http://newpaper.asia1.com.sg/hey/story/0,4136,4862,00.html
'I almost got cramps in my neck'
SICK of posing all day to shoot album covers, Kit Chan, 29,
(right) decided to rope in her artist friend to paint her
portrait on canvas instead.
Little did she expect that lying still on a yoga mat while
using her left hand to prop herself up would be tougher than
striking 101 different poses.
'It's so painful to maintain the same pose! I had to tilt my
head in a certain way, and exude that same air.
'After one minute, it started to hurt. I almost got cramps
in my neck!' she said.
The lack of air-conditioning in the studio made it worse.
'It was so hot, and there was no fan! I was sweating and my
long skirt was sticky.'
WEEKLY POSE
Despite that, she would visit her friend, Namiko Chan's
studio, along Portsdown Road, once a week, and pose for three
hours each time.
They would play either Kit's music or jazz, and take turns
to massage each other's neck and shoulders.
The painting, which took a month to complete, can now be found
on the cover of her new album, Dreamscape, a half-English, half
-Mandarin collection of chill-out music.
It's the collaborative effort of several good friends, said Kit.
She met The New Paper at Passion Hair at Palais Renaissance
after getting her long, wavy hair styled.
Take the orange and blue bohemian outfit she wore for the oil
painting for example.
It was made by a young designer whose creations are sold at
Kit's boutique, Flowers In The Attic, at the Heeren.
Three of the seven English songs were composed by her old school
buddy 13 years ago! Songs Kit never had a chance to sing until
now, because her earlier focus was on mainstream pop.
Now that she has released her dream album of chill-out music,
acted in dramas and musicals (she just played Empress Dowager
Cixi in the Dick Lee musical, Forbidden City: Portrait of an
Empress), written a book of poems and just opened her second
boutique at Plaza Singapura called Roses In The Loft, what is
next?
She pondered for a while, then beamed: 'Open a cafe! But that
will have to wait until I'm freer.'
Is marriage on the cards, too, since she has been dating the
same mysterious guy for more than a year?
All we know is that he is a Singaporean working in the finance
sector, and is about six years older than her.
Kit chuckled and said: 'That will also have to wait. I have my
own clock and I'll know when the alarm rings.'
Any plans for another oil painting? Maybe a nude one?
'Namiko and I have talked about it, and yes, I may do it,' she
said with a smile, as if she has been asked the same question a
dozen times.
'She has a preferance for women, because men are boring and don't
have enough curves.'
But she was quick to add that it will be only for her personal
collection.
'Just something to remember my youth by,' she said.
Kit's album, Dreamscape, is out in the stores
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