The Avenue Gallery is thrilled to announce
LUMINOUS
The solo exhibition of landscape painter
Bi Yuan Cheng
October 27 - November 7, 2013
Opening Reception 12-3pm on October 27
LUMINOUS: radiating, or reflecting light - the iconic quality of Chinese Art Master Bi Yuan Cheng's landscapes. His crisp brushstrokes and warm colour palette set the mood for an awakening; an awakening of the spirit in nature, and in all of us.
Cheng's paintings bring the longstanding tradition of Chinese landscape painting to our West Coast shores. He reaches back in time to the Tang Dynasty where the purpose of landscape painting was not to reproduce exactly the appearance of nature, but rather to grasp an emotion or atmosphere so as to catch the rhythm of nature. Cheng departs from this tradition in his embracing of the bold colours of the Pacific Northwest, resulting in a body of work that is, uniquely, both of a Chinese tradition and a Canadian environment.
The bold beauty of Cheng's canvasses delight and enchant.
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