Sydney Chung

Youthful Evanescence

Acrylic, 18 x 24 inches

This piece resembles how one’s youth can slip away in a moment, like candle wax melting. The longer the flame lives, the more damage inflicted on the physical body. If one’s fire gets snuffed out, then their youth is preserved forever. But is it worth the cost?

A Desolate Eternity In The Depths

Acrylic, 24 x 18 inches

Feelings of distress and uncertainty reflect the demoralizing scene as vulnerability and desperation to survive is evident– breathing is no longer an option. This piece is meant to reflect a time when a person is at their lowest point, when it feels like they are drowning in their anxieties.

Ephemeral Ecstasy

Oil, 11 x 14 inches

Smoke in the shapes of numbers dance around her hand, circulating around it to simulate an analog clock. The metal needle she holds is a clock hand, adding to the illusion of a timepiece. This piece is supposed to represent the carefree lives that young people tend to experience, as they don’t need to worry about their backs aching or wrinkles on their faces. It’s almost as if they are inhaling this experience, relishing it while just as quickly moving on to the next new spectacle.

Blueprint to Bodypart: Made by Hand

Digital (Procreate), 28.5 x 23 inches

Evolution of an artificial arm, idea to reality: 3 stages are blueprint, prototype, and completed product; Highlights the immense amount of detail, not just in an artificial hand but in a real one too

20 February 2024

Shackled By Inheritance: Wealth’s Weight On Innocence

Acrylic, 15.5 x 13 inches

Swollen by her lifestyle, the mother is choked in her ideals, confined in her status of wealth and the power that comes with it. Just like the jewelry adorning her fingers. However, the childish innocence of an infant has not yet been imprisoned to his mother’s ways, but rather he grows into the lifestyle, the rings doomed to be stuck on his fingers.

Melodic Radiance

Acrylic, 24 x 18 inches

Vivid colors and hues dance through your ears, covering you with waves of awe and excitement. A sensation of harmony disrupts your innermost workings and softens the barriers set up by society’s unfeeling gaze.

25 December 2023

Reflections: A Light To Be Dimmed

Acrylic, 19 x 12 inches

Hands drip down the candlestick, fighting for the farthest reach, the highest achievement. Some work especially hard to get ahead, while others cheat or ultimately give up the grandiose game of chase. But they always end with the same fate.

28 January 2023

Light Of The World

Oil, 12 x 9.25 inches

People breathe life into the world; everyday actions filling empty shadows with light.

Illumination In The Abyss

Oil, 12 x 9.25 inches

This piece encapsulates the moment of assurance you feel meeting another light, someone who understands you. Their fleeting presence distracts from the dreary world of reality.

Flight Or Falter?

Graphite & Acrylic, 24 x 13 inches

The choice to remain sedentary in complacency or to take a risk despite the consequences: to crash, or to soar?

12 January 2024

Intervention

Digital (Procreate), 38.5 x 22.5 inches

Cultural pressures can still pull apart the genuine connections between two people in love.

Daydream Beyond Thought

Acrylic, 11 x 14 inches

Constant conflicting thoughts and colors swarm the mind; escaping from the stressful reality that pushes her closer and closer to self-harm.

About Me

An aspiring student artist who tries to capture how she sees the world, and hopes to share and inspire others in the process.