Long Wenhui: Born in 1979 in Hengyang City, Hunan Province, he is a member of the China Gongbi Painting Association, a specially invited calligrapher and painter of the Protocol Bureau of the Central Foreign Liaison Department, a cooperative painter of Yunfeng Painting Garden, the first person of Chinese Gongbi Painting Cabbage, a member of the Beijing Gongbi Heavy Color Painting Society, a member of the Hunan Provincial Artists Association, a member of the Hunan Calligraphers Association, a recommended painter of the 16th China (Shenzhen) International Cultural Fair, one of the young Baijie painters, and one of the top 500 ink painters in the world.
The true taste of the world, my ultimate pursuit
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I love cabbage, and every time I paint it, it comes from the feeling of the heart.
Cabbage is native to China, and a clay pot unearthed in the Neolithic Banpo site in Xi'an contains cabbage seeds, which is more than 6,000 years old; it is far older than other grain crops native to China.
Cabbage was called "pine" in ancient times, which means that it is evergreen all year round like pine, and the north and south are suitable. It is one of the most commonly eaten vegetables in the north and south of China. It is known as the king of Chinese vegetables. But from ancient times to the present, the cabbage works that have been circulated are very rare. The most famous of these is the Song Dynasty Xu Di's small cabbage work "Wild Vegetable Grass Insect Diagram".
In the vast world, cabbage is treated as ordinary that everyone is accustomed to. The rows of emerald green cabbage in the field may leave a short impression in the mind, or maybe it is like a boat crossing the water without a trace, leaving no impression at all, as if it is usual enough to make everyone feel insignificant. Another extreme phenomenon is that cabbage means a hundred fortunes, means innocence, but there is a universal cultural value among the people of the whole country. In particular, jade cabbage carving ornaments can be seen everywhere, whether it is the ordinary home of the common people or the family of the high-ranking officials and nobles.
However, from ancient times to the present, the fine works of cabbage in the Field of Chinese Gongbi Painting are very scarce, and they exist a bit like a blank.
And I, since I was a child, have loved the cabbage in the field. Personally, I think that cabbage is actually the most complex flower in the world, and it is a natural work. Its shape and veins are intricate, and they contain the power of various lines twisted into one. It can stretch out and dance on all sides, and it can love each other, thousands of layers, and embrace into one heart. The familiar cascading of cabbage leaves is uncommon in other species.
Another extreme beauty of cabbage, whether it is its exterior or its core, is as colorful as jade, green or white or bright yellow. Green is the beginning of life, and every green leaf in nature is rich in water and nourishes life. The green of cabbage is the flower of thousands of plants. It is emerald like green and white, flowing with temperament and elegance.
Rich and moist, the cleanest transitional fusion in the world is interpreted between green, white, green and yellow. Especially after the rain or after dew frost, green as the sea like ice. And the clusters of small yellow flowers from the cabbage, each like a holy lamp, like a fairy with light yellow silk... Looking at the beauty of cabbage and the holy green of cabbage, how can you not be melted by its delicate water green.
I see cabbage as jade, gentle and elegant, like transparent pure water, as a source of gentleness, after the rain, as a gem... It is the most beautiful flower in the soul, ordinary and extraordinary.
How to draw the love of your heart.
With a belief in beauty and devotion to nature, let yourself be in sync with the cabbage. Accompany sketching, close up,, and even take a magnifying glass to the vegetable field to find its clues. Feel the vitality of each of its veins, feel its warm jade breath...
There are cracks in everything, and that is where light and shadow shine in. Everything has a soul, and every drop of emerald green is the moisture of life. Life is like a song, life is like an art. Cabbage is the most beautiful flower in my pen, and it is also the heart of my painting, the song of life.
I think that a painting, which can be above the artistic conception and pen and ink and formal language, should be the vitality, the picture will breathe, so that the painting is like water, flowing with the source of life and vitality. The leaves are always concerned, and the ones are long and dependent. The green in life is like a flower... I will continue to work hard to paint where I can.