in Newspapers.

Jimmy was External Assessor for Degree and Diploma (2D) Assessments in Visual Arts, Lasalle-SIA College of the Arts Singapore in 1999 and Member of Course Accreditation Committee, Department of 2D and 3D Studies. Lasalle-SIA College of the Arts. Singapore in 2002. He was Winner of First Prize in IBM Art Award in 1988. He was Member of Judging Panel for the Della Butcher Award for Excellence in the Arts, 1994 and Member of judging panel for the Philip Morris Group of Companies Singapore/Asean Art Awards, Singapore, 1995.

Jimmy Quek agreed to make himself available few hours weekly for sharing his painting knowledge and experience with those who would like to learn painting from him. He conducted Drawings and Paintings courses for adults at Federation of art societies Singapore and he conducted painting workshop for teachers before.

Here are some feedback received from the painting workshop participants: "Grateful for your professional sharing of your knowledge and expertise." "Jimmy Quek is a very experience Artist and Art teacher. I enjoy and learn a lot from him." "Jimmy Quek is very patient and encouraging!" "Very informative." "I am more confident. I now know about the fundamental of drawing."

Latest information, time schedule details and fess as well as registration form are available at Art Class website: http://pabha.com/ArtClass

Please visit http://pabha.com/ArtClass/ and if you have any question after you have visited the website, you are welcome to check with the artist for your needs or booking, please contact Jimmy Quek or Siew Hooi. Details at website: http://pabha.com/ArtClass/

Tranquil Beach. 2009. Acrylic on canvas. 18 x 18 inches.
By Prabhakara Jimmy Quek. All Rights Reserved.

I have painted some small paintings in the last few years. These are acrylic on canvas with size of 12 x 12 inches, or 10 x 10 inches, or slightly bigger sizes. Here a video of about 2 minutes in which you could view more than 80 paintings. Hope you enjoy my works.



Small paintings by Prabhakara Jimmy Quek. Acrylic on canvas. Click here for Small painting website.

I enjoy the beauty and design of the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao. I felt that the museum building is a very beautiful sculpture. It is located in Bilbao, Spain. You could view the museum at their website at: http://www.guggenheim-bilbao.es/visita_virtual/visita_virtual.php?idioma=en I think those who live near by the museum are blessed to have such wonderful museum around them. You could see the Maman, sculpture by Louise Bourgeois at the museum too. Enjoy!

A friend retuned some books to me last week. One of the books was an art book: Change 20 Singapore Artists, A Decade Of Their Work. This book had been with him for 5 years.

This is a 240 page coffee-table edition featuring 220 full colour plates and 21 colour portraits of the Singapore Artists. They are Teo Eng Seng, Ng Eng Teng, Thomas Yeo, Yeo Siak Goon, One Kim Seng, Ng Yak Whee, Wan Soon Kam, Prabhakara Jimmy Quek (myself), Teng Nee Cheong, Siew Hock Meng, Low Puay Hua, Leo Hee-Tong, Ghoo Keng Kwang, Lee Boon Wang, Kuan Soong, Lee Hock Moh, Tay Bak Koi, Tan Choh Tee, Foo Chee San and Ang Ah Tee.
(A photo of the art book printed with my paintings.)

This book was an exciting volume documented the above mentioned 20 selected artists in Singapore at that time, it traced the artists' development and it offered rare insight into their creative output of the remarkable diversity of styles and media which was best represented the Singapore art scene in 1991.

I had a few good browses of the book since the day it was returned to me. The aerial view painting featured there reminded me of my aerial view paintings that I had painted in late 80's and early 90's. Aerial View was one of the subjects that I loved to paint. (One of my Aerial View paintings titled Golden Land 1995 was collected by Singapore Art Museum.)

I still love painting Aerial View. Without delay I worked on two small 8" x 8" empty canvases. I enjoyed the play of colours that created space and depth on the surface of the paintings. Below a photo of the paintings that I have painted.
Aerial View 1 & 2. 2009. Acrylic on canvas. 8 x 8 inches.
By Jimmy Quek Prabhakara.

Hope you enjoy this post. Have a Nice Day!

现代艺术和绘画。
希望你喜欢我的作品.这个星期画的鸟瞰图.

Three of my paintings had been acquired and installed at Singapore Embassidor Residence in Manila early this year. This is one of the ways promoting Singapore artist and his art works in other country by Singapore Government. Here, a photo of one of the 3 paintings, I took this photo when the painting was still with me.


Morning Meditation. Acrylic on canvas. 102 x 76 cm.
Coll: Ministry collection.


