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In this exhibition, I created a range of artwork that explored the intersection between writing and art-making, and how these two mediums can work together to create new meanings, narratives, and inspirations. For me, words give my intangible thoughts and feelings a voice while images give them a “body” that can be seen, felt, and experienced. When I encounter a feeling I cannot fully grasp, poetry puts my feelings to words while art gives them depth through colours, textures and forms. When small moments in life trigger my imagination, my journals and drawings preserve my ideas and bring my daydreams to life.

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My work shows the collision of my writing and art making practice. I use my poems and journals to guide my art creations; vice versa, I use my artwork to inspire my writings, giving them new meanings based on my interpretations. In this process, I experimented with vastly different styles and materials. Some of my work is “loud,” bold and graphic, with defined shapes and an illustrative style. Paint is applied thickly with a brush, and colours are vibrant and in high contrast, meant to evoke the viewers’ immediate response and to inspire stories and imaginations. In contrast, the other part of my work is “quiet,” soft, and abstract. Using brushes and unconventional tools such as squirt bottles, eye droppers, sponges, and my fingers, I applied diluted paint and acrylic ink to raw or specially primed canvas, creating a watercolour-like effect that allows me to play with the balance between chance and control. Guided by my poems and inner feelings, I loosely directed the paint across the canvas, allowing colours to move, overlap, and interact with each other. The unique and unpredictable effects created in this process engage me to respond intuitively, guiding my thoughts and movements in new directions.

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