Water Studies

2026

This series uses water as both vessel and portal, a threshold where presence is felt rather than explained. In Jungian psychology, water is the most primal symbol of the unconscious: the reservoir of our inner life's unknowable depths. This series holds  what cannot be spoken but is always felt. The series unfolds in two parts. The first depicts water in its literal form, guided by my darling dog Jupiter, who navigates with ease through emotional waters that are at times stirred, at times calm.

The water's surface acts as a mirror, visualizing the passage of time through the traces of wind and light moving across the water. The second part turns entirely inward, using abstract texture and color as emotional language. Each work flows like emotion itself, without fixed direction, in a state of constant flux that cannot be frozen, yet also serving as reflections upon the water's surface.

Together, the two parts are an invitation to turn inward, to meet what has been quietly moving beneath the surface, to become aware of what is felt, and to return, however briefly, to the present moment.

No.9 Summer in Italy, 2026

Oil on canvas
20 × 24 inch

No.5 Summer in Italy, 2026

Oil on canvas
20 × 24 inch

No. 7 Summer in Italy, 2026

Oil on canvas
20 × 24 inch

No.8 Summer in Italy, 2026

Oil on canvas
20 × 24 inch

No.6 Summer in Italy, 2026

Oil on canvas
20 × 20 inch

Dancing Lights, 2026

Oil on canvas
20 × 20 inch

Winter in Central Park no. 1, 2026

Oil on canvas
16 × 12 inch

Winter in Central Park no. 2, 2026

Oil on canvas
16 × 12 inch

Winter in Central Park no. 3, 2026

Oil on canvas
24 × 20 inch

No.4 Winter in Maui, 2026

Oil on canvas
16 × 12 inch

No.10 Summer in Italy, 2026

Oil on canvas
36 × 43.5 inch

A Windy Day, 2026

Oil on canvas
24 × 20 inch

Unspoken Feelings no. 1, 2026

Oil on canvas
20 × 20 inch

Unspoken Feelings no. 2, 2026

Oil on canvas
24 × 20 inch

Unspoken Feelings no. 3, 2026

Oil on canvas
12 × 16 inch

Unspoken Feelings no. 4, 2026

Oil on canvas
20 × 24 inch

Unspoken Feelings no. 5, 2026

Oil on canvas
20 × 24 inch

Group Exhibition

April 25th - May 8th 2026
Umaisima
Taipei, Taiwan

Flow as a Form of Inner Reflection.

Flowing Feelings presents paintings by mosswater and Emilie Liu, exploring water and the emotional landscape it carries. mosswater’s Black Spring emerges from an unhealed inner state. Introspection is like gazing into dark water—images drift, and truth flickers into view. Unnamed feelings move through flow and reflection, where viewing becomes a dialogue with the self. Perception shifts in flux, and to see oneself is to recognize form within instability. Through the Atomic Girl’s transformation, the work opens a perceptual field—inviting viewers into an inner flow where hidden messages surface and meet the present self. Guided by Liu’s darling dog Jupiter, who navigates with ease through emotional waters that are at times stirred, at times calm. The water’s surface acts as a mirror, visualizing the passage of time through the traces of wind and light moving across the water. The second part turns entirely inward, using abstract texture and color as emotional language. Each work flows like emotion itself, without fixed direction, in a state of constant flux that cannot be frozen, yet also serving as reflections upon the water’s surface. Through the Atomic Girl’s journey and Jupiter’s guidance, this exhibition invites viewers into the artists’ sensorial worlds, while opening a path inward to encounter their own.

Link to mosswater’s work