About me
Verna is a visual artist from Hong Kong. Since painting when she was a child, she opened her first solo exhibition in the Hong Kong Visual Arts Centre at 12 years old— “World through the eyes of a little girl”. From Chinese ink painting, acrylic, watercolour to pencil sketching, the exhibition showcased up to 100 paintings. It reiterates the message, “Even though you’re small, it’s okay to think big.”
After transitioning to high school, as Verna matures, she became more interested in exporing subjectivity, ideas and emotions. In a period of being hospitalised, she used painting portraits to illustrate her internal landscape as means of healing. In 2021, she opened her second solo exhibition— “My Inner Landscape”, where perspective, insight and emotionality were imbued in all of her works, the exhibition was visceral, philosophical, bold, raw, and moving, as she documented a journey of finding contrast and enrichment in life. Two years later, she held another solo exhibition-- "pondering blue", which showcased works of more experimentation, delving deeper into the human psyche as she 'pondered' through depression.
Art philosophy
Visual arts is a communication of the fundamental roots of a human being. The expression of sorrow, pleasure, anger, in fact the depiction of emotions and the spirit of a human being, these are the common language of all of us. Through art, the imaginary and spiritual becomes tangible, conceivable. Visual arts is also timeless. The evolution of art may never stop and ways of creating art becomes outdated and renewed. However, we can still resonate, be captivated, find beauty, innovativeness in works of all time. Art will always be transcendent to human experience.
My process of making art is personal, meditative and healing. When I paint, I feel I can submerge myself into the subconscious, and without any resistance, purge out my emotions in the most raw, unaltered way onto my new piece of creation. I always hope, when people look at my paintings, they will find an echo in their hearts of something that touches them.
Contact
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