Zhang Wenhao's oil paintings, whether people, scenery or still life, are entrusted with the painter's aesthetic pursuit. They give people a fresh and elegant feeling with simple shapes, bright colors and rich colors, just like a graceful lyric poem, which is pleasing to the eye and refreshing.
The objects expressed in Zhang Wenhao's works are ordinary and ordinary, but his observation of them is keen and delicate, and the image that finally appears on the screen is simple and relaxed, which may be a pure reflection of the painter's perception and consciousness of perfection. His sensitivity and delicacy are mainly reflected in color, more specifically, his accurate grasp of subtle differences in color, such as the handling of gray tones, subtle and relatively warm and cold tones, and so on. , have been carefully grasped by the painter, the subtle ups and downs of the color level of the picture, creating a pleasing taste and atmosphere. The common theme in Zhang Wenhao's works is to express a sense of leisure, which is a painter's attitude towards life.
In fact, art should serve people's spiritual comfort after all. Any theme creation makes use of the instrumental value of art, so that the essential meaning of art is buried, which no longer constitutes people's aftertaste of art. That bunch of flowers, a street, a group of still life and a landscape can also present a kind of beauty, which is the real artistry of life and the real life of art.
The simplicity and relaxation of Zhang Wenhao's works are also due to his aesthetic expression and the externalization of his ingenious observation of life. His works only seem to inherit some unusual feelings and expressions from western masters, and the purity of his consciousness ultimately comes from his own realm. This is Matisse's plane color and simplified shape, which seems to add another flavor of China Jiangnan; Mo Landi's simplicity and purity are subordinate to the publicity of China's spirit. Zhang Wenhao's paintings have his own style and charm.
Zhang Wenhao's works also reflect his skillful modeling. The three strokes and two strokes on the screen seem to be pure expression, without paying too much attention to the structure and order of the screen, which is precisely the expression of poetic visual images.
The poetry of Zhang Wenhao's works expresses the feelings of China people with the help of exotic visual language, and also reflects the leisure interests of contemporary urbanites. Therefore, his paintings are always beautiful and moving.
On Zhang Wenhao's Oil Painting "Spring Rock"
Buffon, a French writer, once said that style is people. If you look at Wen Hao's paintings like a human being, they are very consistent. Keenness, delicate feelings, gentle personality, introversion, gentle appearance, but rich affection in the heart. He loves life, worships nature, deeply observes the beauty of nature, and describes his feelings about life with light style and lyrical artistic conception.
Wen Hao had devoted himself to the study of impressionist painting art, and he was fascinated by rich colors, relaxed brushstrokes and free expression of "impressions" on any subject without being restricted by subject matter. In recent years, especially after several visits to Europe, Wen Hao has developed a keen interest in China's traditional culture, and with his understanding of the artistic spirit of the East and the West, he explored the convergence of his personal artistic language, and gradually formed his fresh and pleasing, relaxed and simple painting style.
Wen Hao's creative inspiration comes from life, and most of his works outline scenes from life. However, his sketch is not the kind of description of nature, copying objects, but sketching, organizing and adjusting according to his feelings, experiences and understanding of objective objects. Therefore, in his works, besides vividness, there is also a unique smart spirit of China Jiangnan intellectuals. In terms of techniques, according to the needs of the picture, he exerted the aesthetic feeling of oil painting materials and the charm of brushwork as much as possible, using bold and free brushwork and Zhang Chi's powerful lines. When dealing with modeling, he simplified the modeling to reduce the light and dark levels, and used flat color blocks to contrast and weaken the color contrast, making the picture elegant, pleasing to the eye, light and complete. Still life, scenery and portraits all use this technique. All these means of expression, the painter hopes to bring people relaxed and poetic beauty enjoyment.
Looking forward to his more and more beautiful works. On Zhang Wenhao's oil painting Shen Xinggong
In the summer and autumn of 2006, Zhang Wenhao and I traveled to Europe together. We lived in Paris International Art City for nearly three months. Art City is located on the Seine River in the city center. You can enjoy the beautiful scenery of this romantic city without going far. For oil painters who like sketching, living in the art city is really suitable. At that time, the weather had gradually turned cold, especially in the early morning and the next night. However, Wen Hao is very diligent. Whenever he gets a chance, he takes a picture box everywhere to look for scenery to paint. It can be seen that this is not only hard work for him, but also a habit and a fascination.
I believe that it is commendable for oil painters to have such a habit. Being close to and feeling nature is a necessary prerequisite for painting creation. Sketching from the scene directly facing vivid objects is an artistic creation process that integrates scenes. In close contact with objective objects and nature, painters will constantly get inspiration and express their temperament. As a painter keen on improvisation, Zhang Wenhao obviously benefited a lot from it.
In fact, over the years, Wen Hao has created many excellent works through sketching. The improvisation and random vividness in these works are very infectious. In fact, the key lies not in the way of painting, but in the subjective processing of the picture form by the author in sketch, which is often a process of seeking and using artistic language with individual characteristics. Therefore, it can be said that in recent years, Zhang Wenhao's oil paintings show more and more distinct personal style, which is directly related to his exploration in the practice of sketching.
The theme of Wen Hao's works is mostly scenery, which obviously accords with his inner pursuit. As he himself said, "Nature attracted me into her charming arms. Once I appreciated her beauty, I lost my way home. The world is so vast, how much can I feel? I became busy and ran around in the natural world, looking forward to writing down her beauty and changes. "
His landscape oil paintings are concise and lively, free and easy. No matter what kind of scenery you paint, there will always be some literati elegance in Jiangnan. In terms of tone processing and pen skills, he did a particularly good job, trying to highlight the freehand brushwork of his works. On the one hand, this is related to his systematic university education and solid modeling skills, on the other hand, it is also inseparable from his research and decryption of Chinese and Western painting traditions. What should be fully affirmed is that the characteristics of Zhang Wenhao's oil painting schema processing have crossed the scope of landscape painting, showing its inherent consistency in different works. This aesthetic pursuit can also be seen in his figure paintings, including some large-scale and thematic creations. In fact, we have seen his gratifying progress in this regard.
Wen Hao is both sensitive and considerate. Faced with a long history and splendid Chinese and western painting traditions, he always has a respect and a piety. I think, for a young painter who is good at learning and using for reference, diligent in practice and brave in innovation, the prospect must be broad and far-reaching. Wen Hao is facing such a promising prospect.