This is my 696th
Chinese Xieyi Painting and
my 1205th painting since 2003and My 501st assignment and 91st painting in the study of the second phase as a candidate of Degree of Master of Fine Arts of Chinese National Academy of Arts.
After experiencing a big frustration – because of the hurt on my ankle, I could not go back my school to attend the Thesis Proposal Conference in Beijing, even though I had bought the airplane tickets, I would have to be delayed to graduate and get my MFA later for one year... I have gone out of the bad emotion along with the time by the good help of my supervisor /tutor.
Until this Monday, I could read and paint with a calm heart. After reading a book by Mr. Shi Dao(1642－1708) in Qing Dynasty (1644 - 1911), I realized that Chinese painting emphasizes that a painting should come from the heart of an artist...
So, when I painted this painting, instead of painting a pure landscape, I paid more attention to express the feeling of the boy by the gate -- His mother has not come back from her job on picking up the water chestnut, he was waiting for her back by the gate...
When I was painting, I could not help thinking of my son, when he was young, he had to wait for me back every night when I was working in the newspaper office … suddenly I felt the stones and the grass on my picture have changed alive with some feelings...
How do you think of this painting? Do you enjoy it?
If you have any questions, comments or suggestions, welcome to write to shirley@ebridge.cn,you can also publish your opinions on Message Board . :-)
I do hope to hear your good advice and directions.
--Shirley Yiping ZhangDec 20, 2016
