Meet Arnold Kwan — another artist featured in Between Two Shores and the instructor for our October 17 children’s workshops!
Arnold is a visual artist working mainly in oils, acrylics, and watercolours. He studied fine arts in Hong Kong, where he also participated in an exhibition at the Hong Kong Cultural Centre. These days, he is exploring abstract painting and enjoys teaching art in the community.
Acrylic and mixed media on canvas · Polyptych (set of four)
MEDIUM
Acrylic and mixed media on canvas
DIMENSIONS
30 × 30 cm each · 65 × 65 cm overall
FORMAT
Four-panel polyptych · Sold as one set
Please ask for pricing.
Proceeds support charitable causes.
Latitude of Memory
記憶的緯度
Latitude of Memory explores the feeling of home and belonging across two shores—Hong Kong and Canada. Across four panels, the faded lines of the Union Jack form a subtle grid that connects both regions’ shared history. Overlaid with maps, mountains and coastlines, Indigenous motifs, and urban icons, the painting blends personal memory with culture and landscape. Using iconic colours—red, blue, and white—softened through translucent glazes, the work reflects how time and distance transform our memories. Ultimately, it frames identity not as a fixed location, but as an ongoing journey between two worlds.
《記憶的緯度》探討了身處香港與加拿大兩地之間的歸屬感。作品由四幅畫布組成，以漸隱的英國國旗作為幾何背景，連結兩地共享的歷史脈絡。畫面上交織著地圖、山景及海岸線、原住民圖騰與城市符號，將個人記憶、文化與景觀融為一體。色彩上以承載著獨特歷史記憶的紅、藍、白為主調，透過半透明的罩染層次，展現時間與距離如何重構我們的記憶。作品呈現的身分認同，並非一個固定的終點，而是在兩岸之間持續前行的旅程。
Acrylic and mixed media on canvas · Diptych (set of two)
MEDIUM
Acrylic and mixed media on canvas
DIMENSIONS
Diptych of 2 panels · 40.5 × 51 cm each
FORMAT
Two-panel diptych · Sold as one set
Please ask for pricing.
Proceeds support charitable causes.
Apertures of Being
透視的存在 / 觀測點
Apertures of Being explores the shifting states of identity, place, and atmospheric memory across two geographic realities—Canada and Hong Kong.
The diptych establishes a sensory dialogue through contrasting color temperatures and a rich interplay of tactile textures. Smooth, dense impasto layers and rough, concrete-grained plaster evoke the heavy, vertical materiality of Hong Kong’s urban landscape, while subtle wood-grain motifs and delicate collage textures reflect the organic warmth of Canadian timber structures. Nested rectangular frames act as symbolic apertures, representing distinct vantage points gained from living between two worlds. Threaded across both compositions is a fine, translucent red line—a subtle vector of lineage, bloodline, and memory that remains unbroken across distance.
Ultimately, the work asks: what do you see through the apertures?
《透視的存在 / 觀測點》以現象學的視角，探討身處加拿大與香港兩種地理現實之間，身分認同、空間感官與記憶溫度的流動狀態。
作品透過強烈的色彩溫度與豐富的材質肌理展開對話：沉穩平滑的厚塗顏料與粗糙如水泥顆粒般的肌理，映照出香港高密度都市的重量感與建築質感；輕盈的木紋紋理與細緻的拼貼層次，則呼應著加拿大自然木造空間的溫暖感受。重疊交錯的矩形外框如同一扇扇「觀測之窗」，象徵著穿梭於雙重世界中所獲得的多元視野與感知視角。貫穿兩幅畫面的細微透明紅線，則是一道象徵血脈與根源的無形矢線，在遙遠的地理距離之間，靜靜連結著不曾中斷的情感與記憶。
作品最終提出一個微小的提問：透過這些觀測點，你究竟看到了什麼？