“One soul is worth the whole universe.” (Unamuno, 1955).

As a Melbourne-based Chinese artist my work is reflexive, looking at the inner influence of people, objects and events. Through feeling and experiencing these relationships and contradictions I mainly focus on reflecting the abstract expression of my feelings. As a bystander and participant in COVID-19 and long time lockdowns, my works integrate Western painting and traditional Chinese painting to speak for my own aesthetic conceptions. My concept is to find the balance between people and the environment and between people and animals. Instead of focusing only on social relationships or objects I focus more on the relationship between nature, animals and people, finding the perfect balance via invented environmental scenes. The balance and connection idea is also at the centre of Chinese Zen philosophy. Environment and animals are also the reflection of people's inner world, so exploring the relationship between environment and people/animals is discussing people themselves. And everything in the universe ​reflects consciousness. The surreal 'Utopia' in my mind is given through a method of poetic non-concrete description, to make neglected emotions or events appear and activate the value of people's strong emotions, to make them resonate and reconcile. (Pei)

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The way home, 2021  

oil on canvas  

980 x 1260 mm

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Untitled, 2021  

oil and gouache on canvas  

1500 x 980 mm

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Untitled, 2021  

oil on canvas  

730 x 980 mm

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Utopia, 2021  

oil on canvas  

700 x 980 mm

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Untitled, 2021  

oil and gouache on canvas  

1800 x 1000 mm

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So far, this is all I comprehend about love, 2021  

oil on canvas  

1900 x 1000 mm

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