Soft Pastel
16″x12″

Does art imitate life, or life imitate art? In this finale of my Peking Opera trilogy, I delved into further by exploring the psychological complex of a perfectionist nandan 男旦 assuming femme fatale role 禍水紅顏.

To perfect the act, the artist trespasses by bringing the stage to real life. He becomes his alter ego female role and lives in a deluded world that runs parallel with the stage scenes. With a twist of fate, a singular unfulfilling world tragically results in rejection and self destruction.