Zipper 1995 charcoal on canvas 36 x 36 inches DFG# 707-372
One day, when I got into a bus and sat down, an old lady who sat in front of me wrote a note to me, "your sipper is open". But I couldn't understand the word "zipper", and I didn't bring my English-Chinese dictionary with me that day, so I asked her what it meant. She was very embarrassed by my question. Then she turned to me and pointed it out. I looked down at my jeans …. suddenly, I understood.
Yellow Pear 1995 charcoal on canvas 36 x 36 inches DFG# 707-371
Chairman Mao said "If you want to know the taste of the pear, you have to bite into it". We tasted the "pear" of revolution through our sufferings in China. Since we moved to Canada, we also tasted the other "pear" of culture shock. But we put the seed of the pear deeply into this new land to blossom and bear fruits of our new life here.
Pear Tree 1995 charcoal on canvas 96 x 60 inches DFG# 707-352

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