between lost and found

Enchanted Forest

2011-12-05T23:57:00.000-08:00

Day

Night

10" x 10" each , acrylic on wood.

Day is restless. Night is mystery.

work in progress

2011-11-27T18:36:00.000-08:00

Group Show Witches of Wonder

2011-10-13T00:47:00.000-07:00

Bud, acrylic on wood, 4" x 5"

I am very happy to be part of the group show "Witches of Wonder" @ Big Umbrella Studio, San Francisco. Working on pieces around the theme of Halloween is fun. Dark is beautiful.

Trio

2011-09-21T22:46:00.000-07:00

For this series of drawings I chose simple line work and composition, with the addition of abstract color strokes. The idea is to say that while something may appear simplistic, or common, the underlying emotion may be unexpected-more colorful or complex than what one sees on the surface.

When the lights go out,

graphite and acrylic ink on Mylar, 8. 25" x 11.5"

Knitting,

graphite and acrylic ink on Mylar, 8. 25" x 11.5"

portrait of any

2011-07-10T23:34:00.000-07:00

8.5 " x 11", pencil ans acrylic ink on mylar.

Working on some new drawings that will be show in BlueCanvas party @ downtown LA, July 14. See you there :)

http://www.bluecanvas.com/launch-event

Open Studio @ Mission

2011-03-26T13:24:00.000-07:00

Welcome Spring!

I have been working in the new studio since last winter. More that I getting to know the Mission neighborhood, more I like it! April open studio is the biggest event of year in Art Explosion. Come to see us at the weekend :)

Art Explosion Open Studio

Catalyst Group Show @ 111 Minna Gallery

2011-02-06T22:55:00.000-08:00

Happy year of Rabbit!

I am very excited to be part of the group show with other artists in Thursday, Fedruary 24 , 7:00 pm @ 111 Minna Gallery. Hope to see you there and have a fun evening.
You can find the information about the show, other artiest and ticket purchasing from the link
http://www.rawartists.org/sanfrancisco/catalyst

Still Life #1

2011-01-19T21:31:00.000-08:00

Happy 2011 everyone !

Final drawing for the painting, " beauty of keeping alive"

Still Life No.1, Acrylic on Wood, 11" x 14 "

Happy Holiday!

2010-12-09T00:10:00.000-08:00

http://www.theartexplosion.com///Events/Events.php

Come by and join us!

new studio

2010-11-15T13:22:00.000-08:00

Last weekend I move in to a new studio which I share with painter Hana Ihaya.It's huge working space for both of us!

come visit us @ Art Explosion, Space #125. 744 Alabama St San Francisco, CA

the puppet maker

2010-11-09T00:36:00.000-08:00

"what if one day we are not the one who in control anymore? where we stand if rabbit s 3 times bigger than human?" that's popular theme in sci fi fiction. this is my take :)

workshop@AAU

2010-09-28T22:53:00.000-07:00

live drawing from the figure painting workshop at 60 federal.

Hello Seattle

2010-09-15T16:18:00.000-07:00

Even only a few hours, I sure did enjoy my time in Pike Place market, Seattle.

blue freddie

2010-09-09T22:34:00.000-07:00

from one of my favorite song.

face

2010-08-18T00:15:00.000-07:00

charcoal and oil pastel at newsprint

Beautiful grim for sale!

2010-08-02T02:16:00.000-07:00

painting on sale at ebay

bloom

2010-07-21T19:56:00.000-07:00

2010-06-16T19:38:00.000-07:00

I am very happy that some of my prints will be featured in "works on paper" group show @ 21 ludlow gallery in NYC.

2010 spring show

2010-06-04T01:16:00.000-07:00

Fine art department shows their works at 79 New Montgomery gallery.

It's the first time I have showed my work in this gallery. Ximena, 24" x 30", oil on wood.

Portrait of me, painted by Hana. Love it!

show time MAY 28 – JUNE 10

2010 print exchange

2010-04-24T18:43:00.001-07:00

I am excited to be part of the print exchange this year. We each have to make a box and put these 30 pieces of beautiful prints in it. sweet!

first woodcut printing experience

2010-02-25T21:52:00.001-08:00

Beautiful Grim

2010-02-02T20:39:00.001-08:00

Acrylic on Wood, 10' x 22'

http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/group.php?gid=176562320417
http://art.beautifulgrim.org/helice-wen

Journey winter 09

2009-12-20T23:06:00.001-08:00

This is my final silk screen project. This image is about a person reaching for its goal. Birds in the sea and fishes in the land represent the struggle during the journey of searching.

Final drawing, prismacolor.

Different editions of prints, Silk screen on Duralar, Sekishu paper and Rives BFK storm Grey. 9.5" x 19"

silkscreen!

2009-11-21T12:05:00.000-08:00

Drawing for silk screen project "2", 11x17", prismacolor on mylar .

narrative painting #3

2009-11-06T22:15:00.000-08:00

After 6 months I return to school for craig's narrative painitng class, which is one of the most difficult class in art department, from my opinion.
We have 60 choices of theme for assignment #3. I chose "This was one unhappy camper". Since I didn't know the meaning of the line. I created the illustration literally on it. Here is the color com of the piece. Next to it is the under drawing of the illustration. In this stage I used gesso and modeling paste to create the background texture. It represents the chaos environment.

