LEWIS H. LEUNG
 

Lewis has been a graphic designer, artist, and illustrator during his 40 years of experience in visual art communication in both Hong Kong and the U.S.

 

Shortly after he retired from a 30-year career in visual journalism in 2023, he stepped onto another innovative and artistic journey. It was never in his plan. His mushroom foraging hobby has led him from making spore prints for identification of edible mushrooms to creating fine art out of the process.

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The use of spores as a medium is rarely practiced in the art world, and 99% of the population has never heard of it, even within the art community. It is a rather new frontier to him, and it is also challenging in such artistic expression process. The result of adding organic materials, such as roots, leaves, and other things from nature, has created more depth to the art. Then the captivating forms, patterns, and a deliberate digital color twist on spore collages have transformed his art into thought-provoking pieces, far more than just the pleasing appearance of mushrooms.

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Lewis subsequently set up a home-based studio named Sporesart in June, 2024. Then applied for a few juried local art fairs, with a hope of being a part of the art scene. His art pieces are quirky but fun. Yet, the conceptual, surreal, and even the fantasy-genre art pieces have been well-received by many art-fair goers last year. 

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"The way I see my work in retrospect, using powder-like fungal spores as a medium is very unique, and exhilarating. It came with lots of surprising results," Lewis said. He called his venture a miraculous fungi journey that is quite “sporestacular!”

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He can be reached at lewie1409@gmail.com and www.sporesart.com

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