Developing from the creative direction of her previous exhibition, Hon’s new exhibition showcases multifarious surreal landscapes. Unpredictable and constantly changing, the landscapes depicted in Hon’s paintings exude a strong sense of alienation and melancholy, another world severed from that of the exhibition space. The unspecified characters and events in the paintings constitute recurring scenes on the pictorial surface which are at once familiar and strange; some repeated motifs include the various states of sunrise and sunset, a smothering house, a man in a hat, a sailing boat in the sea, misty rain and rose-tinted clouds.
 
With strong colour contrasts, Hon’s works place more emphasis on the overall impression of represented objects through the transition of colours and shades, than their form and meaning. The clouds in the sky are rendered as a massive colour field, inconstant like flowing water, making it difficult for the viewer to tell the time of day. Sometimes it is the darkening sky before the storm, the sense of humidity and apprehension in the air as disaster approaches. Instead of the high contrast colour schemes often found in her previous works, such as oranges and blues, a distinct middle tone can be discerned in her new works in this exhibition. Through the layering of translucent contrasting colours, a middle tone is achieved when viewed from a distance, in which traces of various colours can be distinguished when viewed up close. The complementary colours create a more calm and smooth atmosphere, and a sense of subtlety and ambiguity.

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