Norm Yip

Elemental, No. 1, 2025
Acrylic and chalk pastel on canvas
107 x 154 cm

Elemental, No. 1 is an abstract painting built from the simplest geometric forms—triangle, circle, and square, deliberately avoiding representation or narrative.

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Elysium, No. 5, 2025
Acrylic on canvas
127 x 92 cm
Departing from the deep blue hues of its predecessors, Elysium, No. 5 embraces a warm backdrop, where floating orange-red and purple flowers ascend effortlessly across the landscape, with exception to one white flower. #art #contemporaryart

Lemuria, No. 9, 2018
Acrylic on canvas
140H x 140W cm
This painting was displayed in my studio in Hong Kong, utilizing vertical brushstrokes to convey waterfalls and circular motions to represent forests -- all the while remaining abstract. This artwork has since been sold. #art #contemporaryart

Elysium, No. 3, 2025
Acrylic on canvas
91 x 61 cm
A smaller painting from my Elysium series, where floating flowers ascend into the night sky, utilizing drips and impressionistic brushstrokes to create this piece. #art #contemporaryart #acrylicpainting

Cornucopia in Victoria Park, 2017
Acrylic on canvas
96 x 157 cm
This particular painting is a favourite, taking inspiration from Cubism. It balanced itself between figurative and abstraction. As one would have it, it was sold to an unknown buyer through Saatchiart. #art #contemporaryart #abstractart

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The Pleasure Factory, 2017
Acrylic on canvas
96 x 152 cm
Another painting using male nude figures to create a rather dark arena of sexual desire and wantonness. I cannot recall what I was going through in my mind, but there it is. #art #contemporaryart #contemporaryart #desire

Garden of Earthly Delights, 2017
Acrylic on canvas
96 x 152 cm
For a brief period, I explored incorporating nude figures into my work. This piece combines gestural brushstrokes and light colour washes, interwoven with flowering plants for added depth and interest. #art #contemporaryart

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Lemuria, No. 5, 2018
Acrylic on canvas
100H x 100W cm
Another painting from the Lemuria series. Quite chaotic I must say, especially when compared to Lemuria, No. 6, which I posted earlier and succeeded this one. #art #abstractart #contemporaryart

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Lemuria, No. 8, 2018
Acrylic on canvas
100H x 100W cm

There were many stages where I felt it could have been a complete painting. I even took photos. They were accomplished on its own, but I decided to let it go and continue. #art #contemporaryart #abstractart

Elysium, No. 2, 2024
Acrylic on canvas
122 x 122 cm

Floating, cloud-like apparitions—ethereal forms that also resemble blooming balloons. Mysterious and ominous, this piece introduces the newly discovered electrical phenomena known as sprites...

#contemporaryart #artist #postimpressionism #sprites

I would add philosophy to that, as art and science necessitate some kind of meaning as it relates to human creativity and the quest for knowledge.

Lemuria, No, 3, 2018
Acrylic on canvas
122H x 122W cm
"I am experiencing both darkness and light in my life right now, with perhaps more fear of the unknown. There is both chaos and structure in my works, never wanting to appear contrived." #art #contemporaryart #chaos

Lemuria, No. 2, 2018
Acrylic and pastel on canvas
152H x 96W cm
I struggled with this painting, taking nearly 2 months to complete. It is really strange how some paintings just won't come together, and when you least expect it, something just clicks. #art #contemporaryart #abstractart

Lemuria, 2018
Acrylic and pastel on canvas
152H x 96W cm
The Lemuria series was my acceptance of the landscape, following the Visitation series. Bold and wild brushstroke dominate the canvas in virgorous colours. #art #contemporaryart #abstractlandscape

Lust, 2013
Mixed media on canvas
100 x 100cm
Lust is the one of seven deadly sins, which is represented by the cow, for being a shameless animal. On the upper right and lower left of the painting, are the Chinese words 欲望, the verb form of ‘lust’. #art #contemporaryart #symbolism

Gluttony, 2013
Mixed-media on wood
70 x70 cm
Gluttony, as represented in the animal form of a pig. The pig is large, robust and wanton. The orange and yellow are auspicious Chinese colors that compliment the desire for a better, richer life. #art #contemporaryart #symbolism

Greed, 2013
Mixed-media on wood
70 x 70cm
From the Seven Sacred Sins series, Greed is symbolised by the hyena. On the upper left, amidst what seem like red balloons, orchids symbolise both greed and opulence, completing the narrative of insatiable desire. #art #contemporaryart #symbolism

Anger: I love you; I hate you. 2013
Mixed media on wood
60 x 60cm
From my series 'The Seven Sacred Sins' where anger represented by a bear, symbolizing the unconscious emotion of raw energy, necessary at time for survival. #art #contemporaryart #symbolism. More at www.normyip.com/seven-sacred....

Germination, No. 3, 2015
Acrylic on canvas
125 x 200cm
From the Vibratory Field--a field of muted coloured waves sweep across the canvas cascading from upper left to the lower right. #art #contemporaryart #abstractart

Germination, No. 2, 2015
Acrylic on canvas
140 x 210cm
"Germination, No. 2 is a continuation of my work along the thought processes of ‘The Vibratory Field’ ideas, where the landscape of particle energies are depicted in waves of colours." #art #contemporaryart #abstractart

Welcoming the new lunar year--The Year of the Snake
Music: Icarus by Tony Ann

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Ecstasy, No. 1, 2015
Acrylic on canvas
200 x 125 cm
This painting attempts to follow a gradation from dark to light, where the specks and flickers of paint dance like energy particles throughout the painting. #art #contemporaryart #abstractart

Rapture, No. 3, 2015
Acrylic on canvas
200 x 125 cm
Similar to Rapture, No. 4, this painting currently resides in mckaywilliamson.com where it is available for viewing by appointment. William has a wealth of knowledge on art and culture. #art #contemporaryart #abstractart

It is easy and convenient to react to things, requiring very little thought. Becoming aware and responding intelligently requires more than a few words or memes. It demands introspection and maturity, which is not easy to find in these channels. I'm all for slowing down and shedding a little light.

Rapture, No. 4, 2015
Acrylic on canvas
200 x 125 cm
After completing Rapture, I decided to scale up the painting to 2 meters in height. It's really different to work at a larger size that is taller than the normal human body, painted almost 10 years ago. #art #contemporaryart #abstractart

Hi Rosie, oh, thank you so much for this message! It has been not been an easy journey, but I am so glad that we have something to connect with that is fun for her. I tried other methods that didn't work.