Tribal Photography

The tribal warrior within, takes shape in my photography. I love capturing strong women in front of my lens. Our earth is female, our sky is a male. Female is therefore: earthy, nurturing, grounded and strong. There is a tribal earthy warrior of love inside of me that boldly colors my perception of women. Here is a few examples that i would love to share with you, where i have collaborated with different models and make up artists to create images of strong women. Thank you to: ( top) Crystal Torres, model and Rachel Jones for make-up, ( middle )Valerie Morales,model; Nadine for hairstyling and Tianna for make-up and ( bottom ) Niki Tsappos, model and make up and Theresa Gustavsson for hair styling. You guys all rocketh! Have a good day. Thank you for stopping by.

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Meimei in Wonderland

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.

"Broken Pieces"

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

More printmaking...

...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!

" Peacock"

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.

Bare with me....

...This is my first attempt to blogging, so bare with me as i am learning the technicalities needed for it too come out the way i want it too. Here is an art piece a did in May,2010. This is an oil painting i did of my dear sister Niki Tsappos, a beautiful portrait of a powerful smiling sister.The original inspiration for this piece comes from a photo session we had in 2008. I shot her for Make Up Store school catalog in sweden.( " Niki Tsappos",oil on bristol, size: 8*10 inches ) More to come!