ARTIST BIOGRAPHY
藝術家簡介
Daphane Ng is from Hong Kong. She is interested in exploring everyday scenes rendered in oil with gentle brushwork. The use of low saturation tones creates a frozen atmosphere. This evokes a deep sense of nostalgia and contemplation. Each piece captures a moment suspended in time.
HONOURS PROJECT
畢業作品
Oil on canvas
油彩布本
120 x 200 x 4 cm, 160 x 120 x 4 cm
My work focuses on the everyday scene of urban landscape, evoking a collective anxiety through low-saturation tones and soft brushstrokes. The two works in this series were sourced from my personal life and memory. I attempt to create the ambiguous "gap" of a childhood morning, the sky just before dawn, thus creating a fleeting, nostalgic space that does not exist in reality.
In the light of the Tree, a warm landscape scene is transformed into an uncanny memory by the rumour of a human sacrifice ritual called "plug the bean hole"; while the Building painting focuses on modern architecture, the natural curves of the bamboo shed and the soft protective netting knit a twisted cage. In this rapidly changing city, even skyscrapers may not leave a trace in memory.
I hope to freeze this ordinary, unremarkable memory through oil painting, inviting viewers to step into this non-existent, unknown space and time.
PREVIOUS WORK
過往作品
2025
Oil on canvas
160 x 100 x 4 cm
A children's playground inspired this work; looking at these trees always brought back good memories. However, she later learned that the remains of seven children are buried there. Rumour has it that a human sacrifice ritual called “plug the bean hole” existed in Hong Kong’s architectural circles. Although these trees meant no harm in life, this image has transformed from beautiful to terrifying.
2025
Oil on canvas
160 x 100 x 4 cm
A daily scene becomes a site of functional creepiness; its visual mediocrity is deliberately emphasised. Through realism, the work projects horror and what is truly disturbing.
2025
Oil on canvas
80 x 100 x 4 cm
Living selfishly in fantasy.