I painted this painting in year 2003 when I thought of working out a painting with Bodhi Tree, with a mood of calm, serenity and peaceful effects. I visited Bodhigaya in India, where there was a big Bodhi Tree. It was a serene and peaceful morning. People meditated arround the Bodhi Tree. People believe that the Buddha attained his enlightenment under the Bodhi Tree at this place. I though it would be a good idea to paint a painting that comes from this memory. I did a small sketch study before I started working on this painting. I hope to achieve a calm and peaceful effects with pictorial elements of tree, a silhouette of pagoda behind the tree, silhouettes of people meditating in this painting.

Phenomenon. 2008. Acrylic on canvas. 18 x 18 inches.
By Prabhakara Jimmy Quek. All Rights Reserved.

Rubber Trees. Acrylic on canvas. 102 x 76 cm.
By Jimmy Quek Prabhakara. All Rights Reserved.



Growing 1. Acrylic on canvas. 102 x 76 cm
By Jimmy Quek Prabhakara. All Rights Reserved.

Trees and Reflection. 10 x 12 inches. Acrylic on canvas. By Jimmy Quek Prabhakara.
Private collection. All Rights Reserved.


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Fruits. Medium: Clay and acrylic. By Jimmy Quek Prabhakara. All Rights Reserved.

I am happy to see Sayadaw U Pannathami again and to meet his brother on 12 December 2008 afternoon. I told Sayadaw Pannathami that I had been looking high and low for a painting that my customer inquired but I could not find it. I had no impression that it was sold before. Sayadaw Pannathami told me "Phutthassa lokadhammehi, cittam yassa na kampati, asokam, virajam, khemam, etam mangalam uttamam." The translation of it would be "Touched by worldly conditions, mind yet not shaken, sorrowless, stainless, safe, this is the highest blessing."

Mountains. Acrylic painting on canvas. 12 x 12 inches.
Artist: Jimmy Quek. Country: Singapore.

I painted this painting in 1988. It was exhibited in IBM Art Award Exhibition at the Singapore Art Museum in 1988 for a short period of time. This painting won a Merit Award. Since then I have kept it. I took it out from my store recently to look at it. I still like this painting and enjoy the painting very much. I like the treatment of light and shadows and movement. It is an oil painting. Share it with you here. Hope you enjoy it.

Pace 1988 Oil on canvas By Prabhakara Jimmy Quek. All Rights Reserved.

I am happy to attend a lunch dana offered by my friend Mr Aw to Sayadaw Pannathami at Metta School on Saturday. Sayadaw Pannathami gave a short talk after the lunch dana.

We visited Sayadawgyi U Pandita. He learned that my friend is working in Day Rehabitation Center for the Elders and Hospice Care, he told us always to have a quality of lovingkindness in our heart at works and in life.

Sayadawgyi U Pandita is one of the rarest kind of meditation master. He recently conducted a meditation retreat in Singapore, which organized by Vipassana Meditation Centre (Singapore), the retreat ended last Saturday. He will be leaving Singapore for America today.

Today is the first day of my second year with My Opera. I likt to post 2 paintings of wave to mark this special day. These are new paintings that I painted early this year. I am happy with the effect of the paintings. I hope you will enjoy them.

Last year this day (31 March 2007), I posted three paintings of wave at my first post.

Wave 2008. Acrylic on canvas. 40 x 30 inches. By Jimmy Quek Prabhakara.


Wave 2008. Acrylic on canvas. 18 x 12 inches. By Jimmy Quek Prabhakara.

Title: White Sand Beach. 2008.
Medium: Acrylic on canvas.
Size: 25 x 25 cm.
Artist: Jimmy Quek Prabhakara.
All Rights Reserved.

Painting: Untitled, 2000.
Medium: Acrylic on paper.
Size: 12 x 12 cm.
Framed

I am happy to meet a customer this morning. He acquired one of my painting. He told me he likes this painting that I did in 2002. I am delighted to learn that he appreciates modern abstract painting as well. I have added this painting and few others paintings in my photos album to share them with you.


Green Celebration. 2002. Acrylic on canvas. 120 x 100 cm. Framed.
By Jimmy Quek Prabhakara.

Autumn Trees and Mountains, 2007. Acrylic on canvas, 30 x 30 cm. By Jimmy Quek Prabhakara.

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This is the painting that I have recently completed.


Tranquility. Acrylic on canvas. 12 x 12 inches. By Jimmy Quek Prabhakara

I have uploaded 4 small paintings in my Photo Albums.

Stupa and Prayer Flags, 2007. Acrylic on canvas. 35 x 25 cm. By Jimmy Quek Prabhakara.

I started working on these painting on 3 January 2006. I spent more time working on the first one. I completed these two paintings before the Chinese New Year February 2006.

Golden Showers and Mountains 1. 2006. Acrylic on canvas. 18 x 18 inches. By Jimmy Quek Prabhakara.
Golden Showers and Mountains 2. 2006. Acrylic on canvas. 18 x 18 inches. By Jimmy Quek Prabhakara.