Exclusive Watercolor on Silk by Poon A r t i s t S t a t e m e n t
The command of the brush in my paintings on silk fabric is derived
directly from the practice of Chinese calligraphy.
I have learned for many long years from the works of acknowledged
masters and the exact strokes of a conventional artistic vocabulary
constituted an arduous apprenticeship.
My work employs Sumi, which means literally "throw-ink".
Since the traditional silk fabric base is very absorbent, lines
cannot be altered or diluted and as a skilled artist never repeats a
line, it becomes impossible to tell when drawing ceases and painting
begins.