Artist Statement

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Making a way through the thicket of visual information, my imagery largely references North American landscape meanwhile consciously distills aesthetic and philosophical inspirations from traditional Chinese landscape (Shan Shui) painting, which is often abstract, symbolic and with quality of serenity and sublimeness. My recent works in oil and acrylic continue to explore unique vocabulary to visually reflect on my examination of the inner rhythms and conflicts within nature itself, and to present a poetic yet stylized world under a broad umbrella of abstractive landscape.

Pushing beyond the obvious, my works strive to capture the essential forms in an intuitive way without losing the complexity and ambiguity of existence and nature. Central to my art making process is the curiosity about how to bring a hyperreal sense of colour, suggestive brushwork and expressive flatness to a place that opens another level of space or immersion which continues to change and evolve.

Painting simply helps me to seek balance in a chaotic time, and gain new perspective towards our surroundings.