Hopes
Betty Zhang
Ontario College of Art and Design
Oil and Watercolour on Wood
h 20" x w 16"
2011
If I could change the world into a more colorful, more playful, and more interesting place, I would; but for now I'm just illustrating the world as if it was just so. My life is about creating art for all the things I want people to see, designing, and celebrating a style that is unique. I am like a chameleon, versatile in every situation, adapting my travels and experiences in different backgrounds with my work. I like mixing styles and contrasting mediums, mostly working with oil, paper, and textile. I like the feeling of gliding brush strokes on canvas, as well as the sound of cutting into delicate paper while creating silhouettes. I sense my mediums and they tell me what I should create. For me, art-making is about the feeling that takes over me as I work and the unusual results that I encounter.
I am obsessed with patterns, which can spur from anything in daily life. The texture of something can also inspire me. I like to create images from the heart, and therefore, each piece speaks of something very personal to me, usually they are my reflections on views of humanity and human behavior. The possibilities of the things that go through my mind is endless and to describe all that sound, image, and ideas to others is what I set out to achieve. My work explores the contrast between soft and hard, harsh and environments ever so warm.
