Decided to drop the seal


12″ x 8″ Snowy Central Park 18

Starting from this painting, I would no longer use my seal along with the signature…
I have been using it because I thought it would remind people of traditional Chinese painting…
But now…I feel it is not necessary….there is no need in using it to tell people that I am doing watercolor with Chinese painting influenced style…I think the paintings could speak for itself.

Furthermore…I also get some feedback saying that the seal is somewhat a distraction…most of my snow scene paintings are dull…to stamp a red seal on top of it really breaks the whole atmosphere at times, and due to the fact watercolor paper I use have rough surface…it is really hard to stamp a complete impression onto the paper..

I might still use seal at the back of the painting…

Related posts:

  1. Snowy Central Park #12
  2. Snowy Central Park #10
  3. Evening at Central Park 10
  4. Central Park Morning
  5. Watercolor by Joseph Chiang: Snowy Central Park 2&3