Celina Liu is a painter whose work draws deep inspiration from nature, with a particular focus on trees as vessels of emotion, memory, and transformation. In her paintings, trees emerge in various forms and seasonal rhythms—reaching, bending, blooming, or fading—each becoming a symbolic figure that reflects an emotional or psychological state. Her compositions often carry a sense of transience, meditation, or dreamlike stillness.
Working primarily in oil paint, Liu employs soft, layered brushstrokes to build atmospheric, immersive landscapes. This technique allows her to convey both delicacy and depth, evoking sensations of intimacy and distance at once. Her color palette leans toward ethereal hues—muted pastels, luminous purples, and soft greens—chosen intuitively to reflect the inner worlds her trees inhabit.
Liu sees herself as part of nature—an extension of the same quiet, living force she paints. Like the trees she depicts, she senses her own being in relation to the environment: rooted yet responsive, still yet deeply perceptive. This embodied connection to nature informs her creative process, guiding her toward a deeper emotional resonance.
For Liu, painting is a contemplative act of communion with the natural world. Through the slow layering of paint, she seeks to capture the invisible emotional weight trees hold—their ability to stand still while containing movement, life, and memory within. Her work invites viewers to pause, feel, and reconnect—with nature, and with themselves.