Year: 2021 Size: 43”x31” Materials: Watercolor, ballpoint pen, paper Description: This piece mainly expresses how much I miss traveling during the Covid-19 pandemic. I wished to contrast the colorful background, which expresses the beauty and freedom of a pre-pandemic world, and the black and white figures, which represent people today, who have to live with restrictions and fear.

Year: 2021 Size: 54”x34.5” Materials: Oil painting on canvas Description: The paintings, about insomnia, show me doing various things to pass the time in my room: trying on cosmetics, staring at my fish, playing on my phone, etc. The entire work is particularly dark in tone, expressing the anxiety I feel because I can't sleep.

ear: 2021 Size: 24”x32” Materials: Oil painting on canvas, mix-media Description: This artwork shows my mom protecting me from the pressure of the preference of boys. The imagery swallowing my mom and me are symbols of son worship in Chinese culture.