“Unfamiliar Familiar” observes the way that we are shaped by our social environment, specifically the relationship between us, the objects from our childhood and the effects they have on us as adults. In the painting, I wanted to attribute my love for crayons and Tamagotchi’s combined with my fears of balloons and bathtubs to the woman that I am today, in a painted collage featuring the stylistic composition of Surrealist art. Using the familiar symbol of the caterpillar for the process of metamorphosis, I wanted to depict my younger self as a caterpillar surrounded by unfamiliar objects that would soon become almost too familiar to me, having had significantly informed my own transition from girlhood to womanhood.

“陌生的熟悉感”观察到的是我们被社会环境塑造的方式，特别是我们与童年的物件之间的关系，以及其对我们成年后的影响。在这幅画中，我想把自己对蜡笔和宠物小鸡的喜爱，以及我对气球和浴缸的恐惧归因于成为我现在样子的那位女性， 通过拼贴并以超现实艺术形式的创作风格展现。我通过毛毛虫蜕变的象征性，将年幼的自己描绘成一支被不熟悉物体包 围的毛毛虫，而我又过于饱和地对这些不熟悉的物体感到十分熟悉，因而强烈地帮助我察觉自己从女孩变成女人的过程。