In this project, I create another painting as a continuation of the Zzzz project’s painting. The painting, again, narrate one of my dreams that impressed me the most. These two paintings would be in the same size, same medium (Oil) and share the same concept (Dreams, Brain, Fragments).

 

Woods

In this project, I decided to create another painting that narrates one of my dreams that impressed me the most. It was a dream I had at my home in Stony Brook during quarantining. I saw scenes with a lot of wood in front of me. I did not see the shapes of the woods, but many colors of the woods help me to recognize those are woods. I was thinking the reason why I dreamed about woods was because of the environment I stayed in. I was locked in a place with nature, trees (little forest), animals and sky around the house.

This painting “Woods” , along with the abstract oil painting “Seaside,” would make a series of work on dreams. Both dreams happened in Stony Brook, but in my brain, they are in different locations and representing different things. In the Zzzz project, the painting “Seaside” represents the fragments that happened on my brain located in Macau, such as my memory of my hometown, sad emotion (That big rain) and the sense of missing home. The self-defined project, “Woods”, represents the fragments that happened on my brain located in Stony Brook, such as the nature it has around me, that peaceful mindset I gain from being alone for three months during the quarantine.

 

Photographs for references

 

Sketch for the painting

 

Colors adjustments

 

 

Final work: Series painting of my dreams