2009-07-21T21:21:00.001-07:00

two of my paintings are showing in a group show, in Studio Gallery San Francisco.
check it out.
http://www.studiogallerysf.com

Across the Universe

2009-04-28T22:47:00.000-07:00

I did this illustration for a song of the Beatles, Across the Universe. It was the assigment from Portfolio class.
I tried to translate the beautiful lyric into the paper, such as " words are flowing out like endless rain", :drifting through my open mind" and "million eyes". It's done by collage and ink. Now I am trying some color effect on separete material. Then I will play it in the PS.
12.5 X 25.

head study

2009-03-04T22:07:00.000-08:00

my friend gave me a CD of collection of awesome head photos.. here is the study I did from one of those photo.
Oil on cardboard, about 2 .5hours.

charcoal and newsprint

2009-02-23T21:36:00.000-08:00

Hang out in the school is fun, even after I graduated.^^ Here are drawing I did in the workshop today and last Monday . All finish in less than 2 hours.

raining day. work day.

2009-02-17T14:07:00.000-08:00

I am enjoying the time, drawing at the raining day.
Finally I have my on line portfolio done. Check it out

http://helicewen.com/home.html

sketch book!

2009-01-20T13:11:00.000-08:00

A Silent Song

2009-01-07T22:32:00.000-08:00

pencil drawing of A Silent Song.
It's a bout a blank looking girl who has many to say but don't know how to/refuse to release.
It start from the sketch I did at a cafe. That afternoon I ended up drinking too much coffee then I could n't fall in sleep until 6 a.m.

I will miss it

2008-12-19T20:43:00.000-08:00

today is the official end of my 4 and half year studying in AAU. I made it!

oil on panel, 16x20

TWO

2008-11-30T20:49:00.000-08:00

Acrylic on wood.12x16. I try to make it work for fashion market too, since I love to draw girls and pattern so much anyway.

2008-10-17T00:36:00.000-07:00

From Quick study project. Oil on canvas.

Chairs.

I wasn't sure while I took the picture of chairs on Valencia street in a very early morning. Turn out I like the loneliness coming out from the painting. To me it looks like a greeting card I would send to someone and write down " wish you were here".It took a little over than an hour to finish.

study of girl.

2008-10-06T09:27:00.000-07:00

I've been doing research for fashion illustration. here are pen and ink sketches.

some of my illustration work are published in blir 10, please check it out.

http://www.blir.net/index10.htm

Snow White and Friends

2008-09-20T00:03:00.000-07:00

This assignment is Propaganda. When I watch some of the Disney's Films, how human and animal are friendly to each other, sharing and respecting what mother nature provide to us, I think they sugarcoat the reality. Here the innocent looking Snow White stands in the middle of burning forest, the changing of environment hurts the animal, also the human.

11 1/4 x 23, Acrylic on Wood.

2008-09-07T02:02:00.001-07:00

I can't stop drawing girl and birds.

When I saw the pen and ink works by Zac Smith in SFMOMA in 2006, the art works amazed me. I love how he combined graphic and realistic element together in portrait. I was trying to design pattern into the girl portrait and making it more interesting to look at.

playing with color is fun

2008-08-17T23:57:00.000-07:00

I was practicing to paint in different style, which I think would be my style for children book. Here I used the photograph from spring's costume carnival. 9x12, Oil on canvas.

2008-07-03T01:30:00.000-07:00

for fecal face, theme:sexy. pencil, watercolor, acrylic

Conservatory of flowers. watercolor.

Today sun didn't come out till 2 p.m. Freeze!

june

2008-06-19T01:03:00.000-07:00

Right after summer intersection then is summer school. taking two at one time isn't as fun as I thought. Now I am trying to re-work the assignments from portfolio class, and doing pieces that good for my web site. At the same time, What I really need to think about it's what kind of illustration I want to do the MOST.

some sketchbook pages.

Into the wild

2008-05-13T23:13:00.000-07:00

This is the final for portfolio class, book cover illustration for Into the wild. I think the story is interesting, somehow I can related to the character in some part. I choose to do the image that he spent his last stage of life in the "magic bus", Alaska. How he had been trap in the geometric shapes, and his warm is surround by cold blue . 18x12,Acrylic 0n illustration board.

I am happy to study under Kazu and Chuck, Also It's great to studying with class of talented people. Have a good summer!

editorial "Conformity"

2008-04-25T16:52:00.000-07:00

It's an editorial work for a scientific article "The Selfless Gene". From studying of chimpanzee, they have ability to fit in with a group and adopt its customs. Here a girl and monkeys soak in gene pool-to fit in better they have to put on smiling mask and nice to each other-even in the nature we are not so selfless at all.

11x8.5, charcoal and acrylic on print making paper.

2008-04-21T23:16:00.000-07:00

fine art studio class always like the fresh air. I've learn a lot of technique from Tomutsu's painting class. also it's fun to watch how other people do the thing, when I see the painting of charcoal and oil wash, I can't wait to try it myself. this is just a small study. anyone has this experience, i am happy to learn^_^

fillmore.sunday

2008-04-12T15:08:00.001-07:00

first stage. thank you!

tea party w/ miss misery

2008-04-11T00:51:00.000-07:00

acrylic on wood.

2008-04-07T15:07:00.000-07:00

leda and swan

acrylic on wood

2008-03-30T02:08:00.000-07:00

Stephen Player recommend this artist Paula Rego. Love to see other version of snow white!
sketch for illustration 4. Open subject one. I want to do a portrait with secondary image. ~miss misery with bloody eye bunny~

current project

2008-03-25T23:58:00.000-07:00

these are the pieces I am working on now... please leave me some comment.^_^

last sem

2008-03-25T23:34:00.000-07:00

some sketches

2008-03-25T23:26:00.000-07:00

welcome to helice's blog

2007-08-17T00:09:00.000-07:00

Portfolio

2006-07-11T21:31:00.000-07:00

"Knitting" 2011

"Portrait of Any" 2011

"Atemporal" 2011

"When light goes out" 2010

"Journey" 2009

"Still Life #1" 2011

"Still Life #2" 2011