A former resident of Singapore and all-around art lover is bringing wider recognition to art from the Southeastern Asian region by opening a new gallery in her new home, Colorado.
Viviane Jasinski started her art journey at a young age, sparking her collection of fine arts with money from one of her first paychecks in the working world. She was born in Mongolia and raised in China as she built her appreciation for art, collecting such Western pieces like the work of Pablo Picasso and Salvador Dali. Her passion for the arts culminated in a move to Singapore and subsequent opening of a gallery there. It was while she was experiencing art and life in Singapore that she discovered her love for Eastern art. Jasinski attended an art show in Singapore put on by a godmother of art in the region. A simple but beautiful lacquer painting of a lotus blossom attracted Jasinski’s attention. She had always been a fan of art, but this was the first piece that shook her from her very core. As soon as she was able to, she sold all of the pieces she had collected over her life in order to purchase the lotus blossom painting, and she hasn’t looked back since.
Jasinski ended up partnering with the woman who gave the art show that so inspired her. They started selling art by the creative minds in the Southeastern Asian region, making sure to donate a portion of the sale back to the community where the artists were from. The money from this went toward purchasing necessities for children, including books for schools and clothes and bicycles.
She and her husband — whom she met by chance as a neighbor in her housing building in Singapore — moved to the United States and settled down in Colorado. Jasinski knew she wanted to continue to promote her love for art from the Southeastern Asian region, so she recently opened a gallery in her new town that caters specifically to masterpieces from that region. Even though there is plenty of local art in and around Colorado that she could have chosen to showcase, it was important to Jasinski that she raise awareness of just how special Asian art is in her new Western home.
Even if you’ve visited art galleries, museums, and festivals, there’s no better way to explore art than to sign up for an art class. SGArtClass.com has an exhaustive listing of dozens and dozens of art classes you can choose from. No matter what you’re creatively interested in, you can be sure to find a set of lessons that will suit your needs. Take a class on lacquer painting, or explore ink painting. Uncover your love for oil landscape painting, or try your hand at portrait drawing. You might surprise yourself with how much you enjoy creating art.
To read more about Viviane Jasinski and her artistic efforts, go to http://www.summitdaily.com/news/22807395-113/silverthorne-woman-to-open-new-gallery-featuring-southeast.