Statement
My recent still-life paintings depict gnomes, goblins, and trolls who are oddly content in their setting. In these paintings, I try to convey an ominous yet nebulous undercurrent that lurks beneath a veneer of dreamy pleasantry. These still-lifes glance back to the chiaroscuro of Chardin and the lush, pyrotechnical brushwork of Frans Hal and John Singer Sargent, while embracing the Technicolor of modernity and venturing beyond the interpretive confine now emancipated by the pluralism of contemporary art.
Dik F. Liu Fall '08