The top two images are the same painting under and off light. Luminescent pigment is applied on the digital output surface, giving two different views to the painting under the light and in the dark. In the dark, the modern city scene on this painting submerges and traditional Chinese landscape shines on it.

 

Modern people's travel experience focuses on moving from one spot to another, a rather fragmented experience that disconnects people with the geographical space. Hitherto I find the archaic Chinese view to present nature in a spiritual, half-abstract way appealing.

 

Henry David Thoreau’s prose “Where I Lived, and What I Lived For”, namesake to this work, records how he led a simple life in wilderness and eluded civilized world. As a prominent figure of transcendentalism movement in America, Thoreau built his personal philosophy by living his life in nature.

 

 

Where I Lived, and What I Lived For #3

2013, 45x60, Mixed Media

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Where I Lived, and What I Lived For #2

2013, 45x60, Mixed Media

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Where I Lived, and What I Lived For #5

2013, 45x60, Mixed Media