Beautiful Feast on the Pond

        The inspiration of the "Beautiful Feast at the Pond" comes from Li Bai's poetry "Spring Night Feast: Peach and Plum Garden Preface", "We sit around the flowers and make a feast, taking the bird shaped wine glasses and passing them on in turn, finally drunk together under the moon." And it also comes from Liu Yun's poem "Lotus", "The water country opens a good banquet and the sky is bright in the evening". The autumn sky is clear and the air is crisp. The lotus pond glows with infinite brilliance and ordinary glory. The lotus and the water are enveloped in the warm golden autumn.

        Golden yellow is brilliant and magnificent as well as shining and active. It is gorgeous and pleasing to the eyes. It is reminiscent of rich fruits, brilliant sun, enthusiasm and inspiration. It makes people feel pleasant and cordial. I use it to express the lotus pond in autumn. In my eyes, there's no sign of decline or sadness of the lotus pond in autumn and winter. Instead, it's full of dancing notes and graceful dance, just like an intoxicating feast. "Since ancient times, autumn has been considered sad and lonely. To me, autumn is better than spring." (Liu Yuxi's "Autumn Poems") In this series, I try to express the unique interest and peaceful atmosphere of autumn in a bright and lively form by using a warm golden yellow color to set off with purple, blue, green and other cold colors. The rhythm of warm color combinations such as red, yellow and orange is emphasized, to show a harmonious and beautiful scene with poetic artistic conception, gathering my strong and distinct inner feelings.

        As Qi Baishi said, "It's wonderful between being like and not like. It would be too much kitsch if it looks too similar. If not, it would deceive the world." Although the lotus pond in autumn has inexhaustible beautiful scenery, I don't advocate simply copying it. In my creation, in terms of modeling, I borrow the lyric and freehand brushwork of Chinese ink painting with the characteristic of expressing the spirit in form to simplify the description of details and leave more imagination space for the audience. I also integrate oil painting techniques, deliberately pursue the light color and atmosphere of images, as well as endow objects with a rainbow of colors. Simple images are depicted on the picture, aiming to create a kind of lyrical appeal through rich and eye-catching colors. Thus, by means of "Image beyond an Image, Scene beyond a Scene", I can present the poetic scene of the shiny sunset, the happy feast at the lotus pond and the scenery of Immortals sitting around, as well as convey the fantastic and colorful hazy beauty.