Infinite space
As for watercolor, I remember when I was in the second grade of primary school, I followed my mother to the township to catch the market, and I accidentally found a box of watercolor paint at the counter of the supply and marketing cooperative, with a price of seven cents and two cents. Since then, the box of watercolors on the counter has lingered in my mind. After I discussed with my mother to no avail, I was so anxious that I cried, because it was a long time to go to the township to catch a market, and I also understood with the salesperson that there was only such a box in stock at present, and I didn't know when I would be able to have it if I missed this opportunity. I still remember that I used the "killer tool" that children are used to, and my mother felt sorry for me after all, and took me to buy a box of 12-color watercolor paints for a "huge amount of money" before the supply and marketing cooperatives closed.
When I got home with the paint, I carefully opened it, found a piece of glass, and used a brush to mix colors on it. For the first time, I was able to draw with colors, and the excitement and happiness were indescribable.
It wasn't until I went to an art class that I learned about the concept of watercolor, but for me, as long as it's color, the characteristics and techniques of the pigment are not so important.
In 2022, I went to buy watercolor paper and watercolor paint, thinking that I would find time to try to paint watercolor again, but I never had the time to concentrate. At the end of the year, the nanny who took care of my mother at home quit her job, and I had to take on the responsibility of taking care of my mother. In addition to eating three meals a day and taking care of all the life of my mother, I also found time to paint some watercolor works. During these days, the brain is still fairly clear. But when painting, I pull my soul into another world in a trance, wandering between matter and spirit, crisscrossing and crisscrossing, everything is full of unknowns, I can't control the final outcome of the picture, and every time I finish a work, I feel comfortable and released.
In this way, although I am in a limited and narrow space every day, I have obtained an infinite and vast space, and I am in anticipation and surprise every day.
(Text/Zhang Jiangyuan, January 16, 2023)
Work appreciation
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(Source: Times Youth Oil Painting Society)
Artist Profile
Zhang Jiangyuan, born in Yichuan County, Shaanxi Province in 1978, graduated from Shaanxi Provincial Art Normal and Xi'an Academy of Fine Arts, and studied in the graduate class of the Oil Painting Department of Xi'an Academy of Fine Arts. He is a member of the Shaanxi Artists Association, a member of the Shaanxi Oil Painting Society, a director of the Northern Oil Painting Institute, and a member of the Times Youth Oil Painting Society. Published the book "The Call of Spirituality: Jiangyuan and Wa".