White Night, 2021
Acrylic on canvas
20x30 inch
This painting belongs to the anniversary portraits series which I make a painting every year to document my relationship with my partner. White Night is for the year 2021(2nd anniversary). This picture captured a special moment. In 2021, I decided to move to Toronto in December for school, me and Augusto talked about it and decided to breakup because of long distance. That was November 15th night after my birthday party, everyone is leaving, the atmosphere was cooling down. We were sitting on the couch, doing what we usually do, but both of us know that 2 more weeks will be our 2 years anniversary, and another more week we will break up. We still love each other but we were not sure about how things will go in the future. Should we be sad, or should we enjoy our last few days together? We don't know how to feel about it.
100 Degrees, 2020
Acrylic on canvas
24x24 inch
This painting belongs to the anniversary portraits series which I make a painting every year to document my relationship with my partner. This painting is the very first one in this series, it is to celebrate my first anniversary with Augusto. Painting is basted on a photo of us kissing in a bathtub on the first Valentines Day we spent together.
15, 18, 21, 2021
Acrylic on canvas
18 x24 inch
Growing up in a strict family made me very self-concerned for a long while. I used to be worrying about my body image, my look, and how people see me in every kind of ways. Nothing I do Seems good enough. When it comes to intimate relationships, my hidden mental problems just emerged all at once. I suffered a lot, during the past 3 years, I tried therapy, read books and articles about mental health, talk to friends… I tried everything I could thought of to help myself getting better and it worked. And now I am 21 years old, I love how I look, I accept who I am, I am confident about my abilities, I allow mistakes, I am doing things I’ve always wanting to do, and I am in a happy relationship… 15 to 21, I discovered who I am and learned to love myself. This painting is to celebrate my growth during the years.
Driftwood and Minerals, 2020
Acrylic, acrylic medium and 3D objects on canvas (mirror pieces, shells, fake gems)
18x24 inch
Treasure, 2019
Acrylic, acrylic medium and on canvas
50x60 inch
Beneath, 2019
Relativity of Freedom, 2021
Acrylic and pom-pom on canvas
24x30 inch
This abstract painting was inspired by a book: The Road Less Traveled by Scott Peck. This is a book about individual mental growth, it is one of my favorite books. Peck pointed out in this book that most of the times, people didn’t realize how much freedom they have. They thought something they want is impossible to get, but the fact is that they are not mentally ready to make effort to get it. This idea has a profound impact on me. I noticed that the simplest truth is the easiest to be overlooked. There is no absolute freedom in the world, you need to pay a corresponding price before you have freedom. Whoever understand this rule the best is the freest person in the world. Because they will not hesitate, but happy to earn the freedom by stepping out of comfort zone, think out of the box, make decisions that others don't have the courage to make etc. And this is the logic behind this painting.
Orbit, 2021
Acrylic on canvas
24x20 inch
Enlightenment, 2021
Acrylic and kitchen towel on canvas
18x24 inch
Grandma, 2022
Acrylic and pastel and on wood panel
50x60 inch
I created this painting for my dearest grandma. This painting is based on 3 photographs: A photo of my grandma, a photo of the pattern on her old coach and a photo of Magnolia flowers which.
I used a projector to assist me combining 3 images into one. The material used was acrylic with a bit of pastel sticks on wood panel.
My grandma used to live in a small apartment building surrounded by magnolia. Her signature dishes are steamed bean curd with quail eggs，curry chicken, Steamed amaranth, softshell turtle soup and pork cabbage dumplings... My grandma would chase the bus with me, walk pass the sky bridge that was burned by the sunlight with me, she will bring me to the movie theater, bring me to the hairdresser to get the hair cut that can make your ponytail shaped like a spoon... In the morning my grandma will stretch her leg on a bookshelf, at night, she will teach me to sing "Beautiful Grassland Is My Home"... My grandma reminds me the grand land after rain...
Intimate Memories, 2022
Acrylic, acrylic medium and fabrics on canvas
30x40 inch
Sometimes, when I am extremely tired, my brain automatically starting to think of people I love. That was an evening after a long day. I was lying in my bed, both physically and mentally exhausted. My mind starts to blur, all the fabrics around me turned into waves of emotions and clouds of thoughts… I thought of my boyfriend, if he is here, he will give me a warm hug...
Panic Before Going to Sleep, 2019
Acrylic on canvas
43x43 inch
When I was young, I often had this illusion before falling asleep: I was squished and shrink too very small and then expand to very large to a point I fill up the entire room, just like Alice in wonderland.