The actions of my paintings are my reaction to the White Paper Revolution following the fire in Urumqi last November 2022. The fire triggered protests across China, Asia, and other countries.
In my piece, I used newspaper and painted canvas with acrylic paints and mediums collaged on top of a stretched white canvas. This meticulous and activated process mirrors the intensity of the revolution. I experience and create space and form to express complicated thoughts and feelings.
I layered paintings and collage works challenge the stereotypical social norms of China through representational portraiture and occasional abstraction. Through a deeply expressionistic use of both texture and pigment on the canvas.
