Where Art meets Engineering
I’ve always loved to draw and sketch since I can remember, but never had the patience to paint. That all changed when I gave it another chance in college.
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Highlights From My Gallery
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Where Stars are Born, 2020
Acrylic on canvas, 16” x 20”
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Sydney Opera House, 2020
Acrylic & oil on canvas, 16” x 20”
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Australian Wave, 2021
Acrylic on canvas board, 11” x 14”
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Norway, 2020
Acrylic on canvas, 16” x 20”
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Dumbo, Brooklyn - NYC, 2022
Acrylic on canvas, 18” x 24”
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Devil's Bridge - Sedona, AZ, 2021
Acrylic on canvas, 16” x 20”
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Antelope Canyon, Sedona, AZ, 2021
Acrylic on canvas, 18” x 24”
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Chureito Pagoda, Mt. Fuji, 2020
Acrylic on canvas, 16” x 20”
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Pagoda, Miyajima Island, 2021
Acrylic on canvas board, 9” x 12”
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Itsukushima Shrine, Miyajima, 2021
Acrylic on canvas, 16” x 20”
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Koi!, 2022
Oil on canvas, 18” x 24”
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Hiroshima Sunrise, 2020
Oil on canvas board, 9” x 12”
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Tokyo Skytree, 2021
Acrylic on canvas, 18” x 24”
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Arrival of the Birds, 2022
Acrylic on canvas, x4 - 12” x 24”
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Baseball, 2021
Acrylic on canvas, 16” x 20”
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NYC Skyline, 2020
Acrylic on canvas board, 9” x 12”
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Beacon Hill, MA, 2023
Acrylic on canvas, 9” x 12”
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Sunset in Jamaica, 2020
Acrylic on canvas board, 9” x 12”
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Boston Seaport, 2024
Acrylic on canvas, 18” x 24”
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Surfing Dolphins, 2021
Acrylic & oil on canvas, 16” x 20”
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Boston Sand and Gravel, 2023
Acrylic on canvas, 24” x 36”
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Fluffy, 2022
Acrylic on canvas, 5” x 7”
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Simba, 2022
Acrylic on canvas, 5” x 7”
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Solitude, 2021
Acrylic on canvas, 16” x 20”
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Vermont, 2020
Acrylic on canvas, 16” x 20”
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Preikestolen, Norway, 2020
Acrylic on canvas board, 14” x 18”
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Boston Harbor, 2020
Oil on canvas board, 9” x 12”
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Himalayas, Nepal, 2021
Acrylic on canvas, 16” x 20”
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Copenhagen, Denmark, 2024
Oil on canvas, 12” x 24”
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Cherry Blossoms, 2021
Acrylic on canvas, x2 - 9” x 12”
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Fenway Park, 2023
Acrylic on canvas, 12” x 24”
Visit @jfong.paints on Instagram for all paintings
Behind the Canvas…
Since my first painting, I’ve always been proud and satisfied with each project. I think part of that is because I didn’t have any expectations when I started. I just wanted to see where painting could take me. It’s only when I look back at my old work where I see how much I’ve improved. Here are some memorable projects that I felt were milestones.
Autumn Baseball, 2020 - Acrylic on canvas, 11” x 14”
Up to this point, I had finished around two dozen paintings, but I always completed them in one sitting. This is the first painting that took multiple days, as being patient with the detailing and texturing was all new to me. However, I loved the process and it resulted in my favorite painting at the time. It was inspired by a photo I had taken in my front yard years ago, and using my own photos as references would become a staple of my art moving forward.
I will never get tired of painting the night sky and the Milky Way Galaxy. It’s what I first started painting years ago, and it’s what I started using as a baseline to track my growth. From painting the same subject multiple times, I’ve noticed how much more efficient and simple the process feels. The colors, blending, and texturing no longer frustrates me as it once did. See my photography page for more musings about the Milky Way.
Mini Galaxy, 2023 - Acrylic on canvas, 6” x 6”
Chureito Pagoda, 2020 - Acrylic on canvas, 16” x 20”
Not only was this the largest painting I had done at the time, but it was also my first painting on stretched canvas (All previous paintings were on canvas board). To get the proportions and dimensions accurate, I carefully sketched out the Pagoda beforehand. When calculating and scaling the dimensions, this is where I started to feel the art meet engineering. The 16” x 20” canvas would become my most popular canvas size for years.
Fenway Park, Boston, 2023 - Acrylic on canvas, 12” x 24”
I take a lot of pride in finishing what I start. There’s only been a handful of paintings that I couldn’t get myself to finish and this was almost one of them. I started this in 2021 at home in New York, and it left untouched for two years. Everything about it was intimidating: the grass, the fans in the stands, the lighting, the sky… and for a while I left it in its “Ugly phase”. Eventually I got the courage to take another stab at it and couldn’t be happier with the result. To this day, it is the most intricate painting I’ve done.
Australian Wave, 2020 - Acrylic on canvas board, 11” x 14”
Australian Wave (Makeover), 2021 - Acrylic on canvas board, 11” x 14”
After finishing up a painting of Norway, I couldn’t help but look back at this old one of Australia and give it a makeover, especially the rocks. This is the first I completely redid a painting, and the difference a year makes still blows my mind. If one good thing came out from Covid-19, it was having plenty of time to create and refine my skills in a short period of time.