I recently had the good fortune of meeting artist Joseph Loh (Synn Kune Loh) and his lovely partner Esnie Shum when they came by Shavasana Gallery & Café several weeks ago. Joseph & Esnie and their family are new arrivals to Mayne Island, and had dropped in to have a look at the art and sit for a visit and a coffee – exploring, as one does, all that Mayne Island has to offer, and familiarizing with their new community.

I was delighted when they invited me to visit Joseph’s Art Studio on their rambling forested acreage on Mayne. A large, bright and airy building on the property now houses many of Joseph’s work from a long and illustrious career as a painter. I managed to take several shots of his various styles, including the larger pieces seen here…

Joseph’s Studio contains an interesting and varied selection of his work from a long career as an artist which includes the above framed drawings (left), and “Whispers of Immortality” (right) inspired by his many travels and studies in consciousness

For a brief bio on Jospeh (Synn Kune’s) life, I borrowed the following from his website: http://www.synnkuneloh.com/ …. “Synn Kune Loh has been an exhibiting visual artist, design consultant, author, and international speaker on the evolution of consciousness.
For over a decade he travelled extensively in Mexico, leading explorations to twenty pyramids, including the special sacred site known as The Luminerias. Synn Kune was also an active speaker with the Sivananda Yoga Farm in Grass Valley, California.
Born in China, Synn Kune grew up in Hong Kong. He completed a B.A. in Psychology from the University of Bridgeport in the USA, before his graduate study in Cultural Psychology at Queen’s University, in Kingston, Ontario. An accomplished painter, he studied experimental art at the Ontario College of Art in Toronto. In addition, Synn Kune holds a Master’s Degree in Therapeutic Counselling from the International College of Spiritual and Psychic Science in Montreal, Quebec.”

Mayne Island and her citizens are fortunate to receive Synn Kune Loh’s artistic and spiritual contributions to the fabric of our creative culture.