Author / Liyuanfen
Aesthetes Lizehou ever said:”Secular and sacred can understand each other, cause the great love communicate between of us.” This sentence said about poet Cangyangjiacuo, in his heart, all people admire, inferior to a cup of barley wine; lonely life, inferior to enjoy the gladness of the world. More than three hundred years ago, the 25 years old poet Cangyangjiacuo, disappeared in Qinghai lake, just leave poetry until now. more than one hundred year, also have an old man, always think that he is a farmer till death, “Although came into city, can not take off bumpkin’s hat”, he is Qibaishi, a world-class master of artist from Hunan Xiangtan. I think, whatever where I stand, nature is the artist’s most sacred, dearest point. Today I have a chance to stand in front of another Xiangtan famer——He Yang’s paintings, his painting is silly, warm, spiritual, simple, instinctive quality, can reflect the artist singleness of mind at the most.
He Yang | 《Overlook cloud mountain 》 | Traditional Chinese landscape | 360 × 150cm
Someone says, “Bully” is Hunan people’s overall character, the character is “determined direction never look back”, very proud and persistent, He Yang has such “reckless” in his character, but his “reckless” is a kind of “silly”, He Yang didn’t study in regular academy, but his begin to contact calligraphy and painting in ancient books as a child. He can take rare ancient books handed from ancestors for fold paper planes, and also sent antiquities of Ming and Qing dynasty to other people readily. Mr. He Yang’s family has a long history, affected by forefathers and heard since childhood. He Yang has not leisure time, but after finished the work of field, study and practice calligraphy and painting very hard every day. His “silly and reckless” is: walk alone on the way so many year, even though he can’t know the direction of future, willing to endure ridicule and ironic from around, “silly and reckless” is everywhere in his works, he paint in various ways, and also use variety of ink to paint. He doesn’t talks over my head, he paint mountains are mountains, paint water is water, he doesn’t hidebound, straight to express in his works, combined together.
He Yang | 《Afterglow》| JiaoMo painting | 45 × 50cm
Mencius tells us, “Enrichment is beauty, enrichment and splendor are the most”. read his sunshine stories before read his paintings, let warm enrich his beauty of his works. He can change money for grain and oil send to loneliness elderly in the village, cause he heard an old man will go hungry from people’s gossip, he was able to organize a group of art lovers among farmers’ children, found “Sunshine art fund”, help more young people that love art but can’t afford to learn art to achieve their dreams, in fact, He Yang’s sunshine stories have spread from the village to the town, and spread to the provincial capital, more and more people begin to know his stories, clear to him. Some for his meritorious deed largesse, some for his album inscribed. I think, his works has overcome the interest of pen and ink, and cultural attributes, full of warm personality and the glory of human nature.
He Yang | 《Source of mind》 | The traditional Chinese painting landscape | 45x48cm
He Yang doesn’t create schemata, less speaking style, a bamboo tube brush paint all pretty sceneries of the world. There are sceneries of mountains and waters, and careless rural view, and sentimental fishing scene, and beautiful mountain and precipice. He Yang’s paintings are “broad, thick, miscellaneous”, color landscapes are “ wide and not empty”, JiaoMo landscapes are “secret and not numerous”, color ink for use “miscellaneous and brilliant”, he can integrate these together, it serves to show his spiritual temperament. The spiritual, blocked the change, is in distress. The spirit of He Yang in his works is self-evident, He was able to paint wandering from traditional and modern, he can use different style in his subject, fully show his traits and temperaments.
He Yang | 《Spring in March willows green》 | Traditional Chinese painting | 68x138cm Full four feet long
He Yang is ecru painter, his story, his experience, his pursuit of spirit be able to moved everyone. His work filled with warm sunshine, and silly and reckless character, and full of spiritual consciousness, his paintings are enrich and broad.