Beast of Burden

Painting

Beast of Burden

In Buddhism, "beasts of burden" symbolize both the potential consequences of unethical earning methods and reflect wealth through domesticated animals used for labour, representing the balance between materialism and moral conduct. In this visual... More

Past Life

Mixed Media

Past Life

Through explorations of earthly materials, with natural tones, bare wood panelling, and rusted metal, “Past Life” derives from Costa Rica, a place that gave me a taste of home. Nostalgia always creeps up on me in a land I’ve never been to. In... More

Leave me a stray

Painting

Leave me a stray

A dog would do anything you’d ask of them. “Stop. Stay. Sit. Speak”. Obey and perform for those bits of reward. And you are to praise them, feed them. Like a dog begging for treats, my hunger sniffed and collected any speck of love left on the... More

Dearest

Painting

Dearest

I want to become one with you. I want to be one in your roots, in your twisted veins, in your horns. I witnessed you and your bare skin. naked as an animal. not knowing it’s nude. I want to be whole. I’d walk with you until the end of the earth,... More

Estrella

Painting

Estrella

Connection with familial: I recreate altars of their existence so I can revisit them in my world. I feel as though she is living and breathing through my work. This is a tribute to Estrella, a horse I rode in Samara, Costa Rica. She was a... More

Work by

Jenny Vong

Drawings & Paintings

“I witness my audience as the trees, the wind, the birds, and to be in unison with everything around them.”