Someone on my Facebook page commented about my description of some paintings, “When did you become so angry?” The question itself makes me angry, so I suppose I cannot deny that I am angry. I’d like to explore what role anger plays in my painting, and where my anger comes from.
First off – am I [...]

At an exhibit today I had a request for rough, impressionistic of abstract art. A repeat buyer and patron of the gallery mentioned that she and her friends would probably buy something if it were a different style; and since I paint clean, surrealistic figures, the rough abstract impressionism is just about as different as [...]

Tomorrow I’m opening a solo exhibition in Tainan, Taiwan. This year has been a big step forward. I did most of my paintings when I was younger, and then stopped, foolishly, because I didn’t want to paint any more until I started selling the old ones. The folly in that statement is just one of [...]

Here are two new paintings, both of which show Jesus in Taiwan and problematize the influence of Christianity on Asian culture. The first was inspired by a similar picture but with Jesus actually hugging the geographic leaf shaped island of Taiwan; which I found absurd and sickening at the same time. (“Jesus loves you, you [...]

I found a great resource – it’s the ‘art in Asia’ website (http://www.artinasia.com).
Focusing on 7 majors cities (Honkong, Beijing, Shanghai, Taipei, Tokyo, Seoul, and Singapore), Art in Asia has up to date event listings so you can know which artists are displaying at which galleries, and when.
You can also browse the top contemporary Asian artists [...]

This August I attended “Art Taipei 2009″ (台北國際藝術博覽會), a massive 3 day contemporary art fair featuring established and emerging Asian artists from Taiwan, Japan, Korea and some other Asian countries.
The event was part of our 4 day tour of contemporary Asian (Taiwanese) art and fashion, for the ‘Taiwan’s Best Trip‘ competition.  There were some truly [...]

I’ve recently become a contemporary Asian artist. Although I still use Western themes (especially religious themes and icons) I do so only to the extent that they can be found in Taiwan, interfering or interacting with Taiwanese culture. Moreover, I also use many images from Asian culture and specifically Taiwanese culture; ghost money, temple art, [...]

This is taken from the mission statement of my website, www.holyblasphemy.net.
My idea of God comes from St. Anselm: God is the highest thought that can be thought.
If there is a God, and he lives up to all of our expectations of him, (and he must, or else he is not God), then he would not [...]

“Mary Doody” 傀儡- 50×61cm- Oil on Canvas, 2002

Classical ‘Madonna and Child’ by William-Adolphe Bouguereau, but with Jesus as a howdy-doody puppet. Just who is in control of Christianity? It’s masculine forms of hierarchy – the triune male God – have led some to argue there is no place for women within its fold.
Mary alone, in [...]

“Conservation” 對話- 117×81cm- Oil on Canvas, 2009

A bizzare twist on the recycling motif. Taking long hot showers is a comfortable habit of Western indulgence that wastes both water and energy. How many times can the water be cleaned, processed, purged and reused? Will our pursuit of sterilization and personal cleanliness lead to our own [...]