Art that Revives Lost Whimsy, Wonder & Wanderlust
While technology has accelerated major break-through across industries, it has left very little room for pondering and wondering.
Our minds are consistently hijacked by algorithms built on our digital footprint. We do not wonder and wander outside of the digital sphere.
Rediscovering who we are beyond algorithms
Through my brushstrokes (sometimes soft and long, sometimes short and stark), colour palettes and composition, I invite you to whimsically wonder & wander through a world of binaries coexisting - softness coexisting with strength, fast coexisting with slow, western philosophy coexisting with eastern philosophy.
I'm consistently inspired by Mother Nature; she offers endless wonders to wander.
The calm, serene sea suddenly erupts into stormy, rough waves, then fold back into calmness. Grey heavy clouds disrupted by cracks of glorious and bright sunlight.
There is a relationship during the process between myself and the painting as the composition starts to unravel itself, as the colours palette forms through the mixing of primary colours.
While he was at university in Shanghai, he developed his own analog photos in a makeshift darkroom. Through his photos, I developed an instinct for composition and light and dark values, shaped by images that documented a nation rising.
I started painting from the age of three. My mum true to her Shanghainese nature hoped that I would become a doctor. So my aunties recalled she brought doctor toys to encourage me into the practice. However, I have a fear of blood, so I was enrolled into art school instead .
In university, I pivoted to drama and studied at Central School of Speech and Drama, then landed a position at a museum afterwards.
My main medium is acrylics though I do dabble in watercolours from time to time.