Mount Abundance and the Tip Toe People I

Howie Tsui

BIRTH YEAR 1978
BIRTH PLACE Hong Kong, China
MEDIUM Acrylic, ink and Chinese paint pigment on mulberry paper
DATE 2010
DIMENSIONS 94cm x 190.5cm
ACCESSION NUMBER 2012.06.01
CREDIT LINE Collection of the Ottawa Art Gallery: purchased with the support of the Canada Council for the Arts Acquisition Assistance program and OAG's Acquisitions Endowment fund, 2012.
CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION
A densely detailed surrealist drawing featuring a narrative with a multitude of characters such as real and imaginary animals (whale, turtle, tiger), ghosts, demons, princesses and other spiritual and mythological figures. The whole image is done in soft yellows, golds, greens, and browns. There are trees in the foreground adjacent to a doorway where spirits and creatures are emerging from.

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