Lotus Land(part4)-------A wild goose in the lotus pond

A fresh piece of canvas or a blank piece of paper is not just a kind of painting materials for an artist.It is similar to a little plot of land in which the seed of creative genius is sowed,and then a distinctive form of art gradually develops,and begin to take shape.However,sometimes the little plot would turn into an epitome of arena for artistic concepts to rival each other in it.

This painting should be considered as the pendant of<A wild duck in the lotus pond>.I started my work without having a set goal in mind for how the painting would appear.But the restful mood and the poetic grace should be the main theme that the primary subjects,the setting,color and touch would be fashioned into the textured vision and such vague imagery kept linger in my mind.I made a serious effort to visualize it and I had worked in a similar vein for quite a long time,and continued to work in this way as the integration of primary subject and setting remained my foremost concern.

Exemplified in this painting,a screen of lotus leaves and flowers in the immediate foreground hides partial sights of the pond.The blurred apprearance of the pond indicated at the far upper right is my intention to express the ambient light refracted from the constructed atmosphere.At the lower right of the composition,where the pond surface lightened with rippling whites demonstrated the shimmering play of light and shadow which were the irradiative effects of the mild autumnal sunshine.

I also wanted to render a new emphasis upon spatial complexity in this work. Therefore the scale-down size of the wild goose implied that there was a certain distance to the lotus on the left.And by placing the individual images to obstruct one anotheralso could signify spaces among them.Moreover,I have abandoned any concerns for naturalism in my treatment of the tones where everything is envolped in the autumn tints.

During the process of painting,I am not sure where my experiments would lead.I only know that I am captivated by finding an overall harmony which is to translate the classicizing qualities of Chinese traditional values into a contemporary setting, marrying the immediacy of visual experience with the more static,into something more enduring,something more solid.I had made every effort to project my way of thinking into the small piece of paper,and did not notice that time flied.

Lotus Land(part 3)-------A wild duck in the lotus pond

I paint in order to advance my understanding of painting.Therefore there is combination of the results of my research with the ideas and techniques of various sources in my works.

The natural world can only exist with the help of light,and it is the ever-changing quality of light which gives things their colours. Colour is therefore dependent on light. Such theoretical approach is the expressive way to convey the appreciation of the beauty of nature by the impressionists.The style of impressionistic paintings makes colours and light come to life on the canvas and thus could do juctice to the magnificent colours of our planet.The interaction between nature and the subject matters in various different and changing light of impressionism holds a special attraction for viewers and I am so fascinated by the impressionist works. Can I incorporate the mellow tonality of light and colour in Chinese painting? In the process of painting the <A wild duck in the lotus pond>,I had been wavering between the traditional values and the western influences and that revealed my inner struggle and search of my own style.

In the painting,he strong outlines and the rhythmic composition of the lotus leaves are important both structurally and from the point of view of inner order.The different size of the leaves,linking by the wild duck,take the eye into the depths of the pond where the water depicted with white brush strokes is flowing in and it is spreading dynamically and rhythmatically in diverse directions.The curvy lines of the flowing water are the amusing contrast with the veins of the leaves which are static and also define the sense of space in a two dimensional work.As a result,in the left corner the beautiful flower seems to niche in the space which is formed by the posture of the leaf.

Furthermore,the soft red colour of the flower is the rendering of the interplay of light and colour,and such nuances of light and colours are indicated in all the ingredients of the painting;the gardations of colour in the leaves,the impasto brush strokes at several parts of the contours of the images, not only pick up the structure of subject matters,but also represent the brightness of light which livens up the structure of the surface and gives the dimension a tension of its own. In my works,I left nothing to chance and this painting is one of the result of careful deliberation.