Xinran Liu, Underflow, 2023

The painting is called Underflow and is oil on canvas. It is inspired by the artist's Russian dolls collection and objects on their bookshelf. The artist wanted to create a darker tone painting representing a night scene. The painting consists of outlines of objects and furniture, with a few dots suggesting reflections under the night light. This painting is called Underflow. It is oil on canvas, 150 x 120 cm. I created this piece right after another one of the works about the Russian dolls collection that I had back in China. So this painting has similar features from the last one. I got the inspirations from the souvenirs and objects on my bookshelf in my home. So during this creation, I was constantly reflecting back to the photos and the sketches that I did at home. When I was doing this painting, I was thinking about making a darker tone painting that represents the night scene. And the work was consists of the outlines of the objects and the furnitures, with also the few dots that suggest the reflections which shines under the night light.