Fantasy 欣然

Over the last 20 years I have visited Guilin on a number of occasions and the memories of its incredibly beautiful scenery and its cultural and architectural monuments remain with me; this is the China of my dreams.

Completed in 2024, FANTASY, is a four part work in which I have let my imagination flirt with the fleeting images of Guilin that remain in my head and my camera.  The colour and the beauty  of Guilin’s  landscapes and the elegance of its structures are unforgettable. 

The painting is  composed with broad brush strokes defining  the river by which we arrive and the surrounding mountains and landscape.

The details  are  added into this surreal landscape using  collage taken from my collected photographs and I have made extensive use of ink washes to achieve the dreamy colours  that are the essence of the Guilin I wish to remember.

Today much of this elegance has undoubtedly  been  swept away in the pursuit of development but the dream remains.

在過去20年中，我多次旅遊過中國桂林，這美麗的景色，地方文化和古蹟古鄉的建築物，一直環繞在我腦海裡。

2024年完成《欣然》，我在其中發揮了想像力，與懷舊照片中轉瞬桂林形象和美好調情呈現出來。

這四幅拼畫是用宏大的筆觸構圖，表現河流與周圍高高低低的山脈，無數大大小小不同形象船隻和收藏的照片拼貼連貫在一起，再把细節加添在超現實的景點内，使用水墨和實現夢幻般的色彩，回溯難忘桂林的精髓。