The ancients believed that the qi of heaven and earth condensed into mountains and fused into rivers, and the breath between mountains and rivers and people was connected, so that the Chinese literati lived "the heart of the forest and springs", and Chinese landscape painting thus embarked on the big stage of Chinese civilization. Shandong painter Xie Chaolin adheres to the excellent traditional Chinese culture, combines the elegant and beautiful atmosphere of the mountains and rivers of the motherland, takes landscape painting as a way of emotional sustenance and spiritual pursuit, and injects his own cultivation, knowledge, ambition and ideals into his works, forming a landscape style with exquisite brushwork, elegant and elegant, and deep life, bringing great beauty to the world.
The fresh and indifferent charm is the first impression brought by Xie Chaolin's landscape paintings. Appreciating Xie Chaolin's works, we will feel the otherworldly literati atmosphere of traditional Chinese landscape painting, in which there is not the slightest malaise and haze. What he paints is not an illusory illusion, nor is it a formal symbol, but a beautiful scenery in the world, and it is the perception of nature after observing it with the open-mindedness of modern people. The landscapes in his paintings are not only simple and plain, intimate and natural, but also smart and delicate, full of elegance, reflecting the painter's spiritual purpose of pursuing "the harmony of the environment and the meaning". Xie Chaolin's mountains and rocks and singing springs burst out with vitality in the clear sky, and the pavilions, cottages, bridges, trees and bamboos in the mountains are also full of vitality, which constantly arises under his brush, bringing infinite pleasure to the viewer.
Appreciate Xie Chaolin's work "The Fragrance of Forest Flowers Through the Rain, the Wild Water Shines on People's Mind", the tranquil environment of the mountains and trees, waterfalls and streams is like a paradise, directly introducing the viewer into the painting. Across the small bridge, through the forest path, along the mountain path into the ancient pavilion in the mountain to enjoy the scenery, the viewer's body and mind seem to be assimilated with heaven and earth, and the nature of all things one, coupled with the "forest flowers through the rain fragrance is still there, the wild water according to people's will" inscription, but also create a cool and elegant realm.
From the point of view of technique, Xie Chaolin uses the lofty method to outline the panorama, uses a fine brush to sketch the forests, small bridges, and ancient pavilions, and skillfully borrows ink and color of dry, wet, thick, and light painting of mountains and rocks, and clouds, all of which play a key role in successfully creating the beauty of the mountains and forests in the early summer morning and the elegant artistic conception. Looking at his work "Meaning with the Flowing Water, the Heart and the Clouds Leisure", the near view of the thick ink and heavy color to write the mountain rocks, strange pines, so that the mountain presents the color of rain and beauty, the distant mountain peaks are lightly smeared, so that it is ethereal, show out of the sky, the flying clouds formed in the blank space are also real and illusory, the waterfall and stream seem to be singing tactfully, the sound is pleasant, everywhere pleasant, intoxicating.
Seeming the old but the real new is the main feature of Xie Chaolin's paintings. Xie Chaolin, who is over eighty years old, studied under Shandong famous artists Zhang Maocai, Hei Bolong, and Bi Jutian when he was a student, and later worked in the Shandong Museum for a long time, specializing in landscape painting.
Years of hard work has laid a solid foundation for his painting, Xie Chaolin is not only good at using the ancient precept of ink and five colors with ease, but also good at integrating the landscape techniques of the north and south schools into one, and is also good at organically combining different shades of ink with light green, light green, light silk and other colors, so that the landscape painting can achieve a kind of artistic effect of pursuing gods, so as to make the stream and mountain travel, the lonely boat, the stream spring waterfall, the small bridge and flowing water, the fishing hidden forest wood, the pine forest playing the piano, Literati themes such as Shenshan Wendao are vividly displayed on the paper in the traditional brushwork he adheres to, showing his profound cultural heritage.
Not only that, Xie Chaolin is also good at using modern brushstrokes, moods and language to draw masterpieces with a deep modern context. Appreciating his work "Baiyunsheng Everywhere is a Home", the mountains with thick ink and heavy brushstrokes towering into the clouds, lush forests, clear streams and light clouds, and ancient road cliffs, all of which are ancient rhyme. Although the whole painting is full of antiquity, the fine tasting can make people feel a unique atmosphere of modern life, and the artistic conception of the painting makes people living in the hustle and bustle of the modern city give birth to a kind of spiritual escape and short-term detachment of the pursuit. This kind of artistic conception similar to the modern peach blossom garden is the ideal realm that modern literati yearn for, and it is also a successful attempt by the painter to use traditional brushwork to paint the modern atmosphere and depict the artistic pursuit of modern people.
Although Xie Chaolin's landscape paintings seem to be simple, they contain rich brushwork, interesting life and elegant poetry. He believes that brush and ink is the language of Chinese painting, which can not only form objects, but also express emotions through them, and then shape independent beauty. He attaches great importance to painting with books, pays attention to brushwork, and sees the interest of brushwork, so his works have calligraphy and literary rhyme. His landscape paintings can highlight the heaviness of the mountains and the elegance of the clouds in the faintness of brush and ink, reflecting the spiritual realm of "reaching the void and keeping quiet".
Xie Chaolin also pays attention to increasing the life atmosphere of landscape painting through sketching, he relaxes his mind in sketching, pays attention to the integration of traditional brush and ink and realistic understanding, and uses techniques such as shifting scenery and simplification to create the landscape in his heart, so that his works integrate tradition, sketching, life and poetry, and gradually form his own style. Appreciate his work "Wang Wei's Poetic Intent", the painter uses the lofty method to create a possibility, and uses simple brush and ink to paint the majesty of the mountain, and the foreground depicts the scene of a fishing boat freely rippling in the clear stream under the green shadow of the tall trees. Although the brush and ink in this work are elegant, the layers are far-reaching and the mountains are thick, which makes people have to appreciate the painter's exquisite techniques and elegant bosom.
Xie Chaolin devoted himself to painting and achieved gratifying results. I think his achievements are due to the following four factors: first, he has an indifferent mentality that is indisputable with the world, second, he has a certain amount of cultural accomplishment, third, he has practiced exquisite brush and ink techniques, and fourth, he is naturally intelligent and acquires hard work. I believe that Xie Chaolin will continue to create new achievements on the road of landscape painting.