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"An alleged wife" [Quok Shee in the Redwoods], 2025
Oil on recycled canvas
30” x 40”
In 1916, Quok Shee came to the US with her husband and was detained at Angel Island, San Francisco where she fought for the next 20.5 months for her freedom (Chew v. White, Immigration Com'r, 1917). Finally, in 1918 a judge ruled immigration officials had abused their power and withheld important information. Quok Shee was freed.
This portrait, based on a mugshot from her immigration case files, shows a woman trying to maintain her dignity, hair perfectly coiled while imprisoned on Angel Island, just a few miles from the mainland. With tenderness, the painting moves her to the peace and quiet of the redwood forests of Northern California, offering her some respite in cool greens and blues.
Painted on 100% recycled cotton canvas which helps reduce the amount of clothing waste going to landfills and takes 62% less energy to process and weave than traditional cotton canvas.
Frame not included.
"An alleged wife" [Quok Shee in the Redwoods], 2025
Oil on recycled canvas
30” x 40”
In 1916, Quok Shee came to the US with her husband and was detained at Angel Island, San Francisco where she fought for the next 20.5 months for her freedom (Chew v. White, Immigration Com'r, 1917). Finally, in 1918 a judge ruled immigration officials had abused their power and withheld important information. Quok Shee was freed.
This portrait, based on a mugshot from her immigration case files, shows a woman trying to maintain her dignity, hair perfectly coiled while imprisoned on Angel Island, just a few miles from the mainland. With tenderness, the painting moves her to the peace and quiet of the redwood forests of Northern California, offering her some respite in cool greens and blues.
Painted on 100% recycled cotton canvas which helps reduce the amount of clothing waste going to landfills and takes 62% less energy to process and weave than traditional cotton canvas.
Frame not included.