ARTIST STATEMENT: I am an oil painter trained at the Art Students League of New York under the New York School of Abstraction.
Inspired by Action Painting (and what it took from Impressionism and Monet), I employ a spontaneity of brushwork mixed with a strong sense of light and composition. Later I found a calling in traditional Chinese scholarly brushwork, and studied at China Academy of Art in Huangzhou,China. I then moved my practice to Beijing. Blending and transforming these aesthetics, and keeping a constant source of inspiration in the natural world, has developed and informed my work up to the present.
My artistic expression is a physical embodiment on the canvas of my spiritual expressionism. I see the brushstrokes as a medium of both physical and nonphysical energy, a translation of the poetry of life passing through me. Just as Buddhism must be a full practice, so I see art as a full practice in my life-- in my tea, my calligraphy, my painting-- which is best aimed at cultivating myself further, not as a monk in solitude but a fully engaged artist and being. I strive to make my art a service for others, to offer small realms of peace, comfort, beauty and tranquility; and to connect and uplift the spirit.
Bloom In Riot No.8 2015 Oil 96"x21" I wandered lonely as a cloud,
That floats on high o'er vales and hills,
When all at once I saw a crowd,
A host of golden daffodils;
Beside the lake, beneath the trees,
Fluttering and danci
bloom in Riot No.2 2015 Oil on Canvas 70"x26" I wandered lonely as a cloud,
That floats on high o'er vales and hills,
When all at once I saw a crowd,
A host of golden daffodils;
Beside the lake, beneath the trees,
Fluttering and danci
Bloom in Riot No.2 2015 Oil on Canvas 63"x23' I wandered lonely as a cloud,
That floats on high o'er vales and hills,
When all at once I saw a crowd,
A host of golden daffodils;
Beside the lake, beneath the trees,
Fluttering and danci
YuanMingYuan No.1-the Garden Of Perfect Brightness 2009 Oil on linen YuanMingYuan (YMY) was my medium to reach out to the Chinese heritage. I was not just going after the million gestures of lotus leaves, but digging in the painful history and purify my view of China
YuanMingYuan No.31-the Garden Of Perfect Brightness 2009 Oil On Linen YuanMingYuan (YMY) was my medium to reach out to the Chinese heritage. I was not just going after the million gestures of lotus leaves, but digging in the painful history and purify my view of China
YuanMingYuan No.3-the Garden Of Perfect Brightness 2009 Oil On Linen YuanMingYuan (YMY) was my medium to reach out to the Chinese heritage. I was not just going after the million gestures of lotus leaves, but digging in the painful history and purify my view of China
YuanMingYuan No.24-the Garden Of Perfect Brightness 2009 Oil On Linen YuanMingYuan (YMY) was my medium to reach out to the Chinese heritage. I was not just going after the million gestures of lotus leaves, but digging in the painful history and purify my view of China
YuanMingYuan No.6-the Garden Of Perfect Brightness 2009 oil on linen YuanMingYuan (YMY) was my medium to reach out to the Chinese heritage. I was not just going after the million gestures of lotus leaves, but digging in the painful history and purify my view of China