My vision for the body of work revolves around my personal introspection and retrospection. As an artist, I desire to create art imbued with personal relevance while exploring the multiple aspects in relation to my past and mental processes. Ultimately, I wish to depict the aspects that define me and in turn reach a better understanding of myself.

The audience views from left to right to experience the progression of my self-understanding, starting with the piece A Warming Pot, we peer into a positive and comfortable experience reflecting my love for hotpot and the warmth it brings. The next piece, How Short do You Want It? is a dramatic shift from the previous work as it presents a challenge in the form of risk inspired by my experiences at the hairdresser. Said risk incites fear of leaving my comfort zone and inspires the next piece, The Lost Era. This piece communicates my mourning for childhood, a less complicated time without the confusions and fears I experience now. The multiple emotions experienced by me then evolved into a turning point as they combine to create powerful forces as represented by the piece Sea of Emotion. Said piece delves into how our emotions can overwhelm one’s self but it is up to you on whether to face it or crumble. In my case, I decide to experience these strong emotions and to come out a developed individual. Rather than pulling me down, my experiences with my emotions make me open to the greatest change. I still mourn my childhood and simpler times, but I have accepted that the past is past and we should learn from it instead of dwelling on it to move forward, which is the message of the piece Look To the Future. The piece particularly exemplifies how we should remember our past memories while moving forward to create new ones. The piece Creative Minds is an example of my looking back at past memories, especially those of creative pursuits that have culminated into what is my creative mind as a development. Knowing what’s possible with this in mind, my creativity starts to envision the future I can have, a common message with my piece Daydreams For Tomorrow, which depicts my tendency to daydream often about various subject matter, especially my future. Ultimately, daydreaming is not going to get me to who i want to be and only serves as a blueprint. Thus, the piece Become, Overcome illustrates the resolve to develop and use the pieces of my past in order to flourish in the future. Through this flow, the audience can uncover aspects of myself while understanding my development of self in response to the moving of time.

Most of my works incorporate acrylic paint as it is the medium I am most familiar with. This makes for a more efficient and diverse application of ideas to artwork. Besides this, I made use of digital and mixed media. Digital media was helpful to accomplish what I would not be able to do traditionally, particularly in the realm of precision. Alternatively, mixed media was crucial to the piece Creative Minds as it allows for the incorporation of my multiple creative practices. Through mixed media, the message of the piece is emphasised upon in terms of its variety and sheer scale. In addition, the use of past creative practices is symbolic of looking back onto past experiences with these mediums (retrospection) while communicating my inherent creative nature (introspection).

The main strategy I used to establish connections with my viewers is the fact that I am disclosing information about myself. By revealing the various aspects of my personality, the audience can come to know me through my work. Additionally, what I disclose though personal, may be a shared experience or feeling with the audience, establishing connection through mutual understanding. Color was used to attract attention to the pieces. Specifically, the visual impact of colour was to draw the attention of the audience to certain areas of the piece or spread their attention throughout. This way the audience is able to follow the flow of the works and get a sense of the piece’s message through colour direction.