This was the final session of my Watercolour Woodblock Printmaking workshop at Branscombe House last Sunday. What I enjoyed most was seeing what participants brought to the experience. Everyone drew on their own culture, memories, and ways of seeing. The final session also gave us an opportunity to explore new…
On October 10, we spent a sunny day painting outside Branscombe House, studying light, colour and form. The clear light made the work easier to read. Shadows were sharp, and the difference between warm and cool colour was easy to see. We started by looking for the big shapes and…
A full class showed up after I switched to a more old-fashioned, manual registration process, and it was wonderful to see so many people interested in and joining the workshop. This was the second woodblock workshop hosted at Branscombe House. Based on feedback from the first session, I upgraded some…
Neighbourhood is my mid-term residency exhibition, held on June 27 and June 28, 2026, at Branscombe House, featuring twelve small landscape paintings that illustrate the views, neighbours, and environment of the Branscombe House area. It emphasizes the beauty of the ever-changing nature and the calm, welcoming local community. This exhibition…
On June 6th and 7th, I participated in Doors Open Richmond at the historic Branscombe House, where I have been in residence. It was a great chance to share my art practice with the local community. I set up three areas for visitors. The first was a display of my…
In this workshop, I provided easels and canvases for the participants, but everyone was required to bring their own acrylic paints. I discovered that people’s preferences for colour sets vary significantly. Some choices are based on personal experiences, while others are influenced by past instructors. We had a lively discussion…
Stone, Water, Breeze is an ongoing body of work that brings together the West Coast environment, Eastern printmaking aesthetic inspirations, and the layered experience of living between two cultures. Rather than a fixed horizon, the paintings move through scattered perspectives and fragmented memory — organizing space the way the mind…
The workshop preparation took longer than I expected, but it was a rewarding experience. Finding materials locally really helped streamline the process. I used 1/4” birch plywood sheets for easier carving, instead of maple. The carving knives I found came from different stores, so their quality varies—it’s all part of…
Research for the project “Innovating Chinese Printmaking: Contemporary Praxis” March 2026 A studio research project exploring contemporary approaches to water-based Chinese woodblock printmaking through material experimentation and West Coast landscape imagery. Project Context I am honoured to have received a Canada Council for the Arts Project Grant (Research and Creation)…
After a year devoted to abstraction, a quiet dissatisfaction drew me back toward the figurative — a renewed attentiveness to form, place, and the visible world. Through a series of small studies, I began negotiating the boundary between sensation and representation, ultimately arriving at a new body of semi-abstract work.…