Autumn is the most vibrant time of year. With the leaves turning from green to orange, red and yellow, the landscape puts on a brilliant hue. The magnificent autumn scenery has been the subject of many artists worldwide. “The Colours of Autumn” Exhibition introduces the artists’ impression of these inspirational autumn scenes and shares the beauty captured by individual artists.

秋天是多姿多彩的季節，山林中的樹葉從綠變黄，由黃變紅，叢林盡染的現象，讓人陶醉！璀璨的景色，成為不少中外藝術家們嚮往的作畫題材。「畫裏秋色」展示了中外畫家對秋天的印記，讓畫家們將捕捉到的瞬間美態，與眾人分享。

The Impressionism of Hua Jiankun

Hua Jinakun, one of the most respected impressionists in Northern China, was born in 1945 at Tailai County of Heilongjiang Province. He studied graduate and post graduate courses in the Department of Oil Painting at Luxun Academy of Fine Art in Shenyang in the 1970’s. He worked as Art Editor and Chief Art Editor at Bengang Daily since 1978.

Hua Jiankun is an artist with passion for life. In early 90’s, he resigned from his work and traveled through the mountain area of Manchu Autonomy County to revitalise his passion for life and art. Staying in the mountain area for 8 years, Hua had created many remarkable works. Traveling is another means to stimulate Hua’s creativity; he had traveled to Europe and North America alone to experience the romantic yet hard life of being a traveling artist.

Hua uses bold strokes and bright colour to record what he saw. Being an impressionist, some of his paintings are bold and abstract. Yet you can tell there are meanings behind the abstract forms, the fusion of the emotion of the artist and forms of the object conveys a special post impressionism touch to his paintings.

In 1979 and 1980, Hua received first prize in Reportorial Artwork Show at Liaoning Province and Northeast China respectively. In 1989, he was invited to exhibit at China Academy of Fine Art, and in 1990 and 1991 in Koyama and Tokyo respectively. 1992, he held an exhibition in Chinese Art Gallery in Beijing and the event was widely reported by local and overseas media. Other than Japan and big cities in China, he has exhibited in Russia, America and South East Asian. His works are collected by local and overseas art lovers.

華劍堃的印象世界

華劍堃於1945年在黑龍江省太來縣出生，是中國北方著名的印象派畫家。70年代，他就讀於瀋陽魯迅美術學院油畫系，至研修班畢業，1978年任遼寧本鋼日報社美術編輯室主任，後任本溪市美術家協會副主席。

華劍堃崇尚有活力的生命，於90年代初期辭去公職，全心從事油畫創作。他進入遼東滿族自治州山區體驗生活；大山裏攝人心魄的自然景色，再次啟動華劍堃的創作熱情，在山裏生活了八年，創作了大量出色的作品。在投奔大自然之餘，遊歷亦是華劍堃的靈感來源，他一個人獨闖歐洲和北美，體驗既浪漫又艱苦的藝術家生涯。

華劍堃的作品以大膽的筆觸、明麗的色彩，繪出獨特的地方風情和自然景觀；他的作品以印象派為主，但部份作品，介乎似與不似之間，既有抽象畫的神緒，又有形有景，情景交融，有著後印象畫作的抒情，別具一格。

1979年他的作品「鴿子」獲頒遼寧省新聞美術作品一等獎，1980年作品「歡歌勁舞」獲東北三省新聞美術作品一等獎，1989年作品在北京中國美術館展覽，1990及91年分別在日本小山鎮及東京展覧，1992年再次在北京中國美術館舉辦展覽，廣為中國及海外媒體報道。他先後多次應邀赴日本、俄羅斯、美國、東南亞以及內地主要城市舉辦個人畫展，作品廣被國內外人士收藏。

SR Gallery holds “The Colours of Summer” Art Exhibition to celebrate the arrival of summer.

Summer is a lively season. Nourished by the blazing sun, the meadow puts on a deeper shade of new green. The delicate spring blossoms have been replaced by colourful summer flowers, sending forth wafts of fragrance to entice bees and butterflies to flock to the seasonal bloom. The countryside and wilderness are bustling with the noise and excitement. Summer is also a holiday season during which,many parents and their children will take a break from their daily routine works to enjoy a relaxing summer holiday locally or overseas.

Most artists have a strong bond with nature and summer is the season that provides artists with many scenes and themes as inspiration for their artworks.

