Sophia Chung’s Gallery
Art can be so much more than just a sense of beauty; it has the power of healing. I am Sophia Chung, a Malaysian studio-art-and-psychology graduate at Lenoir-Rhyne University. My view and perspective resulting from being born and bred in a multiracial country have filled my artworks with different varieties. My passion for life and people sparks me with overflowing inspirations combined with my well-trained painting skills, which ultimately creates many stunning paintings. Art is indeed powerful.
Art as a tool for Healing
Art is a meaningful tool for me to learn more about myself as well as others. I am working towards becoming an art therapist that by using art, healings can be brought to not only myself, but also others. According to Malchiodi, “Visually dealing with traumatic emotions can feel safer than dealing with them in words.” Creating art can become an outlet of emotion for both myself and the viewer, because art can say so much more than what one has intended. Thus, healing is possible.
Still Life
16″ x 20″
2017
Oil on canvas
$400
Time for Coffee
16″ x 20″
2018
Oil on Canvas
$400
Coffee Break
16″ x 20″
2017
Acrylic on canvas
$300
Echo of my life
18″ x 20″
2020
Oil on canvas board
Long after the strings have ceased to sound and my fingers have fallen from the keys, let this song be the echo of my life.
$350
Wonderland
11″ x 14″
2017
Acrylic on canvas
Experiencing the power of wonder.
(Inspired by Brynn W Casey & Alexis Vazquez)
$120
Malaysia’s sunset
12″ x 12″
2017
Acrylic on canvas
Isn’t just about the view, but the heart reminiscing home.
$120
Peace and Prosperity
16″ x 20″
2017
Acrylic on canvas
Embrace your culture, because you don’t know when you will lose it.
$250
Rooftop Orchestra
16″ x 20″
2017
Acrylic on canvas
Let the music dance like magic. It not only releases us, it has the power to reform the city and restore the world.
$300
Trust Fall
16″ x 20″
2017
Acrylic on canvas
Trust completely- do not let fear put you down because you know He is greater than that.
When I said, “My foot is slipping,” your unfailing love, Lord, supported me. When anxiety was great within me, your consolation brought me joy. (Psalm 94:18-19)
$150
Winter Wonderland
16″ x 20″
2019
Oil on canvas
Winter Wonderland- where you look for peace and love. The question is, can peace and love really be found there?
$350
Memories
11” x 14”
2020
Acrylic on canvas board
All memories are to be kept because it makes up the complete picture of one’s life.
$120
He cares
18” x 20”
2020
Oil on canvas board
“Lift up your eyes and look to the heavens: Who created all these? He who brings out the starry host one by one and calls forth each of them by name. Because of his great power and mighty strength, not one of them is missing.” Isaiah 40:26
$300
Art as a means of Recording
I love journaling. Painting the subconscious on paper/ canvas helps me express feelings and release emotions best. The emotional releases which you can find in my artworks include, but not limited to, my struggle to trust God; my loneliness as an alien in a foreign land; and the fight between myself and stress/anxiety. Illustrations and/or acrylic and oil paintings are my way to do that.
Breathing
16″ 20″
2017
Acrylic on canvas
Learn to breathe even in the midst of stress, let no struggles overwhelm you.
$200
Faith
16″ x 20″
2017
Acrylic on cavnas
Having faith is hard when the time is dripping.
$200
Success
16″ x 20″
Acrylic on canvas
What is next after success?
$150
Conversation
12″ x 12″
2016
Acrylic on canvas
A great conversation not only enriches the root of wisdom; it eventually becomes a great source of motivation and inspiration towards your dream.
$200
I wish you could see deeper
16″ x 20″
2018
Acrylic on canvas
Colors rarely stay in the line. Life too.
$300
Wandering but not lost
14″ x 18″
2019
Acrylic on canvas board
True peace is found in storm, no matter how big it is…
$280
Stranger of the land
18” x 24”
2020
Oil on canvas
We are strangers of this land,
foreigners of this world.
We are aliens, we don’t belong here.
$550
Parting 离别
18” x 20”
2020
Acrylic on canvas board
即使悲伤离别，亦能留下美景
$200
Listen
16″ x 20″
2018
Acrylic on canvas board
The world is your audience. Let your life speak for itself.
$250
Silent Dancer
16” x 20”
2019
Acrylic on canvas
Instead of sitting silently and watching the world around you, why not take the step to let the world be your audience?
$200
What’s in my mind?
12″ x 12″
2019
Acrylic on canvas
The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another.” -William James
$150
Unknown future
16″ x 20″
2017
Acrylic on canvas board
Future becomes unknown when the new political leader took place. Worse or better? No one knows.
$150
Self Portrait
20” x 24”
2018
Oil on canvas
How do you see yourself?
How would you portray yourself?
$350
Alive
16″ x 20″ + 16″ x 20″
(Two Canvases)
2018
Acrylic on canvas
Transformation is not just a result. It is also a process to show that you’re alive.
