Kelvin Lim Photography and Art

06/04/2025

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18/03/2025

Oil on linen, 28x24cm

17/02/2025

Charcoal on paper, A3
Taking a short break from oil, those large pieces can be so draining 😅 Art can be therapeutic yes, but when it becomes so imbued in life it can weave itself too deep. Always important and helpful to take a step back, breathe, and see things from a wider perspective.

09/02/2025

61x55cm Oil on linen

04/02/2025

66x51cm oil on linen

23/11/2024

Awards are useful, but this… I’d treasure this over any other.

16/08/2024

07/07/2024

Drifting Man, 25x19cm, Watercolour

Man with dementia. I photographed him, among several others, in a humanitarian project 8 years ago. I had companions, but most fled after mere minutes, driven away by stench.

He was destitute and living alone. Probably hadn’t showered for days, weeks? Home was unkempt, unsanitary. I’ve forgotten how it looked. I couldn’t remember the stench. In fact I couldn’t remember many things.

But I remembered his eyes drifting. For long stretches, he would indulge in a special dream, but every few moments, from his eyes, he would be present. A few such moments, he would smile. In one, he told a joke. I remembered clutching those moments like a lonely child.

For a few years around that time, I threw myself into every opportunity to touch the less fortunate. I burnt myself out. I crawled into a deep, dark hole. I think we call this depression nowadays. Friends told me to stop doing charity. Successful businessmen told me poor people lowers brand value. They all meant well, they are friends. But no one can tell me what to remember and who I love.

I’m long out of that hole. If you’ve met me, you’ll know I am happy. But as I paint this man, my heart pains for a different reason.

14/06/2024

Bouquet, 28x42cm, oil on linen