Hello to my new friends & old friends. Welcome back to my 3rd blog post of February 2022!  
I am pleased to be invited to the interview and be featured on the Maroondah City Council's blog. 
Special thanks to Amy Freund, Editorial and Publications Officer. It was a pleasure working with you really.

Interested in how and why I create my signature series the way it is ? Click the link below for the full article !
https://www.maroondah.vic.gov.au/About-Council/News/Council-blog/Blog/Interview-with-the-Artist-Hsin-Lin-Bloom-Like-Flowers
You can also press the play button to listen to the interview in audio! How awesome is that ?😊

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Interview with the Artist: Hsin Lin - Bloom Like Flowers
Published 08 February 2022

Federation Estate Gallery’s latest exhibition is by local artist Hsin Lin, and explores the beauty of flowers and our connection to them. We interviewed artist Hsin Lin to learn more about her inspiration behind the exhibition, the mediums she uses and favourite flowers.

Q: What was the inspiration behind the exhibition?
Bloom Like Flowers is a contemporary floral series that I have been developing for years.
Bloom like Flowers embraces the diversity and salutes the strength of life by featuring Australian native flowers we love and common flowers we know.
It is also a series that I painted to raise awareness of mental health. It encourages people to be nurtured into deeper mindfulness and to cherish the beauty of nature in their local environment.

Q: What is your favourite piece in the exhibition?
One of my favourite pieces would be the largest piece from my signature series - Bloom Like Flowers, A Life Time Story ‒ Orchids and Roses on Wood Tray with A Weaving Basket (2021). It is also an artwork that took me the longest period of time to complete.
Every object in this artwork stands for a different meaning. You may see this work as a documentary of the time that we all went through.
When I look into the details in this particular piece, I remember every moment that I spent painting it, sunny days and rainy days.

Q: What do you hope viewers get out of your exhibition?
I paint flowers to show my happiness and wish to bring positive energy to my viewer.
Flowers are celebrations of life. You can see the collection as a reminder that as the flowers are in full bloom, this is our time to be alive.

Q: How do you feel your fashion background influences your painting style / technique?
To me, there’s one thing in common regarding being an artist and being a fashion designer—that is to appreciate the material that you use, and to explore the possibility of it. Just like designing a garment—you have to think through how the fabrics are attached, how your design will be composed as a whole and give it a new life.
As an artist, I sometimes stand in front of the canvas meditating for a long time before my paintbrushes touches it, just to imitate how the flower grows and extends in my mind, following the natural order.

Q: What mediums do you like to use?
I find acrylic is the perfect medium to interpret my intense passion for the subjects I depict. I love the vivid and opaque property of paint on canvas. In my ongoing contemporary floral series, I use close observation to try to capture as much detail as possible. I do paint with oil and watercolour sometimes to let loose, but acrylic is always my go-to medium.

Q: How long does it take you to create a piece of artwork?
Artworks from my main series have very intricate compositions and I used a photorealistic approach, with each tiny petal built up by more than eight layers of paint. For large-scale pieces, it takes six to nine months from start to finish.

Q: What is it about flowers that you love so much?
I see flowers as salutes to the strength of life. Just like every one of us is unique, each flower has a different appearance and different flowering seasons.
Each flower looks different, smells different, has its own spiritual meanings. Most important of all, the flower always blooms in its own time without competing with other flowers. That’s the beauty of it and I am absolutely obsessed with the natural order.
I believed everything falls into the right places at the right time.

Q: What is your favourite flower?
My new favourite would be the Australian native flower ‒ Eucalyptus Macrocarpa. I love it so much, that I often visit Royal Botanic Garden just to admire its beauty.
The original artwork ‒ A Lifetime Grit ‒ Eucalyptus Macrocarpa (2021) in the exhibition is the 3rd depiction I have done of a gorgeous flowering gum tree in Cranbourne Garden. The former two have found good homes soon after they launched.
I especially love the details on the large, ovate grey leaves and the earthy tones of the plant. The rough surface of the gum nuts and the smooth silky texture on the flowers display of greatest strength of life. Eucalyptus flowers also have the symbolic meaning of healing and protection.
Seeing a gum tree makes me feel grounded wherever I am and I see it as an anchor. Flowers don’t have to be fragile to be beautiful, they can be strong and tough.
To me, Eucalyptus Macrocarpa is the tough kind of beauty.

Find out more
Bloom Like flowers is showing at Maroondah Federation Estate’s Gallery until Friday 8 April. For more information on the exhibition, visit the event webpage. To learn more about Hsin, visit www.hsinlinart.com

Hope you guys enjoy the exhibition & happy collecting!
Warm Regards,
Artist,
HSIN LIN / H.Lin
@helloinnerpeace
#hsinlinart

On 10th Feb We open HSIN LIN’s 2022 solo exhibition – {Bloom Like Flowers}
The event was officially launched by Mayor, Cr Mike Symon who was joined by Deputy Mayor, Cr Rob Steane, along with Councillors Marijke Graham, Tony Dib, Paul Macdonald, and Kylie Spears.
 
