| I was born in Qingdao,
China, in 1939.
In 1956 I was admitted to the Shandong Normal School for a special five
years fine arts study. After graduation in 1961 I worked at the Zibo Art Center.
In 1986, together with my colleagues, we founded the Zibo Oil Painting Art
Research Board and, during the first session, I was elected president of association,
which continues to the present. (Presently I am: the honorary chairman of Zibo Artist
Association, honorary chairman of Zibo Print Engraver Association, member of
the Shandong Provincial Artist Association, senior artist of the Shandong Art
Academy.)
The development of humanity, especially in art and culture, is diverted in
an obvious way into two branches: the East and the West. However the spiritual worlds of
humanity, and hence its derivatives: art and culture, are inadvertently inter-connected.
In the globalized world of today, accelerated by information technologies, the
interconnection between the Eastern and Western art is widely noticeable in a profound
manner.
I draw inspiration for my paintings from the ancient Chinese art of calligraphy, merged
with my understanding of Chinese philosophy, literature, painting, drama, martial arts,
and even ancient warfare and weapons.
I believe that the feeling shown on my paintings is connected to characteristics and needs
of other nationalities worldwide.
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