A pair of mysterious hands with strings on fingers as cat's cradle connects human-like chess pieces on a chessboard. Two birds are hiding in the chessboard. The image is placed in an ornate border. This is the first piece of the series 'doppelgängers', which explores the predicament of facing the same situation over and over again, whether by chance or by choice.

Chessboard of fate

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Two identical birds with pretty patterns dance face-to-face, their overlapped bodies reveals the silhouette of a person facing the unknown path. This is the second piece of the series 'doppelgängers', which explores the predicament of facing the same situation over and over again, whether by chance or by choice.

The doppelgänger birds

A hand tries to reach a deep-red burning gemstone, while a lamp with an eye cries tears of blood. Two fierce snakes watch on the pillars. A thought-provoking and ongoing series that explores the dark side of human nature, 'still life of the dark' takes inspiration from historic events, art, symbolism, and surrealism, and expresses the human condition in intricate drawings.

The feast of fire

Black and white street photo of silhouettes and shadows of people walking on the streets on a sunny day

All walks of life

black and white street photo of people walking past a building with lights and shadow on it

Between two realms

black and white street photo of silhouettes of 2 people on escalator in front of concrete wall

Concrete shadows

black and white street photo of a man sits in a traditional Chineses style building in a garden

In the Chinese garden

photo of a palm tree and a balcony of a white colonial style building in Hong Kong

White balcony

Old Supreme Court Building in Hong Kong at dusk

Old Supreme Court Building, Hong Kong

Big Almaty Lake in Kazakhstan, Central Asia

Big Almaty Lake, Kazakhstan

Magnificent snow-capped mountains of Kazakhstan on a sunny day

Mountains of Kazakhstan

barren trees submerged in Lake Kaindy, Kazakhstan

Lake Kaindy, Kazakhstan

street photo of shadows of three people on the lawn

Connection is possible

street photo of potted plants in a Chinese garden, Guangzhou, China

Potted plants in a Chinese garden

street photo of a cleaner on boat in a lake of a Chinese garden

Man on a boat

abstract photo of glowing lamp behind glass window

Let in the light

abstract photo of shades of white, grey and yellow paint on wall

Hidden glimmer

street photo of red human figure in traffic light in front of display lamps of a shop

Too many guiding lights

silhouette of a person in front of a warm-toned tiled wall

Warmth of a silhouette

A glowing neon pawn shop signage above busy streets of Hong Kong at night

Neon night, Hong Kong

still life of 8 jade / green-toned vases and vessels inspired by museum exhibits of east Asian and European ceramics

Jade vases

A Chinese-inspired still life depicting a porcelain vase with blue floral patterns holding ginkgo branches, 4 persimmons, a magpie, and a cat trying to reach the table

Autumn still life with persimmons and porcelain vase

Ayla Leung (Blinked & Passed)