Artist Faye Wei Wei’s stories of longing, told through symbol-laden canvases

British-Chinese artist Faye Wei Wei remembers how, when she was growing up in south London, she would spend her time drawing while her siblings played video games. At other times, she would head outside to pick flowers and leaves, fascinated by their textures and forms. As a child, she spent summers in Hong Kong too, where her parents are from, creating drawings inspired by the city’s tall buildings and mountainous landscapes. By the time she was a teenager, she was experimenting with acrylics and oil paint.