Sunset with Blue Trees
Completed 2004 age 18
I was inspired by the Japanese artist Hiroshi Senju, who tends to limit his colors in his paintings. Sometimes he paints an image where the background is the complimentary colors of the subject. His style is simple but at the same time intense, where the foreground stands out from the complimentary background.
Medium: Watercolors
This is a painting done in my sketchbook. The paper isn’t watercolor paper, but at least more durable than regular printing paper.
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Thank you Janis Zroback for being my first buyer!
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Early Works [pre-university]
Origami
Drawings,Paintings and Graphics
Abstract Photography / Guessing Games
Flowers, Trees and Plants
Water and Waterscapes
Scenery/Skyscapes
Light, Shadow, and Reflections
Still Life
Living Creatures
Human Portrait
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Nancy Stafford
this is beautiful artwork
thickblackoutline
wow this is beautiful!!
ApeArt
lovely
Jason Byrne (joB)
beautiful!!
Mui-Ling Teh replied
Thank you very much!
ToastedGhost
Wonderful
his style suits you
nikki75
stunning image
klbailey
just lovely – wonderful colours
Mui-Ling Teh replied
Thank you klbailey!
Colin Tobin
I love your colour choice.
Really excellent work!
Carolyn Bishop
This feels like a dance of the trees … almost whimsical, yet very beautiful against the warm colors of the sky!
Dan Shalloe
cooooool – love the colour distortion here – packed with impact!
kimbaross
Excellent
Mui-Ling Teh replied
Seeing your kind of work, I can see why you like this one. Thanks for the comment and the favouriting.
Helen Tyralik
lovely artwork
Mui-Ling Teh replied
Thank you Helen!
amarica
Very creative image Mui-Ling
Mui-Ling Teh replied
Thank you very much amarica!
lonelyart
this is soft yet dynamic, the color creates an amazing vision!
Mui-Ling Teh replied
Thank you lonelyart
Kenny Gulley Jr.
i love the contrasting textures…very interesting how the blue trees look soo smooth across a horizontal stroke of the sun
Mui-Ling Teh replied
Thanks Kenny. I painted the streaked background first, then used larger dabs of pigment as I was painting the trees overtop.
Kenny Gulley Jr.
ooh! :D i never thought about that
Rosina Lamberti
Excellent capture
Mui-Ling Teh replied
Thank you for visiting my gallery :)
pmistric
Gorgeous. You have such great talent. Very lovely.
Lila Alias
Lovely watercolour. The trees are outstanding!!!!
ferndesign
love the red and yellow in this but the blue is so beautiful
blamo
wonderfull…............ dreamy
Antanas
great work
Joanne Bradley
Beautiful colors and composition! Simple and striking! Excellent work!
RosaCobos
I do not know if you have imitated or not this artist..
The result is a fantastic harmony.. both for the senses and the Soul.
Do you work with liquid water lolours.. or chinese inks.?
I love the way water smoothes the leaves adn branches.. they are lively more that in reality.. for they have the pulse of your heart beating…
I love so much japanese and chinese painting..!Specially Zen Art.
Rosa
Mui-Ling Teh replied
Thank you Rosa; I love asian painting too. I used watercolors for this one.
KEITH R. WILL...
beautiful
coffeetea
very delicate painting! lovely.
Mui-Ling Teh replied
Thank you :)
coppertrees
This is Beautiful
Lori Peters
So beautiful, Mui-Ling. I love the colors.
Madeline M Allen
Just so very beautiful !! Well done indeed!!!
Mui-Ling Teh replied
Thank you very much for the comment and the favoriting :)
cherokee
Lovely work
RLHall
Beautiful work. A fav!
Mui-Ling Teh replied
Thank you very much =)
Alan Findlater
Really good work love the colour well done
davidmilne
So beautiful….
webbie
BEAUTIFUL, GREAT JOB.
BlueKnot
Very beautiful; truly.
Globalphotos
Outstanding image, well done !!!
Mui-Ling Teh replied
Glad you like it =) Thanks for the fav!
Chloe Flathers
beautiful!
Marie Sharp
You are very talented and I enjoy this painting.
amarica
Love it
Steven Novak
Really, really fantastic piece of work. Beautiful color choices.
Rosina Lamberti
cool art
Nikki Trexel
the colors, lines and shapes in this painting work so well together. it is a beautiful creation! you hit on my favorites of everything: lines, trees, intense color.
Mui-Ling Teh replied
That’s the most flattering comment on this piece I’ve had; thank you, and thanks for the fav :D
Sean Farragher
beautiful
Robert O'Neill
Great use of Orange and Blue.
Paul Scarsella
beautiful work!!!
