Ni Zhu’s paintings grow from real encounters and the poetry of everyday life. A fleeting glance, a slant of light across a street, or the subtle gesture of a figure often becomes the spark for a new work. She reimagines these moments on canvas, allowing the ordinary to reveal its depth and emotion.She often returns to streets, markets, and alleys filled with both memory and mystery, transforming them through light, color, and movement. Each painting seeks to preserve a sense of presence, holding what is seen alongside what is remembered and felt.Through her work, Zhu invites viewers to pause within these reimagined moments, to find beauty in what is transient, and to sense their own stories reflected within them.