Reena Ahluwalia To Unveil The Aaron Shum Coronet Portrait Painting At Hong Kong Jewelry Fair

The Coronet portrait painting

Hong Kong based diamond jewelry company, Aaron Shum, is collaborating with award-winning Canadian jewelry designer and diamond painter, Reena Ahluwalia, in launching the Coronet portrait painting.

The parties will unveil the painting Thursday at the Aaron Shum Jewelry booth (HKCEC Hall#1C402, C404, C501, C503) during the September Hong Kong Jewellery & Gem Fair. 

“Her unprecedented talent in jewelry design and diamond painting is surely going to bring many new exciting elements to the industry,” said Aaron Shum, the founder of the eponymous diamond jewelry company.

The Coronet portrait is a highly detailed acrylic-painting on a 48” x 48” canvas completed in 45 days. The painting embraces the grand solitaire effect accomplished by Coronet and depicts the refractive trait of the patented setting. 

“Having long admired Aaron Shum as an innovator and creator of the Coronet, I am thrilled to collaborate with Aaron Shum Jewelry on two of my passions – jewelry design innovation and diamond storytelling through my paintings,” Ahluwalia said. 

Reena Ahluwalia

In addition to the Coronet portrait painting, the booth will feature seven art pieces from Ahluwalia’s Diamond Portrait Series and the Diamond Portal Series in Hong Kong for the very first time, including three of her latest creations: "Heart of Gold," "Pure Heart" and "Passionate Heart." The parties also will announce a jewelry design collaboration which will be launched in Vicenza Oro 2017.

Coronet is the signature brand of Aaron Shum Jewelry. With its worldwide patented design, each piece of Coronet made from seven diamonds set with no prongs holding the center diamond, along with precision of cut, symmetry and polish, which attribute to the best fit proportion to conceiving a luminous solitaire diamond effect yet at exceptionally competitive value. 

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Reena Ahluwalia Paints For Women’s Empowerment

“The Portal of Empowerment” by Reena Ahluwalia

By Gretchen Friedrich, Jewelry News Network’s social media manager

Reena Ahluwalia is an award-winning diamond jewelry designer whose works have prominently appeared on fictional heads of state (Elizabeth Hurley's character in the television show The Royals) as well as on actual government-issued postage stamps. 

More recently Ahluwalia has replaced her jewelry workbench with a paintbrush, creating art works based on her love of diamonds under the name, “Jeweler Who Paints” (#jewelerwhopaints). This week she is showcasing two of her works at Art Miami 2015, one of the many art shows that appear alongside Art Basel Miami Beach. The show will run till Sunday at the Art Miami Pavilion Midtown in the Wynwood Arts District.

For the Art Miami display, Ahluwalia collaborated with fellow jewelry designer, Kara Ross, using Ross’s “Diamonds Unleashed” logo as the focal point for the paintings, “The Portal of Empowerment” and “Radiate Brilliance.” 

“Radiate Brilliance” by Reena Ahluwalia

Kara Ross—who works under the established nationally known jewelry brand, Kara Ross New York—invited Ahluwalia to paint her interpretation of the logo. Diamonds Unleashed is a for-profit group founded by Ross to support and promote women’s empowerment. 

Ross initiated the program after resetting the diamond from her own engagement ring. Instead of a symbol of love and devotion in the form of a gift, Ross says she wants diamonds to become synonymous with strength, purpose and independence. 

The Diamonds Unleashed logo, designed by Ross, is two diamonds, one pink, one blue that form a heart. The pink diamond elevates the blue diamond, symbolizing women enabling and encouraging other women. The heart formed by the diamonds embodies the goal of unanimous support among women all over the world. Plus, the symbol is derived from the most durable substance on earth. 

Ahluwalia’s previous involvement in women’s efficacy includes her design of the Courageous Spirit jewelry collection. The Rio Tinto mining group commissioned Ahluwalia to design the assembly as a tribute to the women of Madhya Pradesh, Ahluwalia 's birthplace. 

This latest endeavor by Ahluwalia and Ross epitomizes Ross’s core intention to encourage women to support women. As Ross states in the social media portion of the Diamonds Unleashed campaign: “strong women are beautiful.”

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