PPPhotoArt
very beautiful artwork Mui-Ling and the colours are very intense!!!!! well done
Mui-Ling Teh replied
Thanks! This goes well with your profile pic :D and thanks for the fav!
RMonroe
Lovely work:)
Douglas Hunt
this is a striking piece
AngelArtist
This is lovely, with oriental delicacy
John Douglas
oh yes, complimentary colours work so well like this – lovely!
oakes deary
just a stunning painying..
Joe Valcourt/M...
stunning work of art. Joe
KEITH R. WILL...
beautiful
genevievem
beautiful work and great explanation!
Mui-Ling Teh replied
I’m glad you like it. Thank you for the comment and the fav!
Mike Paget
Love the tree silhouttes
gerardo segism...
It is indeed very difficult to achieve this angle where the viewer feels that he is looking far away and upward at the same time – the colors are outstanding too.
Tracey-Anne Pryke
lovely painting
Alan Findlater
excellent work well done
Jason Laderoute
I like how you have shared where your influence and inspiration for this came from Mui-Ling Teh;
I like the Depth that you have achieved, Well Done
Mui-Ling Teh replied
Hey Jason! Thanks for looking and for the fav. I just got online and saw that I had 13 new bubblemails! Amazing how much accumulates just by being away from RB for a day!
Ming Myaskovsky
I couldn’t believed it was done in watercolor, I had to looked twice, this is stunning! :)))))))))
Mui-Ling Teh replied
Thank you very much Ming! Nice to meet you. I was reading your profile description; wow Japanese, Chinese and British descent! I am half Japanese half Chinese :D. This piece as you may have read in the description was inspired by a Japanese artist, and I’m glad you like it. Thank you for the fav :)
Ming Myaskovsky
I’m glad to meet you, too. My mother is Japanese, and father is Chinese and British. :)
Mui-Ling Teh replied
My mother is Japanese too! My father is Chinese though he was born in Malaysia.
Ming Myaskovsky
I think the world would be a boring place to live without all these mixed ingredents in our gene :)
MaiaRamish
this is a very beautiful piece
michael byerley
beautiful
paul romanowski
VERY NICE!
Mui-Ling Teh replied
Glad you like it; thanks for the fav!
Laurie Puglia
nice work here :)
Karin Taylor
very beautiful Mui-Ling :) xx
Mui-Ling Teh replied
Thank you Karin! Are you the mystery buyer who bought this recently by any chance? I just noticed that I made a sale on it and the purchase is in AU$
Tatiana R
Very nice work indead!
shanghaiwu
FABULOUS work
karenuk1969
Gorgeous, I love the colours here.
Joe Valcourt/M...
gorgeous design work. JOe
red addiction
you are incredible!!
Paul (Quixote)...
Excellent image. I love the composition and your choice of colors.
Mui-Ling Teh replied
Thank you. the choice of colors was inspired by Hiroshii Senju; I love his work.
Paul (Quixote)...
Indeed. His work is inspiring to many artists. I look forward to viewing your offerings for the future.
Catherine Howell
This is very beautiful. I love trees:)
Mui-Ling Teh replied
Yes I can tell :)
I must admit, I’m glad you had a chance to see this; your Oaks in Hibernation really reminded me of this.
Steven Sandner
Wicked processing Mui-Ling! and what a brilliant shot!
Mui-Ling Teh replied
Well this is a painting… but thanks, and you have nice photos yourself.
BLYTHART
With a limited palette, less can truly be more – lovely image.
Mui-Ling Teh replied
Thank you Dave, I hope to do more of these once school is over; along with more origami.
Marita McVeigh
I like this idea. Very beautiful work.
Sue Cotton
beautiful style and well executed.
Mui-Ling Teh replied
Thank you very much Sue!
Azzurra
awesome work
Frank McCafferty
fabulous I Totally luv this Work of Art Well done Thank u for very kind comments Frank xx
Mui-Ling Teh replied
Thank you very much Frank; for your comment and the fav :D
Cee Neuner
Gorgeous work!!!
Heidi Kunkel
Very Nice Work! It is so subtle but catches the eye.
Mui-Ling Teh replied
Thank you very much Heidi, for the comment and the fav!
hugh023 28 days ago
Beautiful!! . . .
Mui-Ling Teh replied 28 days ago
Thank you for the fav Hugh, and all the comments today :)
Scott d'Almeida 27 days ago
outstanding,
Taylor Sawyer 27 days ago
This image will be featured with the rest of the top ten and two honorable mentions. You are now invited to submit it to the group so that it may be featured!
Mui-Ling Teh replied 27 days ago
Thank you Taylor :D
Lori Peters 20 days ago
A very lovely artwork, Mui-Ling. xo