UNFURLING is a collection of my new abstract acrylic paintings created in 2023. It draws inspiration from the nightly walks I took with my parents as a little five year old. During the summer evenings, we would take a stroll from our house to the university campus where my dad was teaching. We would walk by the alleyway franked by hibiscus shrubs, stopped by a pond beaming with tropical vegetation, dragonflies and frogs, picked up my favourite jelly snack from the corner store and then meandered into the campus. In the twilight hours, the night jasmine unfold their blooms and filled the air with delightful aroma. Then one by one the fireflies flew out of the shrubs and and trees and lit up the night with their cheerful lanterns. I would be chasing after the bugs, trying to capture them with a glass jar, or just letting the sweet cool jelly slipped down my throat.

Leaning into my imagination of vaporous memories I desire to capture a sense of belonging and magic through my exploration of abstract language, watery marks, transparent layers and fluid pouring. In the process I blend the Soak-Stain method pioneered by the 20th-century abstract artist Helen Frankenthaler and the Asian Ink Water tradition to create the unique layering, depth and luminosity of the imageries.