JLam👩🏻🎨
@jlam.bsky.social
Oil painter, representational art, contemporary realism, classical style, love painting portraits and florals from life as much as I can. 💕 academic methods
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JLam👩🏻🎨
@jlam.bsky.social
· Oct 25
Latest painting from life I did last month. I’m pretty proud of it but oddly have been feeling a real slump after 😕
Oil on canvas 20x16, 2 weeks
Oil on canvas 20x16, 2 weeks
Life is short, figure out what living means to you, it’s not something easily copied.
The mountains in Beijing are especially beautiful. I guess being in China means I should get some Chinese style in.
An attempt at ink painting, the reference.
#painting #calligraphy #inkpainting
The mountains in Beijing are especially beautiful. I guess being in China means I should get some Chinese style in.
An attempt at ink painting, the reference.
#painting #calligraphy #inkpainting
October 5, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Life is short, figure out what living means to you, it’s not something easily copied.
The mountains in Beijing are especially beautiful. I guess being in China means I should get some Chinese style in.
An attempt at ink painting, the reference.
#painting #calligraphy #inkpainting
The mountains in Beijing are especially beautiful. I guess being in China means I should get some Chinese style in.
An attempt at ink painting, the reference.
#painting #calligraphy #inkpainting
Currently #WorkInProgress #oilpainting
Really great having a good teacher to learn from. Learning a lot from the last couple weeks and excited to finish this
#art #figurePainting #fineart #oilpainting
Really great having a good teacher to learn from. Learning a lot from the last couple weeks and excited to finish this
#art #figurePainting #fineart #oilpainting
September 26, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Currently #WorkInProgress #oilpainting
Really great having a good teacher to learn from. Learning a lot from the last couple weeks and excited to finish this
#art #figurePainting #fineart #oilpainting
Really great having a good teacher to learn from. Learning a lot from the last couple weeks and excited to finish this
#art #figurePainting #fineart #oilpainting
September 7, 2025 at 6:45 PM
A bit of pleinair in Yorkshire 🥳🎨👩🏻🎨
#oilpainting #pleinairpainting #fineart #pleinair #artist #painter
#oilpainting #pleinairpainting #fineart #pleinair #artist #painter
August 29, 2025 at 5:54 AM
A bit of pleinair in Yorkshire 🥳🎨👩🏻🎨
#oilpainting #pleinairpainting #fineart #pleinair #artist #painter
#oilpainting #pleinairpainting #fineart #pleinair #artist #painter
Maybe 60%?
Whenever people graduate from traditional atelier they do a self portrait, so here’s mine 🙂 (soon, on my own terms, in my own time, finding myself)
#WorkInProgress #oilpainting #selfportrait #portrait #representationalart #fineart
Whenever people graduate from traditional atelier they do a self portrait, so here’s mine 🙂 (soon, on my own terms, in my own time, finding myself)
#WorkInProgress #oilpainting #selfportrait #portrait #representationalart #fineart
August 13, 2025 at 4:30 AM
Maybe 60%?
Whenever people graduate from traditional atelier they do a self portrait, so here’s mine 🙂 (soon, on my own terms, in my own time, finding myself)
#WorkInProgress #oilpainting #selfportrait #portrait #representationalart #fineart
Whenever people graduate from traditional atelier they do a self portrait, so here’s mine 🙂 (soon, on my own terms, in my own time, finding myself)
#WorkInProgress #oilpainting #selfportrait #portrait #representationalart #fineart
The thing about painting, often time with value compression, you don’t make something look darker by adding more dark colors, you make its surrounding lighter. But when to do what is what makes a master, a master…🥲
#WorkInProgress #oilpainting #selfportrait #portrait #representationalart #fineart
#WorkInProgress #oilpainting #selfportrait #portrait #representationalart #fineart
August 10, 2025 at 8:49 PM
The thing about painting, often time with value compression, you don’t make something look darker by adding more dark colors, you make its surrounding lighter. But when to do what is what makes a master, a master…🥲
#WorkInProgress #oilpainting #selfportrait #portrait #representationalart #fineart
#WorkInProgress #oilpainting #selfportrait #portrait #representationalart #fineart
Some progress since I’ve been back. Thankfully there are spots in my art studio with similar lighting and as I’ve been trying / planning to do a self portrait from life I already had a set up.
There’s at least 2 weeks left of work on this but coming along slowly 😝
#oilPainting #selfPortrait #art
There’s at least 2 weeks left of work on this but coming along slowly 😝
#oilPainting #selfPortrait #art
August 9, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Some progress since I’ve been back. Thankfully there are spots in my art studio with similar lighting and as I’ve been trying / planning to do a self portrait from life I already had a set up.
