Pisa in Memory, 2019
Given a little information about Artist W:
In 2015, Artist W had been to Pisa in Italy. Strangely, that was her awakening call to view the world differently as an adult. 

The Leaning Tower of Pisa is depicted in the painting at the right upper quadrant which has a building looking like fallen to the side. I, was standing at multiple locations, at the center, on the left lower and left upper quadrants in the painting. It is like I am walking inside the Leaning Tower of Pisa; yet looking at the Leaning Tower from FAR.

It illustrates the young Artist W during the year of 2015 starts to realize reality might not be as it seems from the outside. One must start searching from within to view the reality. However, finding a stand is important as the stand determines the perception of reality that one can see.

Oil on Canvas
24 inch times 30 inch 1.5 inch depth

PISA IN MEMORY

Waiting Game, 2020 (Oil on Canvas, 24 inch * 30 inch with depth 0.5 inch)

Given a little information about Artist W.
This piece is created when the Covid-19 cases had just begun in America. The lockdown order was implemented across the states. Artist W, who is a registered nurse, was struggling to defy orders about protective gears being taken away. That is when the Waiting Game started as Artist W resigned from her position after her unsuccessful attempts in pursue of the right procedure and protective equipment for the fellow staff with the provision of Covid-19 Handbook. 

Time is being depicted as an ancient person (colored as raw sienna and brown head, located at the top center). Artist W is the one (with the red mouth open and blue region as hair) being embraced by time, while looking up to Time. 

The embrace indicates that Time is teaching Artist W to be patient. It is like the ancient person holding Artist W to be calm and wait.

The open mouth implies questions being unanswered. The Gap in between the red mouth and blue hair of Artist W and the gap in between raw sienna and brown colored head of Time indicates opening door to the unknown future. 

At the middle, there is a movement of the person as if Artist W bows, she will be leading herself to death being executed by the guillotine (on the right).

It signifies that Artist W resigned her position without bending her beliefs under the pressure of authority. She stated clearly “Without protective equipment, combating Covid-19 will be a suicide mission. I am not ready to serve and sacrifice my life without the protection of my well-being at this time. Healthcare system has failed. When an outbreak of an illness has no cure nor vaccination, prevention is the key. Yet, prevention is being taken away. Outbreak will come.”

The various shapes on the left (orange, and grey blue) and on the right (teal, sky blue and pink), represent mirrors.

Existence of mirrors is a reflection of own action giving glimpse to the future. It implies that Artist W constantly evaluates her personal actions and holds herself accountable for her own future she is creating.

This piece of artwork “Waiting Game” alerts Artist W the importance of patience and self-examination.


Waiting Game

Dementia, 2019 (Oil on Canvas, 30 inch * 40 inch with depth 1.5 inch)
Real Madness in Reality

Given a little information about Artist W:
Artist W has been a registered nurse since 2009. She has taken care of plenty of patients with dementia. Caring for patients with dementia was never an easy task. This painting is created under the subconscious influence of pressure from her job as a nurse.

This painting gives a strong impression of tension created from the different color of lines. As you could see there are many faces within the painting, angry face, face with sorrow, and even calm face, which are constantly interchanging with one another. It expresses and suggests that demented patients are often emotionally unstable; or even their personality varies throughout the day and night.

At the same time, this painting reminds Artist W that having loss of memory is extremely distressing and interferes dramatically in a person’s thinking process; therefore, affecting personality and character. 

She then realizes Dementia creates Real Madness in Reality, 
                           as there is no consistent memory of what reality is.



Dementia

Given a little background of Artist W:
When Artist W was in Venice in Italy in the year of 2016, the masks she saw in the street imprinted deep impression on her. This piece was created under the influence of masks from Italy and the Chinese opera. 

This piece of art composes of many masks. The numbers are the dates that this piece is created, and are used as facial feature (eye) of a person. It is a painting of an opera composed by the culture from both Europe and China.

Oil on Canvas
24 inch time 30 inch 1.5 inch depth

Disguise

The Brain Asks, "Are you lost?"
The Heart Answers, "Waiting to be found."

This piece is created in the year 2018. 
Oil on Canvas
36 inch times 48 inch, 1.5 inch depth



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