A blog about the Art of Mei-li Wu. Mei-visions photography is the main area of focus. But as a person of the arts I will share my creations in visual arts, paintings, sculptures, artprints, knittings, dance, yoga, knowledge and everything else that I find inspiring in life.
Mother Earth creates a beautiful symphonie of sounds, colors, smells and vibrations for us throughout a year. Every year. // Winter// Spring// Summer// Fall// . Can u see her colors? Can u hear her music? Can u feel her rythms? #TRUEvibrations# (-Get out the house, give thanks and appreciate!) :)
This is me chillin in Wonderland with Alice.What a magnificent day that was! They cut my scene out of the movie tho...lol...nah but i want to be in a movie some day hihi. Do you hear that!? This is basically a shot of me in the studio then the rest was a trip to the wonderland of photoshop. Sweet isn't it? Digital Visual Art by Mei-li Wu.
I had an absolutely amazing photoshoot last week end. I was doing a collaboration with the swedish stylist Karolina Brock. She was in New York for a business trip ( she freelance write for fashion mag: Plaza) I am so happy that we got to link up and put our creative minds togheter. She is amazing at her craft, truly unique. The way she puts an outfit togheter is for me, super inspiring. This outfit was wicked. But don't even think about wanting those funky pants, unless yuh are willing to pay $300 on SALE :S what can i say: Emilio Puchi is not kidding when it comes to his fashion. LoL. Model this time was the stunning Lizbeth DeJesus, who knows how to werk the camera. Liz brought with her the talented make up artist Tianna Aniquia, who came and did her magic despite short notice. Big ups to her, she does great work. Check out the samples folks. Sweet like swedish candy!
There are definitely times in life where i have given up on myself. That shayt hurts....forever. But life goes on and there is always another chance for us to pick up the broken pieces and put them togheter, the pieces left behind in another space and time...#Listen to the goodness withing and heal yuhrself#
This is my first created sculpture made of plaster and wood. The idea was to create a non-objective sculpture built of a minimum of three individual pieces and the goal was to create an interesting negative space (the areas in between- and around the pieces). I had alot of fun in the making of this sculpture, with the new( for me) material. After creating a mess-this is how it came out. It's called " Broken pieces" ...... Have a long look at it, let it speak to yuh and feel what it means to yuh! Blessings
This is a backstage video (!) clip of me and my dancepartners background dancing for the artist Mohombi(fr. group Avalon). Their manager flew me, Melpo and Jacqueline down to Benin, Africa, where we stayed durign the KORA awards in 2008. It was truly a blessing to visit Benin, see the culture, the people, the nature and eat some of the food they eat there. I never got my luggage ( connection flights! think it was stuck in paris) so luckily Melpo and Jacqie hooked me up and we ended up looking all right for stage. We had rehearsed for one song-one number, but when we met the founders of the award-show, the day before the actual performance, we were asked to performe to - not one song -but three. Surprised- we went to coregraph the rest, we had the rest of that day to get the new dances IN too our muscular memory, set the formations and work it out on the stage the very next day. I had a blast. Loved this experience. Thankful for it. Today Mohombi is signed with Akon and his music is commercially played all over the world. Melpo is taking on her singing career as a dancehall artist- watch out for her in the near future, and Jacquie is teaching and spreading the love for the dancehall culture back in Stockholm, Sweden with her crew Enough. Well, this is how it turned out yall. Enjoy it! :)
...i am really "in like" with printmaking. It is an amazing process, and i get to work with my hands. Which is a nyce change from all computerized work. Good ole craftwork in process (old skool we like). Pablo Picasso, the wonder painter, created this artprint which i like a lot.It is called, simply, " Woman with a Flowered Hat" It contains different texture, and an interesting variety of lines and patterns. I am fascinated by the way that he chooses what should be white, grey and what should be black. Inspired by his work, i wanted to make a face also. So i cut this design out of a block of pine wood. It is a self-portrait in its absolutely simplest form. Does it look like me? LoL I do think so. Sometimes i like the actual blocks more then the prints themselves. When lit nicely, they convey beautiful shadows and contrast in the design.Cozy!
This is one of the solid artprints from my peacock design. It took me hours to carve the linoblock. I mostly used the knife tool. Title: "Peacock", Speedball ink on 5*7 linoleum block, on reg. sketch paper.
Printmaking is an ancient japanese art form, where you cut your art out of a wood block, or a linoblock. This is my first attempt in so doing. Started out slowly, but surely, on a beginner EZ-cut block. Titel: " Casette Tape" Speedball Ink on EZ-cut block, sketch paper.
Last summer (09 ) in New York City, i was chillen with my Senegalese sister Khoudia. I captured her beautiful warm smile in these shots, this was close to her apartement in Union Square. I had so much fun with that girl that summer ( much love to yuh girl )Summer full of inspiration, dance and party times. New york, new york...
I was experiencing the beautiful sweet corn fields that New Jersey is known for, with my Malaysian friend Melanie Ng. I always drive past these incredible huge open fields,but i never get to really walk in them since that would be considered trespassing (!) But this day with my Nikon D80 in hand, i snapped some shots of her beauty. Red, yellow, green and serene :)
I have been very busy with school, to the point where my camera has been collecting dust in the bag. But i finally got in to the studio again, with great inspiration from two young ladies from Trenton. Miss Yvonne Clark and her sister Crystal Torres. Yvonne is an art student who take some of the art courses i am enrolled in at this moment in time. This was her first photo shoot- EVER! She did great,they both did- have a look!
