Abstract I am a traditionally trained illustrator. My greatest interest is in figurative art. In searching for my future direction, I found that illustration was dismissive and down graded, especially during the early twentieth century in America (I will further describe this in the later paragraph). Marshall Arisman, an internationally known illustrator and painter, also [...]
Fine Art and Illustration – Searching for a definition
Taiwanese art critic and curator Chien Hui KAO[1] in her book “A Journey to Contemporary Art” questioned about the definition of contemporary art. She used the analogy of chess board game to describe art today. In her opinion, contemporary art is positioned on the boundary river on chess board. Nobody has ever drawn the boundary [...]
Artist Statement
Abstract Water is undeniable an essential element of life. There is a Chinese phrase which says that “water carries the boat and floods the boat.” Water’s intervention in our life is widespread. Before mirror was invented, reflection of water serve as a “tool” to reflected oneself, both externally and internally. The word “reflection” has different [...]
Reflections in water
While I was doing my research on water reflection, I found 2 fantastic artist who have venture into this interesting way of seeing. Both Canadian painter of “magic realism” Rob Gonsalves and Dutch graphic artist M.C. Escher has created great optical illusion painting. Below are print work by M.C. Escher. He explored on reflections in [...]
Water Project : Book of Reflection
Project: Water Project Title: Book of reflection Abstract: The word “reflection” has different meaning. It can be the illusion of an image produced by mirror or water, and it also mean self-examination. Notion: The notion of this small pictorial book is through a series of drawing related to water, reflection and our daily-life, remind the readers/audiences to reflect the [...]
