Year of the Tiger

Painted for Lunar New Year celebrations on a prominent wall at Chatswood Place, the artwork features the animalistic tiger concurrently in both a calm, and fierce state.

This piece shows the character of the tiger during the coming new year of 2022. The world has seen a difficult last two years, and for this year, I wanted to create a character that reflects two different yet contrasting sides. The tiger is calm and still but also capable of being a ferocious and wild animal. I once read a statement in a book on Hayao Miyazaki who said the best way to capture expression is to animate (or, in this instance, illustrate and paint large) two characters doing the same thing. Although the two tiger’s faces are different in the design, I ultimately want to capture a moment, vitality, and that midway point between stillness and calamity.