@justdiart
Walking Across the Street, 2025. Acrylic on canvas panel, 12 x 12 in.
Your Smile, Your Wink, 2024. Etching on paper, 13.5 x 11.5 in.
After our Adventure, 2024. Gouache and watercolor on paper, 10 x 8 in.
navigate the delicate balance between the tangible realities of daily life
and the limitless realm of imagination. My art practice is a means of
weaving these two together, creating a safe harbor, a peaceful wilderness
of my own amid the chaos of life. It is a process of self-discovery, finding
the unique pebble in the river’s flow that belongs to me.
Growing up in the digital age, I have been exposed to the virtual a lot,
which has become a fertile ground for imagination. Influenced by
storytelling media such as film, literature, and ACGN culture, I integrate
narrative elements into my work and aim to transform each piece into a
visual story. Diving deeper into this realm, I gradually realized that sincere
real-life observation and fantasy are essential to each other. This has
taught me to step out with courage and engage with others and the
surroundings beyond myself. The extract of precious daily life moments
nourishes back to my imagination, and vice versa. I enjoy preserving them
by visualizing them in my work.
I primarily work with acrylic, watercolor, gouache, pastel, and colored
sand. The fluidity and dynamic saturation of the water-soluble medium
and the texture and volume of dry material allow me to experiment with
vibrant colors, lines, and shapes, freely merging spontaneous doodles
with intentional compositions. Reality is the kite string tying Fantasy’s
flight, Imagination is the path for earthbound seeds to the sky. In
between this interplay of the two, I give presence to my thoughts and
share them with you.