“After many years of neglect, through gradual decay and weathering by the elements, these old Japanese-era houses are revealing their advanced age,” she said. “They have quite an austere poetic beauty of their own, with the wood panels in faded colors and mottled appearance, the houses swaying in the wind, making rustling sounds.”
Many of the buildings featured in Tsai’s large, detailed works are already gone, present only in the artist’s mind and on paper. “For our childhood memories, we can only try to catch a glimpse of them in these paintings,” she said.
Tsai starts out every painting with a sketch. While most watercolor artists use pencil to outline their subjects, Tsai uses pen. This unique adaptation allows for greater details in her masterpieces. The end product is a rich tribute to each crumbling brick, peeling board, and cracking cement, helping the building facades to take on lives of their own.
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