Mixed Media Art
Intense Chaos
Medium: Acrylic paint, Embroidery, Texture paint, & Pouring medium on stretched canvases.
Dimensions: 16 Ñ… 24, 16 Ñ… 24 inches
Artwork Statement: This duo painting displays a combination of two powerful and fierce emotions. The first painting depicts a colorful, textured background against a central motif of a bohemian-styled face along with a confused and chaotic mind. However, the second painting represents a human heart overflowing with blood from holes in the heart which is placed against a monochromatic yet abstract background. The works are quite abstract in their ways yet they blend well. These paintings were inspired by a Singaporean artist, Goh Beng Kwan, as I came across his work on a visit to the National Gallery of Singapore.
High On Emotions
Medium: Acrylic paints, burnt paper notes, textured canvas paper, charcoal pencil, & pen on canvas.
Dimensions: 18 Ñ… 24 inches
Artwork Statement: A mix-media work depicting a whirlwind of emotions faced by a girl who has been mentally & emotionally abused. Feeling traumatized by a major life event, she pens down her feelings and thoughts on burnt pieces of notes. This artwork acts as a Public Service Announcement to society, requesting them to value their emotional and mental health. The words on the burnt notes, textured materials, and burnt parts of the canvas intend to evoke the audience’s emotions, further adding depth to the work.
Painting The Unsaid
Medium: Acrylic paints & Modelling paste on canvases.
Dimensions: 24 Ñ… 24 inches
Artwork Statement: Concerning the worldwide Covid-19 pandemic, this work elucidates mental health awareness. The main painting “What’s Within?” urges the audience to consider the mental pain endured by the girl. The use of palette knives and various painting styles further add depth and textures to the work, for example on the girl’s cheek. The five small canvases include delusions, myths, and mental health. Bright hues are used to juxtapose the negativity revolving around the mental health stigma.
Into You
Medium: Acrylic paints, shattered mirrors, white tiles, white charcoal pencil, black charcoal stick, bubble wrap, modeling paste on paperboard
Dimensions: 24 Ñ… 30 inches
Artwork Statement: An experimentation work encompassing multiple song lyrics and abstract painting style to express mixed emotions of anguish, anxiety, depression, and pain. Having this work done solely as a freestyle media experimentation improved my development and art-making practices as well as allowed me to encounter different art styles. In this mixed media work, I used tiles, mirrors, modeling paste, and plastic molds to create textures for the audience to physically feel the surfaces and materials.
Rising Above...
Medium: Clay sculpture
Dimensions: 15 Ñ… 20 inches
Artwork Statement: This clay sculpture talks primarily about matriarchy, opposing the stereotypical taboo in society regarding male dominance over females. This artwork is inspired by Henrik Ibsen’s modern-tragedy play “A Doll’s House”, explicating the way a woman navigates her value in society which leaves them little room to assert themselves as an actual human being. This theme is shown by placing a largely sized figure of a woman against miniature figures of men. The woman’s face visuals are absurd proverbs used in society, directed at women, and contradicting this are the small OHP chips featuring names of global woman achievers.
22 Sentiments
Medium: Acrylic paint, Oil paint, Oil pastels, & Photo transfer on canvas
Dimensions: 30 Ñ… 40 inches
Artwork Statement: 22 eyes of the most valued people in her life being the central dominant element in this work depict 22 perspectives flashed on the girl and their importance. The girl’s portrait, taken from one of my previous films ‘The Resurgence of an Anamnesis’, is painted in monochromatic tones to depict her premature years as a baby. Colorful eyes diversify the various perspectives in her life. Photo transfer, oil painting, and using oil pastels were new techniques I worked with and created a development in my works.
