‘Homage to the ordinary’

“Apple Tree,’’ by Jay Wu, in his show “To the Delicate,’’ at Galatea Fine Art, Boston, Sept. 2-Oct. 2.

He writes in his artist startment:

“I never have much to say about my work. They are not really about anything other than maybe an attempt to offer homage to the ordinary objects and places that are special to me. I feel that I have already projected myself into the work during the process of making and therefore find it difficult or unnecessary to supplement the work with words afterward. Thus, instead of having a statement about the work, it is more about the need and the want behind the work.’’

When I sit in front of you, I could not help but look at you with awe, thus I look at you timidly as if I am on a mission to get it right. No longer am I painting with a theme in mind or a statement to make, but with the hope and yearning to offer the proper love and respect.