Wendy Lu _ Lot 48

Independent

Title: Floral Garden 3

My artwork, Floral Garden 3, depicts a thriving, radiant garden alive with brilliant light, vivid colours, and streams cascade into a glimmering waterfall, symbolizing renewal, continuity, and life’s vibrant rhythm. Layered acrylics and textured brushwork create luminous depth and motion, bringing petals, highlighting resilience, vitality, hope, and peace. Through Floral Garden 3, I aim to inspire viewers to water, and foliage vividly to life. My artwork celebrates a harmonious, interconnected natural world, and dynamic movement. Towering trees rise above abundant, blooming flowers, while rivers experience serenity, joy, and a deep connection to the energy, beauty, and life of nature.

Dimensions: 24" x 30"

Medium: Acrylic on canvas

Date: 2023

Wendy Lu is a multimedia artist and a senior staff editor at The New York Times, known for her work in various media including painting, drawing, mixed media, watercolour, gouache, collage, sculpture, printmaking, illustration, and multimedia. She graduated from York University with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Visual Arts and has a background in left-brain surgery and cochlear implant surgeries. Wendy's art explores urban landscapes, green architecture, and breakthrough technologies, aiming to foster sustainable communities and support mental health. Her work is a visual thought experiment that creatively expands on a wide range of concepts and references, mapping out forms of non-normative experiences and possibilities.