2018

Contemplate is a self-portrait in introspection. My painting process is redolent to understanding myself. Rendering what I see in the mirror and through windows, I record traces and fragments of my journey within, what was and what is. The act of painting is a means by which I understand what matters to me in life. Artworks are always beyond the physicality of what I see. In this process, the emotional force manifests on the surface. Painting the chronicles of pleasure and suffering, questioning and opacity, reconsideration and remembrance, I contemplate all my compound identities as a daughter, a mother, an artist, a Chinese immigrant, and the meaning and responsibility behind each one.