About this artwork

“Is anyone among you in trouble? Let them pray. Is anyone happy? Let them sing songs of praise.” James 5 verse 13

Visual artists and artists in entertainment industry were some of the people that their lives and livelihoods were affected negatively by the lockdown caused by the prevailing pandemic. The coronavirus outbreak has caused mass cancellations of visual artists’ exhibitions; tours, concerts, and festivals of performing artists were cancelled. Some freelance artists in entertainment industry lost their jobs and are looking for jobs in other industries. Some courageous musicians gave free concerts in their communities and neighbourhoods to lift the spirits of people that were cast down. The reaching out to the communities with free concerts is what influenced this work – CELLIST: Let the Music Play.

With my unique style, I made the lady playing cello as Flower and Thorns to depicts the music as flower and thorns as unpleasant situations like the pandemic.
The message of the work is Roses grow in the midst of thorns; regardless of the situation, Let the Music Play.