Blue Hostas no.1458

Description

My aim is to balance the interaction between form and space, as well as ink and paper.  By Capturing the natural spontaneity of Chinese brushwork with a western approach to color and aesthetics my goal is to transcend a traditional art form.

To better understand the style of painting we can look at the teaching of my two masters.  The basic philosophy of painting was established by Master Lin and her emphasis on the balance between form and space.  This means that the empty space of Master Lin’s paintings have the same importance as the plum blossom branch which reaches across the void.  This gives the paintings the feeling of boundlessness and timelessness.  In great Chinese paintings a perfect balance exists between shapes and the void which defines them and these works are said to have Chi.  Within the same frame, we see the influence of Master Cai and his “rhythmic abstractions.”  Rhythmic abstractions are modern Chinese brushstrokes that lend texture, depth and density to a painting.  Master Cai has mastered this technique and his landscapes or trees appear to vibrate with life.  By combining the teachings of two masters, I have developed a style which embraces ancient yet sophisticated concepts of emptiness as well as contemporary brushstrokes which lends my work “life-movement.”