Kwok Wai Kwong

Hopscotch #5

2021

Using fragments of maps of my hometown, Hong Kong, this series of paintings reflects a first-person narrative of the interpretation of the city’s past and future. With vigorous color...

There are two components in this painting - a face's side view and street patterns. I arranged the colours and tones in such a way that the street patterns played a dominant role. I ...

In “Hopscotch #6”, I represented the status of an inescapable course of events with a big loop that depicts the number 6. This is a four pieces series. Each color block represents a...

This is a four pieces series. Each color block represents a numbered block in this children’s game. I’ve replaced numbers 1 through 10 with 1, 9, 6 and 5, the year in which I was bor...

“Hopscotch #1,” the first painting of the series “Hopscotching Through Time”, is a depiction of some far distant moment in life. This is a four pieces series. Each color block repre...

This painting is a non-representational depiction of the view from my childhood balcony. From that opening to the outside world, I saw a hillside highway which was named “Lung Cheung...

Johannes Boekhoudt is a Dutch artist born on October 20, 1966. In 1973, Boekhoudt immigrated with his parents to Costa Rica, eventually working as a commercial and air ambulance pilo...

Stephanie Peek's "Uniform Language" Camo paintings showcasing an assortment of worldwide camouflage (both historic and contemporary) from countries around the world. The complete installation includes 52 original works that are each 10 x 10 inches. Can be hung in an assortment of ways. The artwork comes with a template for installation as shown below. The series started following 9/11 with the bombing of the World Trade Center in NY. and continues to today. Stephanie Peek's "Uniform Language" is a constellation of small painting on alabaster-coated wood panels featuring camouflage patterns of nations worldwide. Peek’s fascination with these patterns stems from her observation of nature (including her studies of flowers, for which the artist is well known), and compositions of shapes and color relationships. When hung in the configuration shown, the overall dimension is 77 inches tall x 132 inches wide. The artwork can hang in a variety of configurations. Each camp painting is 10 x 10 inches. Fascinated by how various countries use camouflage patterns to represent and to disguise themselves and their military equipment, the artist explores how countries see themselves in this pattern language that speaks of power and fear, while also considering each painting a prayer for peace. Artist's statement, Early in the 20th century, the United States military adapted the nature studies of American painter Abbot Thayer...

Johannes Boekhoudt is a Dutch artist born on October 20, 1966. In 1973, Boekhoudt immigrated with his parents to Costa Rica, eventually working as a commercial and air ambulance pilo...

Medium Sized Floral Abstract Geometric Oil Painting on Canvas. BIO: Carrie Johnson was born in Kansas City, Missouri, and grew up in the Chicago subur...

Medium Sized Abstract Geometric Oil Painting on Canvas. BIO: Carrie Johnson was born in Kansas City, Missouri, and grew up in the Chicago suburbs. She ...

"236 Found" is 72” x 60”. The sienna, umber and yellow figures on a neutral field are criss-crossed with chaotic, incised strokes through the impasto surface. Arnold’s paintings exhi...