June 2024
I just finished my in-person coursework for my master’s degree of oil painting at the Sacred Art School Firenze in Florence, Italy. I have been enjoying my time in Italy and have been living here in Florence since the beginning of April. However, I am ready to get back to work on my art, most likely back in the United States. I would just have to make sure I come back to Italy in mid-December to present my final project at the school. My time here has been filled with many blessings, such as meeting amazing friends at the school (as seen here in picture), meeting the president of the Third Order Dominicans in Florence, improving my Italian to sufficient fluency, and simply getting closer to the Lord by seeing all the sacred beauty that Italy offers. My favorite art piece here so far is still the statue of David, as the whole history and story of the piece points to the beautiful power of God’s Will.
September 2023
The book about St. Faustina that I have worked on illustrating last year, Diary of a Future Saint, is finally out and published. The author of the book, Donna-Marie Cooper O’Boyle is a truly amazing and talented writer who has been on EWTN for years and has written a good number of Catholic books for all ages. She found me on social media and luckily, she enjoyed my illustration style enough to have me illustrate this book. Through this project, I have a newfound devotion to St. Faustina. Moreover, the book was featured on EWTN recently. In the clip on the right, Donna-Marie mentions me. For the full episode featuring the book, here is the link to watch it, https://ondemand.ewtn.com/free/Home/Play/en/BOO03285
April 15th, 2023
My Divine Mercy piece is displayed at St. Dominic’s Catholic Church, San Francisco for Divine Mercy Sunday (April 16th) and is going to remained displayed in the church until the end of Easter. I am happy to say that St. Dominic’s is now its new permanent home, and the work will be moved to another part of the church soon.
March 15th, 2023
Two of my paintings got accepted to the Canto Cutie art magazine, which is publication that displays work from artists of the Cantonese diaspora. In this year’s Volume VI, the theme is “spirituality,” which is perfect because not only I am of Cantonese descent (from my mother), but I am very proud of my Catholic identity and how that spiritually merges with my art practice.
January 14th, 2023
The Catholic artist ministry that I founded/used to run at the time, Fra Angelico Society, held the “God’s Time” art show. It was great to curate another art show. It felt so rewarding that despite the harsh weather, the show was always full and half of the artworks were sold.
October 1, 2021
The San Francisco Archdiocese held the 50th anniversary of the new St. Mary of the Assumption Cathedral building. I was part of the volunteer committee organizing the event and was responsible for curating the “The Next 50 Years” art exhibition to promote the works of local young adult Catholic artists. The reception was very rewarding, for I was then just enjoying the fruits of our hard work. The art exhibition was a success and it was wonderful to talk more extensively to Archbishop Cordileone.
