Emu-Anzac Square

This work is one of my "Nature is taking back the city" series. It was inspired by the year 2022 when the whole world was experiencing the panic of the coronavirus pandemic. Cities have been locked down one after another. With fewer tourists and cruise ships, the water in Venice is crystal clear; The same goes for the Great Orme Kashmiri goats seen on the streets of Llandudno. This makes me think what will happen in the city of Brisbane.
Emu is my second choice. Personally, I prefer birds, and emu is one of the animals on the Australian national emblem, so it is quite suitable for Anzac Square, I think. What was difficult for me when painting this one was how to harmoniously integrate the sculptures in the square, the memorial shrine monument and the central station building into one painting, not to mention adding the protagonist Emu of this painting. In the end, I'm quite happy with the finished result.

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I am a full-time landscape architect, who enjoys to record the things around me through painting. My paintings are full of life and rich in stories. Emphasis on light and shadow, whether it is hot midsummer or evening sunset, light and shadow is a sharp tool to capture time. My pictures have a degree of relaxation, with both a loose and relaxed "stage" (background) and fine and delicate "actors" (foreground). I like to capture the breath of life, whether it is the workers in the narrow alleys taking a break and smoking a cigarette, or the people who are lazy on the beach, or the people chatting in the park, or the people exploring in the wild forest and mountain streams, I like to record these bits and pieces.