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I am. Am I?

Self-portrait in blue and warm light exploring identity and self-awareness, oil painting by Percy Lin, 2026.

2026 · Oil Painting · London, Ontario, CanadaExhibited at the 35th London Pride Art Show (2026) The first self-portrait I ever finished. For more than twenty years, I wanted to paint a self-portrait. I started several times, but somehow I…

At the Threshold

A solitary figure standing between darkness and light in a quiet atmospheric space — oil painting by Percy Lin 2026

2026 · Oil Painting · London, Ontario, Canada(This page can be translated using your browser, or 點此直接閱讀中文翻譯 ) ARTCOMP 2026 voting period: now till Sep 7th.Link: –> VOTE (Art ID#5088)Click for step by step “How to Vote” A single…

Still, I Stand

Back view of a standing male figure inspired by classical sculpture, painted with thick textured oil layers and warm earthy tones, oil painting by Percy Lin 2025

2025 · Oil on Canvas · 65cmx100cmLondon, Ontario, Canada Creating myself, standing in the world In 2016, I visited the Louvre in Paris for the first time.The light and the space there felt timeless, as if everything had slowed down.…

Dissolve

Back view of a male figure emerging through steam and soft light, edges dissolving into warm atmospheric colors, oil painting by Percy Lin 2025

2025 · Oil on Canvas · London, Ontario, Canada A moment of presence, captured in color and form.Observing oneself in the act of simply being. I painted Dissolve after a quiet afternoon at the swimming pool. Inside the steam room,…

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Close-up oil painting of a man’s face, focusing on one eye, nose, ear, and beard, with visible brushstrokes and textured canvas surface.

2025 · Oil on Canvas · London, Ontario, Canada He has always been my muse. The first time I saw him was in 2000. Before that, we had only talked through emails for a month —words on a screen, light,…

Quietly Nourishing

An oil painting of a teapot holding plants and flowers on a windowsill, with soft light and a textured wall in the background.

June 2024 — Brantford, Ontario, CanadaOil Painting This wasn’t something I planned to paint. It was just a small corner of the house. A windowsill.A teapot.A few plants growing in different directions.Afternoon light resting quietly on the wall. Nothing special.…

Between Sand and Sea

Close-up photograph of wet sand meeting white sea foam on a beach, with a small smooth pebble resting near the edge where the water touches the shore.

2021 · Film Photography · Manzhou Township, Pingtung, Taiwan Manzhou, Pingtung has always been a place we love returning to.Raw. Untouched. Quiet in a way cities never are. That morning, we woke up before six. The guesthouse was only a…

Walking Home Together

An elderly couple holding hands and walking home under blooming white trees at sunset, film photography by Percy Lin 2015

May 2015 · Film Photography / FM2 · Simcoe, Ontario, Canada 2015 was the year I quietly began searching for the meaning of love again. Not the dramatic kind we see in movies.Not the loud, passionate, fireworks kind. But the…

LOVE, we found.

Two small red heart-shaped decorations hanging from a tree branch outdoors, with soft sunlight and a blurred city background.

2015 — Toronto, CanadaSLR Photography It was the middle of summer. Toronto was warm and bright, the kind of afternoon where the light feels almost too generous. The trees were full, branches stretching wide, leaves moving softly in the wind.…

Unplanned blue

White buildings and terraces overlooking the deep blue sea in Santorini, with a small boat leaving a wake across the water below.

May 2002 — Santorini, GreeceFilm Photography Everything looked unreal. White walls.Blue sea.Sharp sunlight. As if someone had increased the contrast of the world. It was our first long trip together — Turkey and Greece, moving from city to city with…