VDXXV – Sandy Chen, Sean Irving
My name is Sandy Chen, and I love painting. I started out making images with pencils, color pencils, and charcoal. These satisfied me for a time, but it wasn’t until I discovered oil paints that I felt my creative juices really start flowing. With oil paints, I can put layer upon layer of color. When I paint, all my thoughts and feelings at the time go into the making of the picture—it evolves as I paint it. Each of my paintings, therefore, reflects a different stage of my life.
I love sharing my paintings with the people in my life. Through my works, I can make connections with people that I may not have discovered otherwise.
I hope that when people look at my paintings they will feel touched by them in some way.
I want people to know that painting is not as difficult as it may appear. Should you feel inspired, after looking at my works, to want to pick up a brush, I encourage you to do so. You won’t regret it.
Explorations/探索 featuring Sean Irving and Sandy Chen
Opening party April 8th, 16:00-18:00
Show runs April 2 to May 4/四月2號至五月4號
Sean has not had any formal art instruction. It was his friend and Red Room co-
presenter, Sandy, who brought him to meet her art teacher in the fall of 2015. It was
here that Sean first took up a paint brush. After only a few classes, he realized that to
get any serious work done, he would be better off studying and painting alone in the
privacy of his home.
Sean’s body of work up to this point is small and does not represent a specific theme or
thought process. He enjoys copying and learning from the works of other painters,
including Vincent van Gogh, Johannes Vermeer, and Michelangelo Merisi da
Caravaggio. His greatest inspiration has been J.M.W. Turner, whose influence can be
seen in several of Sean’s paintings.
Sean was born in Winnipeg, Canada. He lives in Taipei.
Explorations/探索 featuring Sean Irving and Sandy Chen
Opening party April 8th, 16:00-18:00
Show runs April 2 to May 4/四月2號至五月4號