There’s at least 2 weeks left of work on this but coming along slowly 😝
#oilPainting #selfPortrait #art
There’s at least 2 weeks left of work on this but coming along slowly 😝
#oilPainting #selfPortrait #art
My favorite part is actually the palette it’s such a weird shape and I was surprise i got it right(?) fairly painlessly. I made the mistake of opting for a small portrait here… brushes are not small enuf for them eyelids rn 🥲 #WorkInProgress #oilpainting #selfportrait #portrait #fineart
August 5, 2025 at 4:03 AM
My favorite part is actually the palette it’s such a weird shape and I was surprise i got it right(?) fairly painlessly. I made the mistake of opting for a small portrait here… brushes are not small enuf for them eyelids rn 🥲 #WorkInProgress #oilpainting #selfportrait #portrait #fineart
My bff Lyly lives in Atlanta and was able to take these pics for me at the exhibit opening 🥰
My biological family may not want me but thankful I have good friends and my art 🙂
Yay I’m on the poster too 😀 #oilPainting #fineart #artExhibit
My biological family may not want me but thankful I have good friends and my art 🙂
Yay I’m on the poster too 😀 #oilPainting #fineart #artExhibit
July 20, 2025 at 4:44 AM
My bff Lyly lives in Atlanta and was able to take these pics for me at the exhibit opening 🥰
My biological family may not want me but thankful I have good friends and my art 🙂
Yay I’m on the poster too 😀 #oilPainting #fineart #artExhibit
My biological family may not want me but thankful I have good friends and my art 🙂
Yay I’m on the poster too 😀 #oilPainting #fineart #artExhibit
Been meaning to do a self portrait, i guess these things just hit you when it’s least expected.
I suppose oil painting is really my lifeline and passion..
#selfportrait #oilpainting #WorkInProgress #portraitpainting
I suppose oil painting is really my lifeline and passion..
#selfportrait #oilpainting #WorkInProgress #portraitpainting
July 18, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Been meaning to do a self portrait, i guess these things just hit you when it’s least expected.
I suppose oil painting is really my lifeline and passion..
#selfportrait #oilpainting #WorkInProgress #portraitpainting
I suppose oil painting is really my lifeline and passion..
#selfportrait #oilpainting #WorkInProgress #portraitpainting
“It is perhaps important to have a beloved pet as early in life as possible - so to understand and experience the inevitable grief of loss early on. It only gets exponentially worse as life goes on.”
July 18, 2025 at 8:10 AM
“It is perhaps important to have a beloved pet as early in life as possible - so to understand and experience the inevitable grief of loss early on. It only gets exponentially worse as life goes on.”
This small study was originally for a larger painting for my grandma. However the problem with painting from photos is that there’s just not enough visual information as from life. Should I ask her to sit for me for a portrait?
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July 10, 2025 at 5:17 AM
This small study was originally for a larger painting for my grandma. However the problem with painting from photos is that there’s just not enough visual information as from life. Should I ask her to sit for me for a portrait?
aaplinc.org/2025-aa-show
aaplinc.org/2025-aa-show
Having a case of artist block, taking pictures of my framed babies for encouragement 🥲
I love physical art
#oilPainting #portraitPainting #stillLife #portrait #fineart #classicalRealism #academicMethod #representationalArt #art #painting
I love physical art
#oilPainting #portraitPainting #stillLife #portrait #fineart #classicalRealism #academicMethod #representationalArt #art #painting
July 7, 2025 at 4:25 AM
Having a case of artist block, taking pictures of my framed babies for encouragement 🥲
I love physical art
#oilPainting #portraitPainting #stillLife #portrait #fineart #classicalRealism #academicMethod #representationalArt #art #painting
I love physical art
#oilPainting #portraitPainting #stillLife #portrait #fineart #classicalRealism #academicMethod #representationalArt #art #painting
One of the weirdest things about healing as a child of a narcissistic parent is coming to terms with, and actually having to believe that they are indeed as awful, if not more awful than you’ve ever allowed yourself to believe them to be…
July 5, 2025 at 1:38 AM
One of the weirdest things about healing as a child of a narcissistic parent is coming to terms with, and actually having to believe that they are indeed as awful, if not more awful than you’ve ever allowed yourself to believe them to be…
ADHD be like ok i’m done mixing a portrait palette.
Brain: “actually I only want to paint stilllife now”
#actuallyADHD #artist #painter
Brain: “actually I only want to paint stilllife now”
#actuallyADHD #artist #painter
June 29, 2025 at 8:57 PM
ADHD be like ok i’m done mixing a portrait palette.
Brain: “actually I only want to paint stilllife now”
#actuallyADHD #artist #painter
Brain: “actually I only want to paint stilllife now”
#actuallyADHD #artist #painter
Peak innovation is not some BS
called "Al". It's actually Japanese
stationaries: Mono eraser, this oil
based pen for signature,
legendary, innovating down to the
details.. For Real.
Also, check out my nice portrait painting 😜
#portrait #fineart #painting #oilPainting
called "Al". It's actually Japanese
stationaries: Mono eraser, this oil
based pen for signature,
legendary, innovating down to the
details.. For Real.
