Chen Yayuan and the mayor of La Spezia City Mr. Massimo Federici group photo
Taiwan network August 20th news (Strait Herald reporter Lin Shaorong) in the just concluded Xiamen Artists Association in Italy art exchange exhibition, Xiamen Chen Yayuan a very Chinese characteristic lacquer painting—“Fishes in the basket", attracted many foreign visitors to linger.
This picture is only a simple two fishes packed in bamboo basket, but the whole picture composition, atmosphere, color, enough to see the use and control of an artist to paint with ease. Talk about the painting creation inspiration, Chen Yayuan said, in 2008, sketched at Zhangzhou Wuyu island port shore, the fishermen with baskets carrying fish to sell, "at the time that the very breath of life and sense of the picture, so he sketched many paintings, came back, with the sketches of feeling, to determine the composition and color sketch, and painting in the form of lacquer painting. I did not expect this careless sketch, and ultimately behalf of China to participate in various exhibitions again and again.
Chen Yayuan | Fishes in the basket | lacquer painting | 50 x 50cm
Chen Yayuan was admitted to Academy of Arts and Crafts of Fuzhou University in 1983. He said: "at that time the school has more than a dozen professional, but very fate into the lacquer is not popular professional learning, now it seems really blessed. "The lacquer painting can be used as the independent based on the painting, the key lies in its unique aesthetic characteristics, the unique aesthetic character from the characteristics of Chinese lacquer." Chen Yayuan said, in order to obtain more pure and transparent material, he insisted to his original lacquer refining lacquer, grinding colored paint, he said: "a good lacquer painting should keep a hundred years is not a problem."
Right now, Chen Yayuan want most is to let more people know about lacquer painting. In his studio, as long as there are visitors, Chen Yayuan had to carefully explain the origin of lacquer painting. When we understand the "hundreds of miles and thousands of knife a pound paint”, and method of making the lacquers and lacquer painting, all sigh with emotion for lacquer is not easily won and the hard making of lacquer painting, naturally enhance the interest of lacquer painting works.
Chen Yayuan | Chinese bahaba | lacquer painting | 60 x 60cm