oil portrait painting
and ink calligraphy
Oil, tempera on wood, 40x50 cm, 2023
While working one realises that the most important thing in painting is to let the brush flow. The flow may give more elegance in each part of the artwork. This refers to Xie He art theory “Six principles of Chinese painting” (5th century), where the first principle is "spirit resonance", the vitality or nervous energy, which is transferred from the artist into his work.
Chrysanthemums, 2016, 120x85 cm, Ink, paper