​Portfolio

Space is a key ingredient and the emotional anchor in the paintings. An intriguing aspect of painting is the tension between surface and depth. I use textures and layers of varied density, surfaces that are rough or smooth, glossy or matte, pigments (sometimes pearlescent silver, copper or gold) mixed with alkyd resin, all of which are affected in different ways by the light hitting the surface; matter evoking uncertain depths, teasing the perception of space.

​Huts
The huts are a desire for refuge or to enter another space within the space.

​Fences
​The fences divide or block; they might be barriers, but can also be gates to be opened.

​Heads
The heads, where features are sometimes absent or unfocused, are anonymous shadows belying the fiction of identity.

​​Landscapes
The landscapes question  ambiguities and uncertainties in our relation to nature, often with a feeling of homelessness.

Steps and Chairs
Chairs suggest presence through absence and the steps anchor passages or traces through the space. Both chairs and steps are the influence of living in Chongqing.