Inner Self

J. Jie Li

Year2025

MediumWatercolour on Paper

Dimensions 99 × 84 cm

Price$5000 USD

In this painting, the soul contorts between light and shadow, caught in an eternal dialogue with itself. The figures, fluid yet fractured, embody the duality of existence—the conscious and subconscious, the enlightened and the tormented. They twist and reach, mirroring the ceaseless inquiry: Who am I? Where do I come from? Where am I going?

The interplay of calligraphic strokes and unrestrained watercolor washes intensifies the rawness of this self-confrontation. The unconventional use of light and shadow does not merely shape form but exposes the instability of self-perception—where one’s being dissolves and reforms, endlessly.