My artistic practice centres on female figures drawn from traditional narratives across cultures. I regard the reimagining of these figures as an ongoing exploration of the self. My earlier works focused on goddess archetypes shaped by idealisation and reverence. By placing them in intimate or surreal spaces, I explored the tension between their divine and human qualities.
Since moving to London, I have become increasingly drawn to more complex and mysterious female figures, including witches, supernatural beings and spirit mediums. I have begun to weave traditional Chinese tales of the strange (zhiguai) together with British woodland folklore to create new narratives. My interest has also expanded towards the fluid and intertwined relationships between human beings and nature, and between the body and spirit. In developing my visual language, I draw inspiration from traditional Chinese art and the visual principles of older animated films, using fluid spaces and shifting forms to create scenes suspended between reality, memory and dreams.
For me, painting is also a form of reverie. These figures, connected to nature, intuition and the mysterious, suggest possibilities of existence beyond everyday experience that have yet to be fully defined. Through these imagined forms of existence, I can momentarily step outside reality. Between personal solace and spiritual exploration, I seek to perceive and understand myself and the world anew, while approaching dimensions of existence that remain unknown.