$400
Broken Promise
16″ x 20″
2017
Oil on canvas
Promises are often broken.
$400
Voice 01
12” x 12”
2018
Acrylic on canvas
Voice may conquer your thoughts, but don’t let any noise of the world distract you from hearing the little voice in your heart.
$100
Voice 02
12” x 12”
2018
Acrylic on canvas
Voice may conquer your thoughts, but don’t let any noise of the world distract you from hearing the little voice in your heart.
$100
Voice 03
12” x 12”
2018
Acrylic on canvas
Voice may conquer your thoughts, but don’t let any noise of the world distract you from hearing the little voice in your heart.
$100
Life is like dancing
20” x 24”
2020
Oil and gold leaf on canvas
The audience not only enjoys the dance, but is connected to the culture and heritage guiding it. Every dance has a choreographer, who is yours?
$450
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Human’s desire
12” x 12”
2016
Acrylic on canvas
We, as humans, tend to grab as much knowledge as we can, trying to reach the unknown, but we never realize that might cause us to lose everything.
$200
nner world defines the outer world
12” x 12”
2019
Acrylic on canvas
The inner world has consolidated our perception of the outer world before we realize it.
$200
Time
12” x 12”
2019
Acrylic on canvas
Time cannot be grasped, but it can be treasured and cherished.
$150
Big picture
16” x 20”
2019
Acrylic on canvas board
We may travel separately, but our lives may somehow knit together into a big picture.
$350
The beauty of chaos
16” x 20”
2019
Oil and acrylic on canvas board
Instead of fighting against the current, why not take a moment to enjoy the motion.
$400
Mermaid’s dream
16” x 20”
2019
Acrylic on canvas board
Every little girl has a dream.
$200
What is left?
16” x 20”
2020
Oil on canvas board
When the world shuts down, what is left behind?
$200
Fly
12” x 12”
2019
Acrylic on canvas
We used to be able to fly, but we lost the ability of flight when we lost the imagination of our mind.
$200
Art as a way of bringing Awareness
A picture speaks a thousand words. This category of paintings include psychological emotions, cultural experiences, and environmental issues. Most of them are surrealistic, abstract, figurative, or illustrative and seek to ask, “What do you see?” These artworks are intended to spark deep and meaningful conversations with every individual audience by providing a stage of thought and discussion. There is no absolute answer, but it aids the process of diving into deeper questions of the heart.
Even while the earth sleeps, we travel
16″ x 20″
2018
Acrylic on canvas board
Grasp the clouds, follow the wind, and ready your heart to be filled as you travel the world.
$100
Solution vs. Pollution
20″ x 24″
2019
Acrylic on canvas board
Don’t let the globe weep because of our own selfishness. Leave our next generation a solution instead of pollution.
$350
509
16″ x 20″
2018
Acrylic on canvas board
I hope the eyes of the people will no longer be closed, but opened to True Light.
$250
509
16″ x 20″
2018
Acrylic on canvas board
I hope the eyes of the people will no longer be closed, but opened to True Light.
$250
509
16″ x 20″
2018
Acrylic on canvas board
I hope the eyes of the people will no longer be closed, but opened to True Light.
$280
Tourists
20″ x 16″
2020
Acrylic on canvas board
Are we merely a tourist or a traveller who cares?
$200
Change
6″ x 8″
2019
Drypoint intaglio print
Change can be simple- Face your fear.
Unframed – $50
Framed – $60
Exploration
8″ x 10″
2019
Drypoint intaglio print
Since when have we been hindered by fear to explore like children do?
Unframed – $90
Framed – $105
Lone
8″ x 10″
2019
When you witnessed your whole world falling apart but you couldn’t do anything.
Unframed – $50
Framed – $65
Truth behind the mask
7″ x 9″
2019
Relief woodcut prints on paper
You’ll never know the truth because you never care.
Unframed – $60
Framed – $70
Wounded Heart
8″ x 10″
2019
Drypoint color intaglio print on paper
We often preserve our grief as a wound that stays as wound forever, but we can actually choose for it to be healed and become a scar that tells stories instead.
Unframed – $120
Framed – $135
Precious one
8″ x 10″
2019
Collagraph + intaglio prints on paper
Life is precious. Hold it gently.
Unframed – $140
Framed – $155
Deep Inside
12″ x 12″
2016
Acrylic on canvas
We hide our feelings deep inside. They could be loneliness, depression, hurt, anger or more, but we never know how long can it hold or how much can it hold.
$180
A life that need a mask
12″ x 12″
2017
Acrylic on canvas
What kind of life have we lived that costs us to put on a mask involuntarily everyday?
$140
Stuck in there
12″ x 12″
2017
Acrylic on canvas
Oftentimes, we choose to lock ourselves inside our minds and end up with no escape.
$200
Pick up
Please contact Sophia Chung via email to coordinate time and location for pick up options.
sophiacsh6508@gmail.com