“蜂喧百合香” “Buzzing Bees, Fragrant Lilies” (2025) 絹本沒骨設色 color on silk 63x46cm I love lilies, but I rarely paint them because their strong fragrance triggers my asthma. The other day, I saw some blooming by a neighbor’s ga
It’s magnolia season again! I painted these blooms quickly, before they faded, and paired them with a large bird to match the large flowers: a cockatoo, mid-preen. Cockatoos are known as the “Huskies of the bird world”—smart,
Yangmingshan Park, on the outskirts of Taipei, has been a part of my life since childhood—family outings, youth training camps, even love in my college days. I know every corner of it. And yet, for 70 years, I never painted it. Recently, I deci
I have enjoyed using dots in my paintings for a long time. On one hand, different colored dots can blend into various light and color effects, as in the Western movement of Pointillism. On the other hand, with ink painting, the spaces between the dot
鳶尾花有個浪漫的名字是「愛麗絲（Iris）」，據說來自希臘神話中的彩虹女神，我很小的時候就喜歡鳶尾，那是小品種的，六片花瓣，三瓣朝上有艷紫色的花紋，三瓣朝下帶著暗紅色的虎斑，最近查書才知道她們另外有個名字是「會走路的愛麗絲」，因為長長的花莖，花開之後，花莖下垂到地上，就直接生根，彷彿會走路似的。 畫了一張《蜂喧鳶尾蘭》，把每個步驟都寫出來請大家參考： 先打鉛筆底稿，根據底稿在絹的正面勾花瓣，加上紫色的斑紋；把絹翻到背面，在花瓣上平塗白色；再翻過正面，用白色暈染陰陽向背；重複勾一次紫色和深紅的虎斑