Timeless + Enlarge
Timeless 2020 Chinese watercolor on rice paper collaged with graphite drawing on stonehenge 22'' x 30''
Blossom + Enlarge
Blossom 2020 Chinese watercolor on rice paper collaged with graphite drawing on stonehenge 11'' x 15''
Hope + Enlarge
Hope 2020 Chinese watercolor on rice paper collaged with graphite drawing on stonehenge 38'' x 50''
I am a Chinese-American, raised in two very different cultures, and therefore I have been exposed to significantly diverging viewpoints, rituals, and customs. I use the image of black white and color, abstract and realism, symbolism and direct depiction i + Enlarge
Life/死(Death) 2019 Chinese watercolor on rice paper collaged with graphite drawing on stonehenge 22'' x 30''
I am a Chinese-American, raised in two very different cultures, and therefore I have been exposed to significantly diverging viewpoints, rituals, and customs. I use the image of black white and color, abstract and realism, symbolism and direct depiction i + Enlarge
生(Life)/Death 2019 Chinese watercolor on rice paper collaged with graphite drawing on stonehenge 22'' x 30''
Statement

I am a Chinese-American, raised in two very different cultures, and therefore I have been exposed to significantly diverging viewpoints, rituals, and customs. Consequently, perhaps it is not surprising that notable differences, such as black and white versus color, abstraction versus realism, and symbolism versus direct depiction inform my imagery. The subject matter itself that I work from — transient plants and permanent rocks — embody strong contrasts. Even the materials I employ, like traditional chinese watercolor 工笔 (gongbi) and graphite reflect disparity.

Despite these and other contrasts, I am basically even-tempered; harmony is an important part of my disposition. Therefore, along with visual and conceptual contrasts, I want the visual images I create to be harmonious.