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.
Inches: 23.6 x 23.6 in
Size without the frame: 60 x 60 cm
Country: China
Date: 2024
Materials: Acrylic paint 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 Spatial Perception
This acrylic painting creates a space full of metaphors and visual tension. The vertically elongated dark forms resemble towering tree trunks or mysterious passages, evoking feelings of oppression and restriction. The heavy tones of dark brown and blackish brown on both sides act like the walls of reality, symbolizing both psychological confinement and spiritual struggle.
Color and Contrast of Light and Dark
The narrow, bright passage in the center becomes the crucial focal point that breaks through the suffocating environment. The stark contrast between brightness and darkness makes this beam of light stand out dramatically. Compared to the heavy “walls” on both sides, this glowing fissure functions as a symbol of hope and a possible escape.
Figures and Animal Imagery
Within this passage, a human figure and an animal form emerge with striking clarity. They resemble brave explorers stepping into the light, symbolizing the quest for freedom and the search for meaning in the midst of confinement. The coexistence of human and animal imagery provides a concrete carrier for the otherwise abstract narrative, reinforcing the theme of breaking free and pursuing hope.
Lines and Texture
The lines and textures along the passage echo the rugged structures on both sides. The vein-like patterns extending along its edges function as both spatial dividers and symbolic connectors, binding together the ideas of “restriction” and “release.” By contrasting thick brushstrokes with more fluid ones, the artist amplifies the tension: the dark walls remain heavy and stagnant, while the luminous passage breathes with fluidity and openness.
Spiritual Meaning and Symbolism
Beyond its visual form, the work delves into the dialectic of confinement and liberation, darkness and light. Every stroke of color and interplay of lines becomes a meditation on freedom and awakening. For the viewer, the painting feels like a spiritual journey—moving from weight to lightness, from enclosure to expansion, and ultimately from darkness toward illumination.
Ding Yanyong’s Abstract Landscape
This work employs exaggerated lines and subjective colors to build a mysterious space. Its similarity lies in how both pieces transcend traditional realism, relying on abstract expression to convey the inner spirit.
Guan Liang’s Drama Figures
Through simplified deformations and distinctive brushstrokes, it depicts scenes from traditional drama. The similarity here is the use of artistic symbols and the weakening of details in order to highlight subjective emotions, just as in the present work.
Paul Klee’s The Way to the Parnassus
Using dreamlike lines and symbolic colors, this work constructs a philosophical and spiritual realm. Like the current painting, it explores spiritual depth and uses symbolic elements to build an imaginative, thought-provoking space.
Ernst Barlach’s Night
With its distorted shapes and dark tones, this piece conveys an atmosphere of oppression. Similar to the present work, it releases inner tension through form deformation and breaks away from conventional structures to express complex emotions.
The inspiration for this painting comes from a story about a canyon hidden deep in the woods.
Ava was once a farmer in a small mountain village of the southwest. The village itself was modest, yet it was embraced on all sides by dense forest and steep ravines. There, within the stone cliffs, ran a strange fissure—no wider than a few feet, yet stretching down into a darkness without end. When sunlight struck it at an angle, the rock face shimmered with layers of reddish brown and deep violet, like a curtain unfurling. Villagers called the crevice the “Beast’s Vein,” for they believed odd little creatures would sometimes emerge from within, as if to guard the canyon and its wild heart.
One evening, while walking along a forest path, Ava caught sight of several small crimson creatures leaping and climbing along the fissure. They moved with lightness, chasing after a faint glimmer of light. The sight struck him deeply: the fissure seemed like a wound in the body of the earth, and the creatures, like living cells coursing through its blood, gave rhythm and breath to a landscape that otherwise seemed hushed and still. At that same moment, the wind swept through the gorge, lifting vines and fallen leaves into the air—scattered fragments that looked like an ancient script, a fleeting language that dissolved before it could be read.
This vertical beam of light looks like a fissure cut open between trees, revealing a mysterious inner space. It serves not only as the visual focal point but also as an entrance into “another world.”
The red silhouette and the fox are not placed in an open space, but instead are “set” within the glowing slit, evoking a sense of soul passage. Their placement inside the narrow opening emphasizes destiny and adds a surreal narrative quality.
The vertical composition and the central light fissure make it perfectly aligned with the visual needs of hallways and entryways. As a vertical abstract painting for entryway décor, it creates a sense of depth and extension, adding strong artistic tension to interior spaces.
The background, made of deep brown, dark red, and inky black stripes, resembles both tree trunks and a curtain, offering a calm yet layered atmosphere. In modern interior design, it enhances spaces like studies and living rooms with a quiet and grounded tone—making it an ideal choice for a modern abstract oil painting in earthy tones.
The central fissure, envisioned as a “spiritual gateway”, combined with the red figure and fox, creates a one-of-a-kind symbolic imagery. This work is not only a decorative painting but also an artwork infused with philosophical meaning, making it a piece with genuine collectible potential.
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The makeup of desire 6 The makeup of desire 7 The makeup of desire 8
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The makeup of desire 15 The makeup of desire 16 The makeup of desire 17