It is my absolute pleasure meeting all the amazing people.  Much appreciated for your love and support. What a great opening event!  Thank you to everyone who made it to the opening, the night was filled with joy, love, and laughter.
 
Below is the full Speech by Artist HSIN LIN on the opening event-
 
“First of all, Thank you, Mayor, Cr Mike Symon, Deputy Mayor, Cr Rob Steane, Maroondah City Council, Arts in Maroondah, and Maroondah Federation Estate Gallery for having me. It’s a great honor. I would also like to say a big thank you to the Curatorial Program Officer, this solo is professionally curated by Gareth Syvret the Curatorial Program Lead, and Andrew Duong. Thank you for everything and thank you for making it happen.
 
Tonight I see some familiar faces. I would like to say hi to new friends, old friends, collectors, friends, and families.  Thank you very much for making it to the opening. Words cannot describe how happy I am to see every single one of you, especially after two years of the pandemic. I want you to know that you are important, your love and support make everything possible.
 
Following I would like to give you a short insight into the series- Bloom like Flowers.
Bloom like Flowers is a signature series of mine that I’ve been developing for years. Those artworks from the main series have proceeded in intricate composition and photorealism approach, each tiny petal was built up by more than 8 layers of paint. For large-scale pieces, it takes 6 months to 9 months from start to finish. In this series, I don’t care how much time it takes, but I am willing to give it as much as the time it needs to be achieved. Many of you might know I wasn’t an artist my entire life, but I have never dropped my paintbrushes since the day I started.
At first, I paint flowers to empower myself, when time goes by, I realized my artwork empowers my collectors, my viewers, and I think that’s the most amazing thing in the world.
The best thing I love about flowers is each flower has a different appearance and different flowering seasons. They look different, smell different, have different spiritual meanings. Most important of all, the flower always blooms in its own time without competing with other flowers.
Just like every one of us is unique, regardless of our gender, nationalities, and all the differences that you can think of. If we can embrace diversity and all the differences, the world is a better place. 
You can see it as a reminder that as the flowers are in full bloom, this is our time to be alive.
 
I would also like to conclude my speech with a line from my favourite poem - “Let life be beautiful like summer flowers -By the poet Rabindranath Tagore. To every one of you who visited the exhibition or watching the video right now- Let’s make our life be beautiful like summer flowers. May you too bloom in the best season. 
 
Last but not least, all the original artworks in the solo exhibition are ready for new homes. Please feel free to let me or the gallery know if you are interested in any particular ones. Thank you very much and I hope you enjoy the exhibition. “
 
Solo Exhibition info:
Bloom Like Flowers: Hsin Lin
Categories: Arts, Council, Exhibitions
➡️ Maroondah Federation Estate Gallery
32 Greenwood Avenue, Ringwood
➡️ View the exhibition:
7 February - 8 April
Mon - Fri, 9am - 5pm
 
Hsin Lin’s new exhibition and series Bloom Like Flowers explores the process of blooming and our connection to nature.
The exhibition features meticulously detailed acrylic paintings and prints that celebrate native Australian flora and wildlife and highlight the ecologies and habitats and that support and connect them.
Hsin Lin’s professional background in fashion design informs her skill and ability to capture the organic textural details of these subjects. Through sensitive observation and illustration every petal, facet or filament is rendered on canvas.
 
To anyone who couldn't make it to the opening night, do not worry! The exhibition {Bloom Like Flowers} is on from the 7th of Feb to the 8th of April 2022.
Hope you guys enjoy the exhibition & happy collecting!

Warm Regards,
Artist,
HSIN LIN / H.Lin
@helloinnerpeace
#hsinlinart

A warm welcome from me to you, join us on the opening night on the 10th of Feb !
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Maroondah Federation Estate Gallery is excited to invite you to the exhibition opening of Hsin Lin's exhibition 'Bloom Like Flowers.'

Join the exhibition opening:
Thursday 10 February 6-7.30pm

Maroondah Federation Estate Gallery
32 Greenwood Avenue, Ringwood

View the exhibition:
7 February - 8 April
Mon - Fri, 9am - 5pm

Hsin Lin’s new exhibition and series Bloom Like Flowers explores the process of blooming and our connection to nature.
The exhibition features meticulously detailed acrylic paintings and prints that celebrate native Australian flora and wildlife and highlight the ecologies and habitats and that support and connect them.
Hsin Lin’s professional background in fashion design informs her skill and ability to capture the organic textural details of these subjects. Through sensitive observation and illustration every petal, facet or filament is rendered on canvas.

More details about the exhibitions available here.

A special thanks to the curatorial team, Arts in Maroondah & Maroondah City Council for having me in Maroondah Federation Estate Gallery.
Looking forward to see you there!
Warm Regards,
Artist,
HSIN LIN / H.Lin
@helloinnerpeace
#hsinlinart