Many artists like to express their thoughts via paintings. However, I thought in the opposite direction for my “Shape of a thought” collection.

Shape of a thought

The title, An Incomplete Totality, echoes humanity’s endless quest of sense-making;
the restless and incessant pursuit of a complete truth derived from limited bodies of
evidence. The portraits are disordered and obscured, form and context often merging,
with only the circle resolutely holding the subject in place.

Incomplete Totality

Random collection of works from 2017 to 2019

2017-2019

In “Glitches of the Future”, I envision an unsettling future in which humans lose their humanity as they “merge” with artificial intelligence. I portrayed tech-enabled humans as “jokers”, ridiculous in their need to be online 24/7. With information fed straight to their brains, it made me think perhaps they do not need eyes or ears, or a mouth even – in fact, they could be people without any senses.

The Glitches of the Future

Drawing on the Buddhist concept of impermanence, this fifth collection of portraits by Sri Lankan born Hong Kong artist Kos Cos, explores the contradiction between individuality and mortality created by the passage of time.

Life Goes On Within You And Without You

“I’ve learned that there’s far more to portrait painting than precise likeness. Layers and textures have become increasingly important elements of my work and have brought a freedom that is taking my painting style in a more abstract direction. In ‘Transfigurations’, the subjects’ faces are deconstructed to allow the viewer the freedom and space to engage with the work.”