This watercolor is one of my favorite finds in my father’s collection of works.
My first impression is that it depicts the Hong Kong of the 1950s, the time when my father was living there and trying to figure out if he would ever be able to return to China. He decided to keep moving forward, eventually applying to come to the United States under the U.S. Refugee Program in 1959. He escaped the Cultural Revolution. So much of his work is tied to his journey to find cultural freedom, the beginning of which is tied to him leaving China for Hong Kong.
He never really spoke about the time he spent there, so I am glad we have these watercolors to tell us what he saw and experienced during that time.
P.S. I cut my finger with an Exacto blade while trying to make a portfolio for this one. 😅
