My inspiration for this art piece the Singaporean artist koeh Sia yong. The painting itself is called “Orchestra in Equator Art Society”, painted in 1968. The equator society was an art group made in 1956, although its prime was in the 1960s. The use of Chinese traditional instruments and Chinese writing portrays that one of Singapore’s main language was Chinese, or how a lot of the population to-date is Chinese. I was drawn to this artwork because of music. Ive loved music ever since I was 6, which was when I started playing the piano. I took on other instruments such as the ukulele, violin, harp, guitar and others. However, I only play the piano and flute as of now. I’ve participated in many orchestras, and yet, every time they still impress me. The students look concentrated, whether that be because they like the orchestra or not, they look like they’re still trying their hardest. It resonates with myself, always trying what I can in terms of what I’m capable of doing. The colour palette seems to be a warm colour, even when using blue, which is meant to be a cold colour, however, when used in this sense, it seems more warm than cold. My numbers and language characters used for this artwork was because of my background. I’ve been learning Chinese since I was 7, and I wanted to use that in my artwork since I’m also Chinese. The main focus in the top left hand corner’s Chinese means ‘to listen to music’ in Chinese. I turned listening to music into an everyday thing in my life, which it why it felt normal to incorporate it into my painting. On the right hand side, the characters 二：三八 means 2:38, which was how long one of the pieces I played in an orchestra was. 十一月, which is the 11th month in English, otherwise known as November, was when I started to learn the flute. Other than Chinese, I also used numbers like 12, which is my birthday date and the day I started playing the flute. I also used music symbols like quavers, crochets and semi-breves because I find them to be some of the most common music notes when I play music. My colour choices are similar to “orchestra in an equator art society”, however, I wanted them to link to me more obviously, instead of being more muddy colours, I wanted them to show more. I chose lots of different colours for my art work. From blue to green to yellow. They work together, but also shine brightly. Rather than using blues on blues. They shine brightly but don’t take away the spotlight from each other. It relates to my personality, I really am an energetic person, which is why I wanted bright colours. When layering my colours, I wanted the layered colour to be able to blend with the other colour but show off at the same time, which I think I achieved. I definitely had a hard time choosing the colour for the background, since lots of colours may resonate with me. But in the end, I believe that I made the right choice. Each colour has a way of relating to me, personally and not. I found that choosing numbers, symbols and Chinese characters was successful, so many words can describe how I feel, therefore, it was relatively easy. When you focus your mind on something you enjoy and find fun, yet fascinating, it’s easier to do things, as well as it gets more fun.