structure of her environment in pursuit of the road less travelled .
“ I do think my training in art school helped solidify my technical skills , though I discovered my ‘ style ’ in knife painting purely through practice and self-teaching .”
Each of the paintings exhibited here involve Wong ’ s knife work , as the “ exaggerated strokes and textures help accentuate an emotional aspect within each painting .” The vibrancy in Wong ’ s use of colour is nothing less than explosive , with fiery reds bursting through texturized paint and blues so deep , that the eye is lured into the crevice of Wong ’ s experiential hub .
“ I ’ ve always admired the works of Monet and Van Gogh , as they embody what it means to evoke emotion through painting ,” Wong reflects , “ Through their work , I ’ ve begun to understand how some ‘ unrealistic ’ styles of art can display the kind of truth that reality could never show .”
As a person with synesthesia , a condition whereby a perceived sense-impression is experienced in a different location from where the sense is actually being stimulated on the body , Wong has a unique painting experience : “ I feel like the person painting is separate from who I am . The choices I make seem almost involuntary , as if there ’ s an external force controlling my actions and I ’ m merely experiencing them .”
Similar to the contrasting forces of order and abstract in her tumultuously rich oil paintings , Wong feels “ both in control and