Faculty of Art

Drawing and Painting

Cissy Shi

Grandma

I created this painting for my dearest grandma. This painting is based on 3 photographs: A photo of my grandma, a photo of the pattern on her old coach and a photo of Magnolia flowers which.I used a projector to assist me combining 3 images into one. The material used was acrylic with a bit of pastel sticks on wood panel.My grandma used to live in a small apartment building surrounded by magnolia. Her signature dishes are steamed bean curd with quail eggs，curry chicken, Steamed amaranth, softshell turtle soup and pork cabbage dumplings... My grandma would chase the bus with me, walk pass the sky bridge that was burned by the sunlight with me, she will bring me to the movie theater, bring me to the hairdresser to get the hair cut that can make your ponytail shaped like a spoon... In the morning my grandma will stretch her leg on a bookshelf, at night, she will teach me to sing "Beautiful Grassland Is My Home"... My grandma reminds me the grand land after rain...