Her Afternoon

This oil painting features a young woman seen from behind as its central subject, utilizing loose, expressive brushwork to cultivate a gentle and somewhat intimate emotional space. The figure is enveloped in softly interwoven blocks of color; while the background is non-figurative, the fluid movement of the palette suggests the presence of light and a surrounding environment.

Through simplified forms and a deliberately unpolished execution, the artist directs focus toward posture and aura: the slight forward lean of the body, the casually tied braid, and the undulation of thin fabric under light and shadow coalesce into a quiet, natural moment. A single touch of green in her hair serves as the visual anchor, injecting a sense of vitality and weightlessness into the overall soft tones.

The work oscillates between realism and Impressionism, prioritizing the capture of mood and the texture of memory over the completion of external details. Facing this canvas, the viewer feels as if they have entered a moment gently slowed by time—maintaining a perfect distance from the subject amidst a sense of warmth and tranquility.

Toward the Sea

This oil painting employs a clean, direct composition to place the figure between the vast coastline and a deep blue sky, creating a powerful spatial contrast. The exposed back of the subject appears both vulnerable and resolute—at once a solitary presence and an act of returning to, or confronting, the natural world.

The artist constructs the setting through large, pristine blocks of color: deep indigo, warm sands, and a subtle green boundary coalesce to evoke an expansive, slightly lonely visual atmosphere. The figure is not rendered with meticulous detail; instead, generalized lines and planes of color express the body's weight and orientation, transforming the subject into a vessel for emotion.

The composition captures a state of transit—an act of moving away, yet also toward. Within this boundless space, the viewer is invited to reflect on the relationship between the body, nature, and the self. The work harbors significant tension within its minimalism, condensing themes of solitude, freedom, and existence into this singular, fleeting glimpse from behind.

Composition in White

This oil painting centers on minimalist architectural structures, utilizing clean, sharp geometric volumes and powerful color-field contrasts to construct a space that is both quiet and full of tension. Large expanses of pristine white walls intersect one another, establishing a clear and disciplined order, while the deep blue sky serves as a backdrop that pushes this order toward a state of near-absolute tranquility.

The staircase within the frame serves as the sole directional element, guiding the eye upward; it acts both as a spatial transition and a suggestion of a spiritual path. The artist deliberately suppresses detail, simplifying light and shadow into soft gray tones to ensure that the structure itself becomes the primary subject of expression.

The work strikes a balance between the rational and the poetic: on one hand, it employs a cool, restrained formal language; on the other, it evokes an internal resonance through its use of void and space. Within this pure composition, the viewer is led into a reflection on order, silence, and existence.

Perch

This work is rooted in Eastern imagery, employing a concise and decorative linear language to construct a visual field suspended between reality and symbolism. The bird perched upon the flowering branch is rendered with crisp contours and a restrained yet tense palette; the punctuation of red details injects a sense of rhythm and vitality into the overall composition.

The artist merges the spirit of traditional Gongbi (fine-brush) painting with a contemporary graphic style, dismantling the established logic of naturalistic depiction to present the flora and fauna in a re-choreographed order. The extension of the branches echoes the posture of the bird, maintaining the subtle reticence of "meaningful void" (liubai) found in Eastern painting while embracing the directness and clarity of modern visual language.

Beneath its tranquil surface, the piece invites a reconsideration of nature, order, and the act of looking—it serves as both a retrospective gaze at tradition and a contemporary reconstruction of form.

Whispers Among Blossoms

This work takes traditional Eastern "flower-and-bird" motifs as its theme, infusing classical yijing (artistic conception) with a distinct contemporary graphic language. The foliage unfolds through fluid yet restrained lines, while the two birds establish a subtle interaction—one in motion and one at rest, one diving and one perched—forming an understated yet rhythmic narrative.

The artist employs a contrast of high-saturation reds and cool cyans set against a warm, luminous gold background, creating a clearly defined visual tension. The opulence of the blossoms and fruit harmonizes with the weightlessness of the birds, ensuring the piece is both highly decorative and deeply imbued with the poetic sensibility and "meaningful void" (liubai) characteristic of Eastern painting.

At the intersection of tradition and modernity, this work goes beyond the depiction of natural scenery to signify a harmonious and orderly state of being—finding movement within stillness and simplicity within abundance.

Japanese Woman

My painting of a favorite Japanese woodblock print by the great Kiyoshi Saitō.

She, in Two

This work constructs a high-tension female portrait through a bold interplay of black-and-white contrast and high-saturation color. The softness of the pink hair stands in stark relief against the razor-sharp black contours, while the red lips and a touch of cool blue create a fracture and extension of emotion within the frame. This ensures that beneath the surface of visual pleasure, the viewer senses a latent psychological complexity.

Utilizing a simplified aesthetic akin to Pop Art and comic book vernacular, the artist strips away superfluous detail, compressing the figure into a symbolic presence—simultaneously a concrete female image and a metaphor for desire, the gaze, and self-awareness. Those half-closed eyes, appearing at once to evade and to dominate, imbue the composition with a subtle tension and narrative depth.

Suspended between lightness and sharp-edged precision, the piece presents a dual face of modern femininity: at once soft and flamboyant, yet cool and untouchable.