In two layers

PAINTINGS IN LAYERS

translucent canvases

painted

in Italian 

veiled by

the 

original

poem

in Chinese

expressed

in

calligraphic

colored

paint

from Li Yu, Po Chu-i, to Wang Wei and Li Po

( Tang Dynasty )

Flowers

flourish not

Fogs

foggy not

midnight

arrival

gone

tomorrow

arriving 

as a dream

in Spring

briefly

does

it

remain

leaving

as

clouds

in

dawn

traces

not

to remain

( by Po Chu-i, translated by BKFLee 2016 )

when one is idle

cassia flowers

are bound

to fall

Night

so

quiet

Spring

hill

so

deserted

moon

shows

its

presence

startling

the

pheasants

every now

and

then

in

the

flowing

stream

of 

Spring

sing 

song

( by Wang Wei, translated by BKFLee 2016 )

On

my

bed

behold

sight

of

moon

so bright 

for

an

instance

mistook

it

for

the

frozen

frost

raising

my

head

beam

of

moonlight

seen

lowering

my

head

thoughts

of

homeward

dreams

(by LI Po, translated by BKFLee 2016 )

works shown here were done in Florence,  1996-1999, the period when I discovered the use of layers, a concept inspired by fashion artist Romeo Gigli . The layering concept continued to develop in 2002, when I added three more languages: French, Objiway, and English during my stay in Canada. This particular work -a triptych of six layers was donated to Algoma Art Gallery of Ontario.