I began my journey being interested in the dark tones of Expressionist
art. I wanted to create different types of shapes, with rough textures. I also
like to build layers of texture and move layers of paint slowly around over it.
At the start I was trying to use blue and white color, because I was trying to
paint a waterish paint, and blue sky. This was because I was researching Chinese
painting styles such as Classical Chinese ink works. A simple color is laid
down first, and it is followed by subsequent layers of light washes. I tried to
work on Chinese paper, which is thin layered paper especially for ink. I tried
unsuccessfully to build up layers like the real paintings I had seen in
galleries, and print over it again and again until the effect cover whole the
part of the Chinese paper.
Another sub theme is based on the artwork of the indigenous
people of Taiwan. In their belief system, a black and white snake is their God.
The textural part of the paintings are the rough backgrounds representing wood
and the earth. White snakes float over the surface of the background enhancing
the textural qualities, as a relationship develops between the two techniques.
Rocks? I paint them because of the secrets held within their
textures, densities, and calm silence. Like landscapes they cause you to
contemplate life.
Artists of interest are
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