paintings and drawings

ERIK CHEUNG
PAINTINGS AND DRAWINGS

The VARIATIONS
EXTRACTED FROM a single PAGE OF LINES, 16" x 20", winter 2020-spring 2021

Variation 15: The Royal Flush

Variation 14

Variation 3

Variation 1

Variation 6

Variation 8: The Dream Catcher

Variation 7

Variation 9: Sledge ride under the Moon

Variation 2

Variation 4

Variation 5: The Flying Bat

Variation 10

Variation 11: Baton Twirling

REMINISCENCE SERIES
24" x 48", Fall 2020
(further production only on commission)

Reminiscence #1 Gold leaf, oil, acrylic on canvas 24" x 48" (hover and click for descriptions)

Reminiscence #2 sold

I think the lines presented in abstract works should carry a degree of character or else the work would pass off as a mere wall decoration. Lines of writings is a symbol of culture and signature which tells history, identity and charisma. With calligraphy as a catalyst, my lines are expressing the likes of semiotics and language.

hidden figures
24" x 48", paintings, summer 2020

EMPRESS 24" x 48" oils, acrylic, gold leaf, markers on canvas (hover and click for descriptions)

CELESTIAL MOON 24" x 48" oils, acrylic, gold leaf,markers on canvas (hover and click for descriptions)

close up

PANDEMIC SPRING 24" x 48" oils, acrylics, markers, gold leaf on canvas (click on image for descriptions)

The Empath, 24" x 48", oils, acrylics, markers and gold leaf on canvas (hover and click for descriptions) Collected by Mrs. J. Lim

goddess 24" x 48" oils, acrylic and markers on canvas (hover and click for descriptions)

hidden figures
16" x 20" drawings, 2019 - 2020

Angel Gabriel 22nd December 2019

Awaits 2019

The Magician 2019

Phantom 2019

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Sway 2019

Maleficent 2019

Passing Beauty 23rd March 2019

Memories 5th February 2019

Regime of Tyranny 4th June 2019

Whisper

Lost

Girl in a bandana 28th March 2019

2018

Mystere 31st December 2018

Metamorphosis 14th September 2018

Adoration (diptych) 28th October 2018

Night (diptych) (click for video)

Loosening ties (diptych) 20th September 2018

Prayer (diptych) 25th July 2018

Broken Wing 2nd June 2018

Night Dance 25th August 2018

Grim Reaper

Intimacy 21st July 2018

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Shatter

The Last Ritual 14th April 2018

The Last Breath of Life 13th May 2018

In the Public Eye 19th May, 2018

Hospice 21st April 2018

2017

Separating the subconscious preliminary lines with cognitive deciphering, the works below mark the starting point of subconscious compositions.

Beholder

Traveller (click for descriptions)

Blonde in Red

Nine

Halloween

Dark Angel

Adagio

Eve and the snake

That Purse

The Golden Tear

Moment of Creation

Split Personality

Remembrance

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The Red Ballerina

The Red Glove

Carnevale di Venezia

Embracing the Shadow (click for video)

Marche Macabre

2017 transitional ABSTRACTS

Based on the abstract sketches from 2016, lines were pushed towards the edges. Rather than having the image presented in the dead center, the picture frame cuts them off, leaving the result as if the viewers are peeking through a window at another world.

Echoes

Equilibrium

Disintegration (click for descriptions)

A Little Dust Devil

2016

The Character series:

Line wanders freely.
When a life/line walks into another one repeatedly, a knot/story is formed.

As our lives cross over others', each relationship develops into a knot/ bonding. Some bonds are as loose as passers by; others are entangled tight as families. Nevertheless, these meetings are precious moments. On paper, these common area are shapes that residue in space.

These drawings brought light to the later discoveries as these lines went crazier and filled the page.

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