Artist paints her way to inner peace
- By Wu Jin
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Wang Yuhua has been painting for as long as she can remember, and 40 years later her passion for brushes and palettes hasn't waned.
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Painting is part of her routine and serves as her constant source of peace and joy.
"Nothing other than painting can delight me so much and keep me from thinking over the troubles and hassles each day," Wang said.
A 41-year-old painting teacher at Jinan University, Shandong Province, learned oil painting from Russian and Ukrainian artists as part of an exchange program when she was a university graduate in 1998. After scrupulous and stringent training, Wang finally mastered the fundamental rules of painting involving color and image shape.
"They laid the foundation of my own artistic style and inspired me to paint with imagination and whimsy under the rule of rational framework," Wang said.
The exchange program was the first step in Wang's painting career. Hu Wei, deputy curator of the National Art Museum of China (NAMC) and director of Comprehensive Material Painting Committee of China Artists Association, helped her take the next step. After passing the entrance exam in 2006, Wang was accepted into Hu's studio of Chinese Central Academy of Fine Arts, a prestigious art university in China. At the university, she studied traditional Chinese painting and its relation to the modern age. "In my painting, I focused on the inner world and free expressions represented by the water painting signals," Wang said. "I learned the experience from western paintings but regard its cultural impact in caution and sobriety."
She said her studies offered a new perspective and concept of traditional ink painting.
"Water painting is an important cultural element in presenting the feelings and souls of the oriental people. And comprehensive material is a tendency of the art and is now practiced by many European counterparts," Wang said.
A member of the Chinese Artists Association, Wang exhibits her works all over the world. In 2010, her art was selected for an exhibition in South Korea. In 2011, it was shown in Provence, France at the 6th Contemporary Art Exhibition.
Despite these successes, Wang has never been satisfied with her efforts.
"I have always gotten the impression that my works are not very mature," Wang said, "But I believe my goal is correct; therefore, I should stick to what I'm doing now."
Wang said her biggest enjoyment comes from sketching with her students or painting in her studio while playing music.
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