ABOUT
ewse (Vanessa Cao) is a Chinese-American, lesbian painter and poet. She was born in New York City to immigrant parents and currently lives in Austin, TX.
Vanessa is most inspired by capturing the beauty of women, both within and without, through a dark, romantic lens. Having spent half her life in the US and the other in China, she has lived in and amongst a variety of environments and people, which sparks and fuels her creativity.
art is a
love letter to life
PORTFOLIO
where the sweetness lies
watercolor on paper
9" x 12"
her scars are the same color
as her nails
and i wonder what they taste
in ecstacy,
dead skin and
aftershave, bath water creeping
across the tile floor like a silent dream
sometimes i wish my reflection
were a screenplay of the fantasized me
the microfilms made by passerby
a meandering speculation of
where the sweetness lies
between a pair of
red rights that stretch like skin
shifting somewhere between blood
and blush
on a schoolgirl's cheek
a painting inspired by a poem of mine...
reincarnation
lithograph on paper
7"3/4 x 5"3/4
wanted
lithograph on paper
7"3/4 x 5"3/4
self portrait
watercolor on paper
9" x 12"
sunshine
watercolor on paper
7" x 10"
self portrait
watercolor on paper
9" x 12"
sunshine
watercolor on paper
7" x 10"