The sentiment of the Hometown Water painting series

One customer recently bought two of my Hometown Water painting series.  She traveled in China during the 90s, and my paintings brought back some good memories for her.  I am just glad that my sentiment behind creating this painting series is not just unique to me, but it can also vibrate on someone else's emotional string.  Here is the poem which shows the emotional impulse behind my Hometown water painting series  

 

                                   Hometown Water by JJ

                                                   I drank it

It is my mother’s milk

Nourishing and vital

 

I bathed in it

It is my lover’s tear

Bitter yet sweet

 

I painted with it

It is my blood

Vibrant and luminous

 

I sang of it

The lyric was nostalgic

The melody melancholy

 

I dreamed of it

In it I saw a face of a child

Transparent and pure

I reach to embrace it

 So close, but too far…

 

Pick up the ink brush again

Last year I gave a presentation to the Cary Fine Art League on traditional Chinese Art. Ever since then, I have become more conscious about integrating the traditional Chinese art techniques and its inspirations into my current work. I have started to use the ink brush a lot more. It is very difficult to control an ink brush. But if one uses it well, the results are often very rewarding.