My body of work is a series of four paintings that addresses concerns about population density across the world and in Asian countries such as Hong Kong in particular. I used murky colours to express the negative consequences of population growth, such as increased pollution and waste. The figures are colourful to create an ironic contrast, representing humanity's negligence in adapting to population growth through high-rise, congested living spaces. This juxtaposition aligns with my title, questioning if 'the more' really is 'the merrier'. My intent was to engage viewers and prompt them to consider the consequences of overpopulation.

My body of work examines the overbearing reality of technology taking over the role of parenting. Inspired by the surge of media and technology used for online schooling, the three portraits of my family express my personal experience of this concept. The contrasting lighting on opposite sides of my parents' faces creates shadows representing technology and its ability to envelop an individual's thoughts. The work's shades of blue are a reference to 'blue light', with the intent of focusing further on technology and emphasising my message.

My body of work explores human experience through abstraction rather than reality. My application of mediums expresses our inner emotions and the intricacies of everyday life. Pushing the boundaries of my own expectations I developed a passion for different mediums and their application. There is a complex balance in the rhythmic arrangement of forms achieved by organic shapes and strokes. My experimentation with the colour palette throughout the work represents the ebb and flow of my Year 12: its highs and lows, excitement and disappointment. Texture adds an extra element and contrast in the juxtaposition of flat lines and vectors.

My body of work uses interior scenes, at the serendipitous glow of the golden hour, to represent tranquil moments in one's life that may be overlooked and underappreciated. The absence of human presence and sense of dormancy are very familiar feelings from the last two years. I deliberately confined my colour palette and brush size with the intent of drawing the viewer into a state of tranquillity and peace where the beauty of the ordinary can be observed and internalised. Painting on such a small scale created my state of peace and a more personal connection with each piece.

We live in a world of distorted realities and fragmented expectations, consumed by technology, where the selfishness of social media feeds our narcissism. How often do we really pause in nature and reflect? I believe the ocean seeks to bring us back to meaningful connections with each other and the environment that surrounds us. My body of work is intended to be a protest against our escalating addiction to technology. Using a pixelated style expresses how technology manipulates our sense of reality and connection to place.

Memory is something we should be intrinsically grateful for, yet ironically it is often consigned to oblivion until you observe its deterioration first-hand. It was this concept that guided me towards the formulation of my body of work, concocting a visual representation of the indescribable and seemingly unimaginable experience of unwillingly surrendering to a 'fog' that glazes your eyes and clouds your memory. By embracing abstraction's departure from accurate expression, my intent is to implore the viewer to contemplate whether memory truly erases, or is it rather submerged, deeply, within the fragmentation and dilution of the mind's landscape?

Memories occur in abundance in intimacy, yet within the labyrinth of our minds the broader image seems to fade away. My body of work represents the landscape of my mind; how my attachment to my grandparents' home and my Japanese culture is slowly dissipating as I gain distance, both physically and temporally. It appears only the small, specific objects that I gained attachment to in my youth maintain their clarity, yet how much more distance can these memories withstand?

My body of work, Prêt-à-porter, challenges the stereotyping and compartmentalisation of women as calculating and modest dolls. Instead, the bold shapes and colours of each model's garment in my work express how women are flourishing. The work represents the women as self-assured and hardworking, fighting back against the oppression of the male gaze in the sea of black heads judging from behind the catwalk. The garments reference the evolution of design in the female fashion industry as well as the pitfalls women overcame within each period.

My body of work explores how the constant flux of life affects us all. Fascinated by existential philosophy, I examined humanity's search for the meaning of life and how that meaning changes across our lives. A series of shoes expresses the life stages, focusing on the attributes people have gained from their past. The shoes are worn down by walking through each moment of life, creating the wrinkles, the softness of the materials or the brightness in colour. Each stroke, line and colour is intended to represent the piece of ourselves that originated from that moment.

"What is important is to spread confusion, not eliminate it." Salvador Dali

In my body of work I pay homage to the Surrealists and explore the perplexing beauty between reality and the uncanny. My intent was to emphasise the interrelationship between identity and culture. Each vessel that holds flowers represents an epoch -traditional, modern and postmodern - and cultural variations of flower arrangement express a universal harmony of nature and humankind. In our culturally saturated world, overwhelmed by the accessibility of information, we have become desensitised to reality and are trapped within our inability to find a 'stable' identity.

In my body of work I pay homage to the Surrealists and explore the perplexing beauty between reality and the uncanny. My intent was to emphasise the interrelationship between identity and culture. Each vessel that holds flowers represents an epoch - traditional, modern and postmodern - and cultural variations of flower arrangement express a universal harmony of nature and humankind. In our culturally saturated world, overwhelmed by the accessibility of information, we have become desensitised to reality and are trapped within our inability to find a 'stable' identity.