Painter, Sculptor Praises ‘Chinese New Year Spectacular’

As Chinese New Year nears, Divine Performing Arts “Chinese New Year Spectacular” brought light to Seattle.
Painter, Sculptor Praises ‘Chinese New Year Spectacular’
Mr. Timo, a painter and sculptor, at the opening of the Chinese New Year Spectacular at Seattle’s Paramount Theatre. (Youzhi Ma/The Epoch Times)
Andrea Hayley
1/18/2009
Updated:
1/19/2009
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Mr. Timo, a painter and sculptor, at the opening of  the Chinese New Year Spectacular at Seattle's Paramount Theatre. (Youzhi Ma/The Epoch Times)

SEATTLE—Seattle’s majestic Paramount Theatre was the setting for the opening of Divine Performing Arts (DPA) International Company’s production of the “Chinese New Year Spectacular” on Sunday afternoon.

Ahead of the Chinese New Year on January 26, DPA’s lavish portrayal of Chinese traditional culture wowed the audience and ushered the Year of the Ox in style at the 77 year-old Paramount.

Painter and sculptor Mr. Timo, who attended the show, said that while he “really enjoyed the whole program,” he was especially impressed by the state-of-the-art animated backdrops.that framed each performance.

“I think one of my favorite things has been the transition from what’s going on onstage to how it goes back into space on the backdrop. It’s a beautiful transition and the color and just that relationship is what I am always looking at. I am visually oriented as a fine artist. It transitions back into space that took place between light and dark,” he said.

“[The backdrop] is implying the three-dimensional, and that is what I think is interesting. You have the actual figures on the floorplan and then you go back in space, showing that depth.”

He added that one of the reasons he found the backdrops interesting was “because I am always trying to do that in my own work. I am either implying a three dimensional concept — a flat plain — or I am using a three-dimensional box space in a sculpture. So I am always working with those things and I am always looking for those things.”

Mr. Timo, who studied some Tibetan Buddhism in graduate school, has worked with Tanka  paintings, a type of portable religious artwork found in Tibet and other Himalayan cuntries. Tibetan art of this type is based on the doctrines of Mahayana Buddhism.

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