Along Willow Pass Road in Concord sits a parking structure beaming with a artistic celebration reflecting the Bay Area's Asian-American culture.
CONCORD -- Along Willow Pass Road sits a parking structure beaming with a artistic celebration reflecting the Bay Area's Asian-American culture. -- honoring Chinese New Year and the Year of the Rabbit.
"I painted an Asian woman with swallows flying around her," explains Ding. "I think it was a great experience because I think it became a fabric of their neighborhood." She says it has been challenging at times in her career to be a young woman and person of color in a historically male-dominated industry. But being underestimated is what has fueled her passion to continue to paint, knowing she can pave the way for all kinds of people and artists.
"My parents are Chinese immigrants," Ding said. "As our many people who come to America. For me it is about both a homecoming just like the sense of belonging and family but also new beginnings and new opportunities. Like my own parents had a lot of opportunity in the US so I am just really grateful for that and I just want to honor my own ancestors and my like my own path as an Asian American.
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