“In an information age, technology allows for assimilating endless forms of data, the impulse to map and chart has become an obsession in art”.
Jane Harris’s introduction, which expresses the chief idea of Dominic McGill’s Project for a New American Century (2004), is what inspires me to elaborate on my own creation of various font sizes of letters, patterns of graphics, and combinations of colors. Narrating the aspects and connections of nature and humanity, I depict what I visualize as the complexions of my daily, diminutive thoughts and understanding of different themes.
Hockey player
The painting of a hockey player focuses on the character’s internal voice and how it connects to the outer world.
Dinosaur with a skate fish
This painting focuses more on the technical skills of combining different media. A variety of sizes of letters constructs the bone structures of a dinosaur and the texture of a skate fish.
A red fish under the bridge
The red fish strives with all all its strengths. The texts include proverbial sayings, such as “Nothing is more aggressive than silence”.
The Horses
Modern technology can paradoxically stagnate a civilization when it becomes excessive. In the poem “The Horses”, Edwin Muir portrays a futuristic failing world under the devastation of nuclear wars, when humans luckily receive a second chance with symbolic horses to reconcile with nature.
The Center of Terrorists
Since when did we start becoming accustomed to hearing news of attacks and posting mindlessly, “Pray for XX city”? Is texting “Thoughts and prayers” the only thing we can do?
The map of Vancouver
Based on the map of Vancouver, I depicted my impressions of different areas of the city, while tracing the outlines of each part of land. Each place has its own uniqueness.