About Me
A flower bending too far toward the sun.
A beetle lost but pretending it knows the way.
Light sneaking into corners it doesn’t belong.
Those fleeting, imperfect moments are where I steady myself.They stop life from feeling too heavy, and they’re what I bring into my paintings: bright colours, thick textures, warmth with a streak of humour, beauty without the sugar-coating.
I’m a Chinese artist born in Hong Kong. After many years in the Netherlands, the UK, and France, I now live in Spain with my husband, our twins, and a rescue lurcher who thinks he’s human.
Life, like painting, is full of layers — moments of love, change, and loss — but I don’t let those things define me.
What matters is how I look at life: not through endless sorrow, but through the odd, fleeting details that make it bearable — sometimes even joyful.
I studied painting at art college and I’ve painted ever since. I’ve waitressed, pulled pints, done what I had to do — but painting has always been the constant. It’s never been a hobby, never something I could put down.
Through bold, textured strokes, I explore the messy beauty of existence — where vulnerability and humour coexist. Each painting invites reflection, connection, and a sense that you’re not alone in what you feel.
I don’t paint decoration — I paint attitude, humour, and the messy beauty of being alive.
Artist Statement
My paintings are instinctive and layered — built up stroke by stroke until the subject feels like a signature. Flowers appear often, because they don’t last long — like life, like moments we miss if we blink. Animals stand in for people — their habits, humour, and absurdity. Faces appear too: vulnerable, strong, sometimes ironic, never simple.
I finish with ink splashes — rhythm, chance, unpredictability. Life has that too.
Up close, my work looks chaotic. Step back, and it falls into place.
I want my paintings to do more than hang quietly. They should interrupt your thoughts, make you smile, or raise an eyebrow.
Why I paint
I paint to stay honest — not to dwell on hardship, but to see past it.
To find the odd, eccentric details that make life interesting —
and turn them into colour, texture, and presence.
I hope my paintings do the same for you:
make your walls less polite,
make your rooms feel lived with,
and remind you that joy can be messy too.
Because I don’t paint what sits quietly — I paint what insists on being noticed.
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Educations and Exhibitions
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Education
School of Architecture, University of Liverpool, UK – BA (Hons) (3 years completed)
Painting, Kent Institute of Art & Design (KIAD), UK – BA (Hons)
Teacher at First Institute of Art and Design, Hong Kong
Taught painting, oil painting, pastel, drawing, and the history and theory of modern art ranging from beginners to advanced levels.
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Solo Exhibitions
1995
Utopia and the Land of Incognito
LKF the Gallery, Central, Hong Kong
1996
Illusionistic Reality
Fringe Club, Central, Hong Kong
1997
There is always a Blue Sky
Fringe Club, Central, Hong Kong
1999
Serious Rabbits and Confrontation
Fringe Club, Central, Hong Kong
2001
Illusions through Pink Spectacles
Government Offices, Admiralty, Hong Kong
(Supported by Hong Kong Arts Development Council
2009
Chickens Marching through Visual Poetry
Fringe Club, Central, Hong Kong
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Selected Group Shows by Gallery
International Art Competition '95
Gallery 54, Broadway, New York
1997
Artis Spectrum Contest
Agora Gallery, New York
1997
Allegory Visualization
Agora Gallery, New York
2001
Four Women Chinese Artist
Art Scene China, Central, Hong Kong
2001
2001 Hong Kong Art Month
Art Scene China, Central, Hong Kong
2002
2002 Hong Kong Art Month
Art Scene China, Central, Hong Kong
2005-2007
Opera Gallery
Hong Kong/Singapore/London/Paris
2009
Colour of Silence
Karin Weber Gallery, Central, Hong Kong