Behind SyloArts

Although I’m not Catholic - I went to a Catholic school as a kid in elementary. I’m not particularly religious. My mom is Christian and my Nana (her mom) I would say is very much a child of the lord - she is filled with faith and is the sweetest thing. I however have had a number of unexplained experiences in my life to make me fully believe that the Heavenly Father / God / He / She exists. I usually very often refer to God as my Dad/ Spiritual Dad. If something blesses me in life, I will look to the heavens and say, “Thanks!” Now, DAD / God to me is a very busy Dad with billions of children to watch over. I don’t pray a lot because I just feel like I don’t want to take up any valuable voicemail space. I just do my best to be a good person and independent child of God. I also say the guardian angels prayer a lot and regard them as spiritual siblings. There was one time... In 2004-2005... my mom took me on a impromptu trip back to Malaysia and Brunei. It felt like a - 'you should pa

  From me to you: a 36 Years Past - a Poem. By: E.S. Lo my 37th year... I would like to start anew. And I ask this from a numbered few. They are apologies I do extend, To all those I did offend. If I ever broke your heart, Made you cry or fall apart. If my words they left a mark, I am sorry for my part. If I ever kicked your shins, made you bleed or bruised your skin. For somethings I can't recall. I am sorry for them all. If I caused you sadness in any way deepest apologies, is all I can say. If I bullied you or was mean and rude. I apologize for being crude. 36 years of weary thoughts it's enough sadness that it's brought. Time has been said to heal all wounds, it doesn't really, it's only assumed. I've always been taught to bite my tongue, don't speak too much - you may look dumb. Don't laugh too loud, it's unattractive, and as I age that doesn't matter. What really matters is the love we knew. The love we give to many or a few. The love we gr

When I was a little girl living in East Vancouver, BC.  There was a summer where a new boy and his family moved in next door. Since he was new, my dad thought it would be good for me to make new friends and go and play with him - since we were around the same age ( I think he was a year or two younger.) Well this boy's sense "fun" was to kill things like snails, slugs and worms. He would run around the yard and find worms, slugs, and snails to step on, throw on the fence to dry out in the sun, and cut in half. I went with it for a while but I absolutely didn't like watching this potentially psycho child kill things and I eventually stopped playing with him. I think my dad took it as me being anti-social, non-friendly. I took it as, I don't like killing things as much as that boy likes killing things. I don't know if I ever told my dad that - that was reason I stopped playing with him. Maybe I should have.

In elementary school, we had pen pals from Kenya, but my exchange with my pen pal actually continued into high school.  One day my elementary school was able to track us down after moving and had called my dad about letters for me. My pen pals address had always been a school and mine which was once the schools address eventually became my house address. I wrote her back after receiving a letter after so many years, it began again. But eventually we stopped writing again. I don’t know who stopped writing or responding. If she graduated and no longer had a physical address to send mail through or receive, but that was that.  Fast forward years later and it’s late 2017... there is this magical thing now of social media and the internet to connect us. So I google her name, B- (I’m leaving her name out) ... I come across a photo I thought might be her and message the twitter account. No response. And then I come another news article with a photo of a woman I think also might be B- her and

View this post on Instagram Which one do you like best? Lily, Anemone, or the lotus? #ink #design #drawing #sketch #canadianartist #artist #flowers A post shared by Syloarts (@syloarts) on May 24, 2020 at 12:25am PDT Which one do you like best? Lily, Anemone, or the lotus? #ink #design #drawing #sketch #canadianartist #artist #flowers

View this post on Instagram A post shared by S.Y. Lo (@syloarts) https://instagr.am/p/CAb1p-xHv8Z/ Since the lockdown many Asians are being attacked being ‘mistaken’ as Chinese people. The virus doesn’t discriminate, and all Asians should not be blamed. So I wanted to design something and chose a symbolic imagery that spanned to different Asian cultures, one that looked innocent yet meaningful. And my Lucky cat design was born. The lucky cat with one with a paw up, like a power-to-the-people. Lucky cat is against all kinds of negativity and only wants prosperity, peace, and all things good. To all you cool cats and kittens, meow meow mafia is just as ridiculous as racism still existing in the year 2020. #unapologeticallyasian #luckycat #luckyfortunecat #cat #racismisavirus #asianandproud #coolcatsandkittens #design #ink #asian #chinese #korean #vietnamese #japanese #taiwanese #oriental

- in memory of my doggies.   View this post on Instagram A post shared by S.Y. Lo (@syloarts) https://instagr.am/p/B_ZWB2xJyDt/

View this post on Instagram Pushed out 1 more designs to finish the #zodiac #ink #design #sketch #tattoo will let you all know when it’s available A post shared by Syloarts (@syloarts) on Apr 22, 2020 at 6:22pm PDT https://instagr.am/p/B_TgYK-HZ_R/  to finish the #zodiac #ink #design #sketch #tattoo will let you all know when it’s available

View this post on Instagram Painted this guy today, a panda in the tree https://www.facebook.com/loves.syloarts/videos/228318488248026/ #painting #stream #video #panda #ink #sumie A post shared by Syloarts (@syloarts) on Apr 10, 2020 at 10:19pm PDT https://instagr.am/p/B-1B5pdpoAD/

View this post on Instagram Another design finally launched @inkbox more detailed version of my blossom design closest to the original design before I had to stencil it. #sakura #blossoms #tattoo #temporarytattoo #nowavailable https://inkbox.com/products/falling-blossoms?artist_name=syloarts A post shared by Syloarts (@syloarts) on Apr 6, 2020 at 8:19pm PDT https://instagr.am/p/B-qhDUnJUBq/ @inkbox more detailed version of my blossom design closest to the original design before I had to stencil it. #sakura #blossoms #tattoo #temporarytattoo #nowavailable https://ift.tt/3aQlFnF

View this post on Instagram My attempt to paint Vader today has made me question if he’s just a space samurai. #ink #painting #darthvader #art #vancouverartist #canada #canadian https://www.facebook.com/loves.syloarts/videos/838928376613924/?vh=e&d=n A post shared by Syloarts (@syloarts) on Apr 6, 2020 at 3:50pm PDT https://instagr.am/p/B-qCOBHJDVv/

Hi All! I’m actually been live streaming painting on my Facebook page 25mins long sessions. You can chat with me and let me know of anything you would like to see me paint. #painting #sessions #livestreams #chat #ink #sumiepainting View this post on Instagram A post shared by S.Y. Lo (@syloarts) https://instagr.am/p/B-l_19FJA3c/

I’m so excited to be painting this mural design soon for @chayuanvancouver  #vancouver #mural #painting   View this post on Instagram A post shared by S.Y. Lo (@syloarts) https://ift.tt/2IES7wB

I had been struggling this past weekend but greatly calmed down after reading this paragraph #theartofpossibility #letgo #moveon View this post on Instagram A post shared by S.Y. Lo (@syloarts) https://ift.tt/2xhG1XR

Bask in the sun all you like now, for a time you were a little sun that always warmed my heart. I miss you! My little bear, wolf, bah bah, my mr furry face, my koji koj- xoxo #rip #gfbfdog View this post on Instagram A post shared by S.Y. Lo (@syloarts) https://ift.tt/38folZQ

This was my effort to see if a client of mine would think about creating animal crackers that were of Canadian Animals. #canadian #animals #sketch #bear #otter #racoon #beaver #moose #salmon View this post on Instagram A post shared by S.Y. Lo (@syloarts)