by Billy Anania 
Greenpoint artist Dawei Wang’s work was ahead of its time in a pre-COVID world. That is, his gorgeous landscape paintings have long portrayed solitary people in sweeping fields and desolate cities. In January 2020, he presented many of these works at YUI Gallery on the Lower East Side. The exhibition was eerily poignant, closing mere weeks before lockdown.
The artist’s lush oeuvre resonates differently just one year later. Soft blue, green, and yellow hues permeate…
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Contemplating… it was first the “thinker”…
But decisions cannot be sought in such anymore.
I am quick on my feet as to be expected in society today…
Give me art that explains such?
Love, family, employment?
I am a commodity sought, just recently discovered….
It shall and always will be due to a ray of light.
They call me Sunny, no where near my given name, Tara…
Inspiring is what I seek!