Wan Man Leung

My name is Wan Man. I'm a self-taught painter, and after years of working in other ways, oil is the medium that finally made me slow down. There's a quietness to it that I've come to love, in the way each layer builds on the last, in the pull of the brush as the paint goes on. I'm drawn to the ordinary things around me.

The painter who most shapes how I compose is Henri Matisse. It's the way a scene can face you and lean away at the same time, seen from more than one angle at once. I keep that with me.

I make each piece slowly, one small board at a time, painting only what holds my attention. I'm glad it found its way to you.