Koi fish painting.
Mt. Fuji and Cranes, which is now on display at the LEGO House in Denmark.
This eventually led to the creations Joe makes now: “I like trying different themes and covering different topics. Around two years ago, with the shared background of studying oil painting and ink painting together with my wife Frances for several years, I started to build some artthemed creations, like traditional jade seals—the Asian’s traditional four treasures of the study, and paintings.” Joe’s reasons for building are a little different. When he started building MOCs, Joe wants to show others that LEGO bricks can be anything within one’s imagination. He builds from a wide range of topics, such as mechs, animation-based MOCs, painting and culturally-themed models, modulars, and vehicles. He comments, “There is a quote that I like most about creativity from Albert Einstein: ‘Creativity is seeing what others see and thinking what no one else ever thought.’ Bricks are limited, but creativity is not. So I am always happy to hear others saying, ‘Wow, is it LEGO?’ when they see my MOCs.”
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