TSANG Wing Yu
St. Paul's Secondary School

In my work, I try to capture the city at dusk by watercolour. I use a range of colours in a cooler tone to present the depressing and wintery atmosphere in the poem. In the poem “City” by Louise Ho, contrast is used to show the loneliness of the street sleeper in a bustling city. Similarly, I present the powerlessness and isolation of the man by separating him from the “lanes of traffic” and the crowded city. The street sleeper in my painting is all by himself, sitting by the public lavatory in a marginal position as if he is not a part of his city. He is surrounded by all these moving cars and passing people but no one can notice him. The purpose of creating a sense of isolation is to highlight the life of a street sleeper in Hong Kong. His existence is almost invisible and he is marginalised in society.