The process I am working with right now is adopted from my last work, The Living and Non-Living – a work being exhibited at the senior show which I have no chance to attend and witness due to moving.The process is simple, I lay the paper in a water tank and let water took over the color mapping. Then after it is dried, I add my own strokes on it and try to let both the human factor of my strokes and the natural fatcor – the texture created by water exist together in harmony.
It is seemingly simple, but I feel working in this way, my work can best represent my philosophy of art: the address of the human should exist in harmony with natural and the ability of being adoptive to the given natural environment, that is being intuitive.
I also borrowed the traditional Chinese painting approach and figured out a true extension of this tradition that I have faith in. While combining the western material – watercolor and eastern painting philosophy, it is not necessary to mimic the look of the traditional chinese painting to capture the essence of it. I believe as long as my painting is done in a way that it helps provide the comtemplative mind with a ground of reflection for self-cultivation, it is a successful piece as being an extension of traditional Chinese painting.
[tags]art, watercolor, painting, artist, journal[/tags]
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Wow. That’s really pretty. What a cool concept.