About My Painting

What do I want to present my painting? What sustains me to continue painting, despite the pressures of practicality and financial matters? Day and night, I indulge in my feelings about art and constantly infuse them into my thoughts. Although the way towards art is filled with failures and pangs of helplessness on how to go forward, each time I achieved a breakthrough I felt encouraged to expand my spiritual vista. As I improved in my techniques and vision, I felt more and more charmed by things beautiful. May this blood circulating in me, charmed by an enchanted potion, continue to flow towards eternity. May it leave behind paintings as witnesses, such that those who share the same beautiful dream may too feel inspired. That would already be sufficient.

I can still recall those days when the idea of learning how to paint was just a random idea that flashed in my mind; if you enjoy looking at printings, why not paint them yourself? The idea drove me to visit an art supply to buy painting materials. I started learning at night and in my spare time. Right from the very beginning, I faced difficulties on how I was to go about printing. The question of who to ask for guidance came to my mind, yet after spending several days thinking about the question, I decided to learn by myself. That way I'd develop my own style. I avidly poured into books on watercolor painting. After three years of self-study and practice, including trips to Europe and the United States in search of more materials on watercolors, I finally began my artistic creation. At first, my works showed signs of a beginner. Slowly, I developed my own style of expressions.

It may sound simple but the pains of the learning process and the anxieties of slow improvement gripped my heart all along. I have come a long way since then. Being able to present my paintings and share them with others is a real joy in life.