Anna Zhong Healthy living

My artwork explores humanity’s inherently indulgent nature. The thick, oozing sauces, jellies and jams represent gluttony and guilty pleasures. By using a photorealist painting style I have been able to study and capture the colour, texture and reflective properties of viscous liquids and sweet foods. Inspired by Audrey Flack and Janet Fish, I have enhanced these images with extra droplets and glistening surfaces to tempt and mesmerise the audience. Consumption brings a sense of freedom and content, yet I invite the audience to consider the effects of over-indulgence slowly seeping in and disrupting our health, bodies and desires.

Influencing artists: Audrey Flack, Janet Fish, Chuck Close, Luigi Benedicenti, Chen Fei