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Before flowing through the Valley of Breaking Waves

190 x 210 cm5800 $

This painting was created in 2022 and ended in 2024. This year, the painting style changed sharply, from the usual low and harmonious gray colors to conflicting bright colors. At the same time, it raised a big question mark about life.

The Breakers Valley is a place in the novel I am writing. When I was drawing this picture, I kept imagining what kind of place it should be, but I still couldn't figure it out until I finished the painting. The peak on one side of the valley is painted with a lovely girl, so it seems that the Breakers Valley should at least be a lovely place.

Overall Size: /
Size without the frame: 190cm x 210cm
Country: China
Date: 2022-2024
Materials: Acrylic paint on linen.
Condition: well preserved

Creative themes and style | My works revolve around the creative concept of "The land of humanity, People on the land". The people in the painting are people in nature, and the lines, shapes, and colors are close to nature. The nature in the painting is nature in the eyes of humans, existing in interaction with humans.I don’t pursue a series of works with a fixed and continuous style. I hope that the style of the pictures will synchronize with the changes in my life and always remain oscillating. The performance of the work must be in sync with the development of one's own life in order to be Sincere and powerful. Ideas are later.

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Reference view

In terms of composition, the figure and the background form a “solid - void dialogue”: The figurative form of the figure intertwines with the abstract color streaks in the background. The vertical text on the left, like a mysterious footnote, expands the narrative dimension of the painting, making the visual focus travel between the figure and the background, creating a sense of spatial extension.

Color is the developer of emotions: Dominated by blue - purple tones, the gradient of blue hair, purple hat, and light - blue clothing is like the blending of waves receding. The collision of yellow - brown and blue - purple in the background is like the dappled light penetrating broken waves. The red bug, a jumping warm color block, activates the calmness of the overall cool tone, creating a temperature difference in emotions.

The painting style blends expressionist and surreal traits. The loose yet precise brushstrokes capture the expression. The abstract textures in the background are not random smears but the externalization of emotions — like the wind and light in the Valley of Broken Waves, rehearsing flow on the canvas. The figurativeness of the figure and the abstractness of the background jointly weave the spiritual moment of “gaze before moving forward”.

Emotions hide in detail folds: The focus of the figure holding cheeks is the yearning for the “Valley of Broken Waves”; the flowing colors in the background are the allure of the unknown; the intrusion of the bug is an unexpected surprise. The whole conveys positive exploration desire — before stepping into the unknown, gather courage with a gaze. The collisions of colors and forms are all preludes to a new journey.

It evokes Chagall’s dreamy realism, yet Before Flowing Through the Valley of Broken Waves is closer to youthful innocence. It also relates to Frida Kahlo’s exploration of self - gaze but strips away the narrative of suffering, focusing on anticipation and longing. Using specific figure postures and color layers, it transforms “the state of mind before moving forward” into a perceptible visual poem, telling viewers: Every journey into the unknown begins with such a gaze — in the interweaving of figurativeness and abstractness, see the coexistence of anticipation and courage. Art is precisely the container capturing this momentary light, keeping the state of mind “before flowing through the Valley of Broken Waves” forever vivid in colors and brushstrokes.