Acrylic painting “Memories in the Water” (2025) by Paul Cheng

The artist Paul Cheng wanted to capture a fleeting moment, somewhere between memory and dream—a quiet, solitary atmosphere tinged with gentle melancholy. To amplify this feeling, he used a monochromatic blue palette, freezing time on the canvas. The figure's downward gaze and the subtle ripples on the water enter into a silent dialogue, hinting at inner turmoil. In his painting process, Cheng combined impasto with dry-brush techniques, allowing the background and figure to remain clearly defined yet subtly merge, creating a misty forest and a cool, tangible sense of water.