Also, check out my nice portrait painting 😜
#portrait #fineart #painting #oilPainting
June 24, 2025 at 7:14 AM
Peak innovation is not some BS
called "Al". It's actually Japanese
stationaries: Mono eraser, this oil
based pen for signature,
legendary, innovating down to the
details.. For Real.
Also, check out my nice portrait painting 😜
#portrait #fineart #painting #oilPainting
called "Al". It's actually Japanese
stationaries: Mono eraser, this oil
based pen for signature,
legendary, innovating down to the
details.. For Real.
Also, check out my nice portrait painting 😜
#portrait #fineart #painting #oilPainting
In other happier news:
Just got into a juried exhibit in Atlanta for an Asian American Artist exhibit 🥳.
WeiXin Xu was the jury of acceptance for this show surprisingly 😱
His work is near and dear to my heart tbh, barely a generation removed, I hear my family occasionally mention those times…
Just got into a juried exhibit in Atlanta for an Asian American Artist exhibit 🥳.
WeiXin Xu was the jury of acceptance for this show surprisingly 😱
His work is near and dear to my heart tbh, barely a generation removed, I hear my family occasionally mention those times…
China's Cultural Revolution: portraits of accuser and accused
It was a time when pupil turned on teacher, when friend turned on friend… Now artist Xu Weixin has painted both victim and perpetrator. Tania Branigan reports
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June 23, 2025 at 3:53 AM
In other happier news:
Just got into a juried exhibit in Atlanta for an Asian American Artist exhibit 🥳.
WeiXin Xu was the jury of acceptance for this show surprisingly 😱
His work is near and dear to my heart tbh, barely a generation removed, I hear my family occasionally mention those times…
Just got into a juried exhibit in Atlanta for an Asian American Artist exhibit 🥳.
WeiXin Xu was the jury of acceptance for this show surprisingly 😱
His work is near and dear to my heart tbh, barely a generation removed, I hear my family occasionally mention those times…
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Check out this pocket redwood forest made our of paper by @magicmakerdreamweaver for her 2024 solo show "Small Magic" at @moderneden!
Music by @cosmosheldrake
#beautifulbizarre #ShannonDanielleTaylor #redwoods #redwoodforest #forest #paperart #papersculpture #miniature #miniatures #mini #art
Music by @cosmosheldrake
#beautifulbizarre #ShannonDanielleTaylor #redwoods #redwoodforest #forest #paperart #papersculpture #miniature #miniatures #mini #art
May 28, 2025 at 2:27 PM
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Picking up italian again on Duolingo again after 4 years, starts naming paintings in Italian 🤪 @duolingoitaly.bsky.social
May 27, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Picking up italian again on Duolingo again after 4 years, starts naming paintings in Italian 🤪 @duolingoitaly.bsky.social
This me 🍷
May 26, 2025 at 8:23 PM
This me 🍷
This bunny that woke up on the wrong side of the bed today
May 26, 2025 at 5:36 AM
This bunny that woke up on the wrong side of the bed today
After years (decades?) of accidental photography training, now I can be decent at composition for painting references!
Tho it seems a good photo might not make a good painting, which is tricky af.
#photography #painter #fineart
Tho it seems a good photo might not make a good painting, which is tricky af.
#photography #painter #fineart
May 26, 2025 at 3:28 AM
After years (decades?) of accidental photography training, now I can be decent at composition for painting references!
Tho it seems a good photo might not make a good painting, which is tricky af.
#photography #painter #fineart
Tho it seems a good photo might not make a good painting, which is tricky af.
#photography #painter #fineart
Perhaps the greatest freedom one can afford oneself is the freedom to have a completely meaningless existence.
Art doesn’t have to any meaning, it could be simply “i like it”. Perhaps we tried too hard to make meaning out of things that we miss out on the genuine attention to simply appreciate.
Art doesn’t have to any meaning, it could be simply “i like it”. Perhaps we tried too hard to make meaning out of things that we miss out on the genuine attention to simply appreciate.
May 25, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Perhaps the greatest freedom one can afford oneself is the freedom to have a completely meaningless existence.
Art doesn’t have to any meaning, it could be simply “i like it”. Perhaps we tried too hard to make meaning out of things that we miss out on the genuine attention to simply appreciate.
Art doesn’t have to any meaning, it could be simply “i like it”. Perhaps we tried too hard to make meaning out of things that we miss out on the genuine attention to simply appreciate.
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Reflective moments of imaginative exploration feel so inspiring when happening to this delightful little frog.
Love the work of India Rose Crawford 😍
#beautifulbizarre #contemporaryart #surrealart #stopmotion #frog #artcollectors #artmagazine #artinspo #art
Love the work of India Rose Crawford 😍
#beautifulbizarre #contemporaryart #surrealart #stopmotion #frog #artcollectors #artmagazine #artinspo #art
May 25, 2025 at 7:20 PM
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