The theme of this year's painting clearly states one - the makeup of desire. People's various desires are wrapped under various makeups. Desires are the intertwining of happiness and pain in life. Either straightforward or subtle, they will appear in makeup, forming a profound look of an era.
If spring is compared to a person, then beauty is the desire of spring, desire is the action of "loneliness", and flowers are the makeup of "desire".
Inches: 23.6 x 23.6 in
Size without the frame: 60 x 60 cm
Country: China
Date: 2025
Materials: Acrylic painting on panel
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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Overall Atmosphere and Style
This painting constructs a fantastical artistic world through bold colors and dynamic shapes. The central subject, a bouquet of flowers, is exaggerated and distorted, with thick black outlines emphasizing its form. Rather than imitating nature, the flowers become symbols of vitality and freedom, suggesting both celebration and rupture from conventional representation.
Color and Brushwork
The interplay of pink, purple, yellow, and blue creates vibrant clashes, as if colors themselves were blooming beyond the limits of reality. The brushwork is free and expressive, rejecting the constraints of realism. Layers of pigment blend and overlap to produce a dreamlike, hazy atmosphere, where reality seems to dissolve into fantasy.
Narrative and Symbolic Elements
Below the bouquet, a simplified human figure and a small animal appear, rendered with childlike simplicity. They resemble sprites or dreamlike companions, entering this surreal flower realm and adding a playful, narrative dimension to the work. Their presence suggests innocence and whimsy, amplifying the painting’s sense of imaginative storytelling.
Emotional and Symbolic Meaning
Through distorted forms and chromatic contrasts, the artist conveys a unique understanding of life and nature. The bouquet’s exuberance, combined with the liveliness of the small figures, produces an atmosphere of freedom and romance. Each splash of color feels like an outburst of emotion, while each line embodies a leap of creativity.
Artistic Significance
This work transcends the traditions of still-life painting. By transforming flowers into a carnival of forms and colors, the artist invites the viewer into a journey that fuses nature, childlike innocence, and fantasy. It demonstrates how painting can break the framework of reality and open the door to infinite artistic possibilities.
Wu Dayu’s Color Rhythm
Abstract rhythms are expressed with flexible brushstrokes and vibrant colors. Similarity: free brushwork and unrestrained colors, breaking away from representation to convey vitality through color and line.
Sha Qi’s Flowers Series
Flowers are depicted with rough outlines and intense colors. Similarity: rough lines and expressive tones, reconstructing natural objects from a subjective perspective to reveal inner emotions.
Chaim Soutine’s Bouquet
A bouquet is rendered with distorted brushstrokes and heavy colors. Similarity: distorted forms and layered pigments, generating strong emotional impact and emphasizing the expressive power of painting.
Alex Katz’s Flowers
Flower postures are outlined with simplified lines and flat color planes. Similarity: simplified forms and vivid colors, creating tension through flatness and atmosphere while establishing a unique artistic style.
The inspiration for this painting comes from a story a friend once told about delivering flowers.
It was midday in late summer when Alo carried a bouquet along the riverbank. The flowers, bought from a small shop in town, were vivid in color but already beginning to wilt under the relentless sun. As the wind stirred, the petals quivered as if struggling to break free. Alo remembered being struck by a strange feeling in that moment: beneath the heat, the flowers shifted imperceptibly from bloom to decay, the passage of time and life itself laid bare in their fragile form. In his mind’s eye, the street around him blurred into an image of people walking, parts of their bodies quietly dissolving into the wind.
Later, back home, he set the bouquet by the window. The setting sun poured across the table, shadows scattering across the wall. For an instant, the stems seemed to float in midair, wrapped in light and haze—dreamlike, yet more real than reality. Nearby, a cat dozed at the table’s edge, while a child sprawled lazily on the floor, as though drifting along with the flowers. The whole scene was uncannily still, yet beneath that calm, something unspeakable seemed to flow.
The flowers are not shown in full bloom but instead appear wilted and drooping, outlined with heavy strokes. This creates an imagery of “life fading and memory settling”, conveying an aesthetic of the passage of time.
The people and small animals are drawn only with simple line work against the flowing colors of the background. While they seem almost submerged, they subtly suggest a shared fate with the flowers, presenting a narrative of “humans, animals, and nature rising and falling together.”
Although flowers are the central subject, they are not painted in a realistic way. Instead, they are combined with symbolic representations of figures and animals, creating a unique narrative space. This fusion of figurative and abstract elements makes the piece ideal as a decorative artwork for living rooms or art spaces.
It breaks away from the traditional still-life approach of flowers as “frozen beauty.” Instead, it uses flowing colors and symbolic imagery to build a visual metaphor of “the cycle of life.” Such a theme is relatively rare in the art market, giving the work a distinctive collectible value.
The wilted flowers, together with the symbolic figures and animals below, form a chain of emotions—“disappearance, waiting, and memory.” This unique narrative makes it perfectly suited as an emotional memory–themed artwork. It is ideal not only for private collections but also as a meaningful gift, carrying a deeper reflection on life.
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