Jia Rui Sun

I know that my English is limited, but art knows no boundaries. Her language is universal and can be understood by anyone who loves beauty.

For an artist, one's own paintings can be hung on the walls of other people's homes, so that more people can appreciate them, and it is more important than money.

I'm currently painting a group of paintings with the theme "Old Houses in Oakland". Modern urban monsters are expanding, and old houses in the old part of the city quickly disappear. These old houses and the people who have lived in them are an important part of New Zealand's history and culture, and represent some of the beautiful things in the golden years of the past.

I added some characters to the painting, such as the grandmother who takes care of my grandchildren, the coffee-drinking girlfriends, the well-dressed women, the girls in flip-flops, the morning walkers on bicycles, and even the pet dogs of my friends.

These are the lives of New Zealanders, quiet, comfortable and casual. All because of the expansion of the city swallowing the old blocks with deep history, I intend to use my own paintings to leave these beautiful and precious memories before they disappear, and at the same time express the protest against the culture's bowing to commercialization.