About the Artist
Bio
Po-Yan Tsang is a contemporary representational painter. She was born and raised in Hong Kong and moved to Toronto, Canada with her family when she was a teenager.
She is a graduate of the Kang-O’Higgins Atelier at the Gage Academy of Art in Seattle. Before that she worked professionally in the software industry for over a decade and holds degrees in engineering.
Po-Yan currently works from a studio space at the Equinox Studios in Georgetown, Seattle, WA.
Artist Statement
Painting is the lens through which I process and observe my surroundings. In choosing mundane, overlooked objects and natural landscapes to paint, my works contemplate themes around our relationship with nature, consumerism, and human impact on the environment.
My works start from direct observation, through painting plein air, still life setups, or reference sketches and photos I take myself. I am interested in capturing a mood around a scene: the feeling of sunshine in the forest, a discarded plastic bag.
C.V.
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