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Online Gallery

A new year, a new space to share. The ArtRipple 2026 Online Gallery is where we bring together artworks from young, independent creators — students, self-taught artists, anyone with something to share, regardless of formal training or recognition.

Whispers Under Starry Skies/星夜低语

Belle Lu

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Rendered in Van Gogh–inspired brushwork, a young woman reaches toward a translucent, ghostlike figure — a quiet meditation on memory, loss, and the blurred boundary between presence and absence.

Undertow/拖影

Maggie

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​A dog dragged from the shadows, caught mid-resistance between struggle and surrender. Rendered in dark, textured tones within a circular canvas, the image feels intimate and unsettling — like a fragment pulled from memory.

​The Basket/菜篮子

Hedy

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Fruits and vegetables spill from a vivid red plastic crate, transforming an everyday scene into a rich, textured still life of abundance and simplicity.

Bye my neverland/永无乡

Zhuohan Xu

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My entrance to the absurd Wonderland.  When imagination begins to dominate my life or conversely, when it is completely replaced by reality, I experience feelings of unease and disconnection. How then, can we find a balance between the two?

​Pavilion at Dusk/暮色中的楼阁

Jingyao Zhang

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Loose, impressionistic brushstrokes capture a building and its surrounding trees caught in shifting evening light, evoking a fleeting sense of space and atmosphere.

​Fractured Reflection/破碎之像

Annie

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A Cubist-inspired self-portrait where two overlapping faces, split across geometric planes, explore the fractured and multiple nature of self-perception.​

Over-Blomming

Leo Wang

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In this painting, I constructed a fantastical world of over‑blooming. Breaking the boundaries of seasons, geography and climates, I bring together plants and fruits from all corners into one space. All forms of life bloom unrestrainedly, with small creatures immersed in this lush, exuberant abundance.

However, this seemingly magnificent scene is not an ideal state of nature. When species from distinct environments are forced to coexist, such excessive vigour mirrors nature disrupted by human activities. Through this rich, vivid imagery, I hope to provoke reflection on ecological balance, and call upon us to respect the innate growth rhythm of all living things, so we may collectively preserve an authentic and healthy natural world.

Pink Lotus

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A pink lotus blossom sits on the left side of the composition, its petals rendered in soft, blended washes, with the seed pod detailed in lively brushwork. The lotus leaves and stems are splashed in pale green-blue ink, light and translucent in tone. The right side is left largely blank, with spare, economical lines — the interplay of presence and emptiness creating an atmosphere of quiet elegance, capturing the gentle, poetic mood of a lotus pond in classical Eastern aesthetics

Afternoon in the Succulent Garden

Wale Zhao

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Cacti and blossoms "grow" from a blue porcelain pot, as butterflies and insects wander through — still life meets fantasy.

Invisible Debris

Hanya Zhang

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This 3D piece is made from shrink plastic, plastic bottles, acrylic paint, and board. Researching ocean pollution, I found plastic to be a core culprit — both the problem itself and a material we encounter everywhere in daily life. My inspiration comes from ocean waves, meant to reveal pollution that exists in the sea but often goes unseen. 

Sun and Moon Shells, Zhuhai

Yuqi Huang

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This work reimagines Zhuhai’s Sun and Moon Shells not simply as architecture, but as forms emerging from the coastal landscape. Their shell-like silhouettes sit among waves, birds, clouds, and small boats, blurring the boundary between the built and natural worlds. Through rough, monochrome printmaking textures, I wanted to capture a city shaped by the sea-where architecture does not stand apart from nature, but becomes part of its rhythm.

Intertwined Growth of Nature

Linfei Wu

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​This work draws on the intertwined growth of nature, weaving tangled lines with the collision of warm and cool color blocks to fuse emotion with form. Like vines and foliage coiling together, light and shadow layered upon each other, brush and ink become a bridge between inner feeling and the natural world. Through spontaneous, unstudied strokes, the work becomes an act of self-reflection — a quiet resonance between spirit and the cosmos

Turn Into A Tree

Sam Shi

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When I turn into a tree, I would be one full of imagination and playfulness. I will have a thriving and vigorous trunk with branches and roots. I will grow leaves that possess rationality and judgmental mindset, as well as abundant energy that constantly inspires me.

The Eye

Kiki Xie

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The single, prominent falling tear is a powerful symbol of sorrow, loss, or regret. This is the most poignant interpretation: the painting serves as a melancholic commentary on environmental destruction. The "Earth" is weeping, grieving over deforestation (suggested by the bare branches of the framing trees), climate change, or the loss of wildlife.

Coexist

Belle Lu

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Cacti and blossoms "grow" from a blue porcelain pot, as butterflies and insects wander through — still life meets fantasy.

Gaze

Hedy Deng

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A colored-pencil study of a peacock's head and neck, with layered coloring used to render the feather texture, the blue-green sheen, and the eye in detail.

POV me doing art

Zhuohan Xu

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This is my self-portrait. I often have wild thoughts that manifest as these strange creatures in the image, invading my mind and overwhelming the entire space. This embodies a kind of "workaholic" core of me during art creations, probably being exhausted and fueled at the same time. When creating this piece, I try to step back and observe myself; I believe this too is a form of spiritual practice.

Weight of the Fall

Maggie 

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Two circular oil paintings rendered in deep, somber browns and blacks. One depicts a white spotted dog curled amid swirling fabric, as if swallowed by darkness; the other, shown inverted, presents a suspended human form, heavy and fragile in posture. The tondo format freezes each moment like a held breath, juxtaposing animal and human vulnerability — a meditation on falling, weight, and being forgotten.

The absurd life of a Lily

Zhuohan Xu

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I created this work inspired by Camus and surrealists. I am quite fond of the concept of Sisyphus: the world is absurd, and so is myself. Even though I know there is no inherent meaning, I still linger over a flower, willing to lose myself in its beauty.

Walking through dreams with eyes wide open/梦见她

Zhuohan Xu

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Photos taken in ShenZhen, Macao and New York. I edited them to create a hazy, dreamlike effect, intuitively assigning them the colors I desired: in my dreams fire can be blue. This is how my imagination projects onto reality.

Memories

Sam Shi

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Under stressful and aimless condition, tons of memorable memories emerge from mind. However, those memories formed by each petal still can only exist in the realm of fictional imagination.

Flowers

Sam Shi

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Seeing children's bold and unrestrained mindset, I began to let go of my self-criticism and harsh expectations, let the painting develop as naturally and freely as flowers. Embracing a playful and childlike approach to making art and following my instincts. I then began to enjoy the uncertainty of each next stroke, gradually feeling confident to incorporate more elements

Banded

Hedy Deng

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A gull stands still while charcoal streaks rush past behind it, like passing scenery or time itself. The band on its leg, a human marker for tracking migration, quietly anchors the piece: a recorded individual set against a journey that can't be fully recorded.

Companions in the Woods

Wale Zhao

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Three vividly patterned birds perch on a branch, while dragonflies, bees, and ladybugs flit across a golden backdrop, a lively chorus of the woods.

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