This exhibition shows works of artists from different places and cultures:

CHENG Shao Wei – Canada
DLOHUS Andrea – USA
DONG Xian Zhou – Beijing China
HUA Jian Kun – Beijing China
LI Fang Lin – Chengdu China
KARPINSKY Lena – Canada
PACE Laurie – USA

「夏之色彩」畫展

為迎接夏天的來臨，方圓藝廊為大家預備了「夏之色彩」畫展。

夏天，是一個活潑多彩的季節。赤熱的太陽照著大地，原野換上一片鬱綠，七彩繽紛的艷麗花卉已取代了淡白淺黃的春日小花，散發著醉人的幽香，引來蜂蝶穿梭於盛放的花叢之間；放暑假的小朋友們，放下沈重的功課包袱，嬉戲雀躍於園林郊野，好不熱閙。很多在職人士，亦趁著這美好天氣，忙裡偷閒，外出渡假。

大多數藝術家都跟大自然結下了不解的緣份；夏天的色彩與題材，正是為藝術家提供創作靈感的季節。

是次畫展作品分別來自不同地方及文化的畫家：
CHENG Shao Wei –加拿大
DLOHUS Andrea – 美國
董仙舟 – 中國
華劍堃 – 中國
李方霖 – 中國
KARPINSKY Lena – 加拿大
PACE Laurie – 美國

Li Fang Lin was born in 1943 in Sichuan Province and graduated from Sichuan Institute of Art in 1963. He is a member of the Chinese Artists Association and a famous country artist in China.

Li had worked in the rural village of northern Sichuan for more than 30 years; he is well acquainted with the mountains, rivers, fields, forests, soil, crops, farm houses and village markets of that area. Li’s works exude a unique native atmosphere that represents his feelings and memories of the land and the lifestyle that he misses a lot. His tranquil and natural style gives his works a touch of simplicity and peacefulness. Li employs the ‘Pointillism’ technique initiated by George Seurat, the prominent representative of Neo-Impressionism. Pointillism painting is created by placing small dots of primary colours in such a manner as to create an impression of blended complimentary and secondary colours. The success relies on the perceptive ability of the eyes and mind of the viewer to mix the color spots into a fuller range of tones. The technique requires profound understanding of the colour theory and a lot of practice. Li is one of the very few who can master the technique and persevered with it.

He has participated in many provincial and national art exhibitions. His paintings “Small Town on Slab Stone Beach” and “Path at the Hill” were in the collection of the China National Museum. Li’s works have been widely reported by the news media including China Central TV, Beijing TV, Xinhua News Agency, People’s Daily (overseas edition), China Culture news, and are considered unique and notable.

李方霖於1943年在四川江津縣出生；1963年畢業於四川美院，為中國美術家協會會員，長期從事油畫藝術創作活動，是中國著名的田園畫家。

李方霖曾在四川北部的農村工作三十餘年；對那裏的山脈、河流、田野、樹林、土壤、莊稼及農家小院和集市甚為熟悉；亦對那遍土地充滿感情和眷念。李方霖的作品散發著濃厚的鄉土氣息，和平、自然的畫風，完美地展示了純樸、親切的大地風情。李方霖採用了19世紀末新印象派以秀拉 (George Seurat) 為代表的「點描法」，運用色彩和光學中的補色原理，在畫面上直接以原色小點併置作畫，讓人們的眼睛自行把色彩混合，既保持色彩本身的純度和明度，亦使畫面色調更加鮮明。色彩併置點描法需要深厚的色彩理論和繪畫經驗，有條理地將色點畫在畫布上，形成物件的形象。李方霖是極少數有功力運用此技法而又能堅持使用的畫家。

李方霖的作品曾多次參加四川及全國性美術作品展覽。1990年，他應中國首都博物館邀請，舉辦了《李方霖鄉情油畫展》，深受好評；作品《石板灘小鎮》及《山下的路》被中國首都博物館收藏。他是中國內地廣為傳媒報導的藝術家之一，中央電視台、北京電視台、新華社、人民日報(海外版)、中國文化報等均有撰文報道及評價其作品，確認他對中國油畫發展的貢獻。

Chen Zhang Hong was born in Yangjiang City, Guangdong province, China, in 1966. He graduated from the Arts School of the Zhanjiang Normal University in 1988. After his graduation, he worked as an artist and arts teacher. Since 2005, he became a full time painter and currently resides in Yangjiang City.

Growing up in countryside of southern China has given him the most profound feeling and sensitivity to art. His dialogue with nature is carried out symbiotically through his works. For Chen, there is nothing static in his approach, but rather an oscillation, a dynamic movement of nature. He sees the beauty of nature and his paintings explore a philosophical and poetic side of life.

He takes technique seriously. He integrates Seurat’s pointillist method to best represent a harmonious life. Each point, each line and each segment combines with his enviable energy, perseverance, passion.

Chen’s works are collected by corporate and individual collectors in US, Europe and Asia.

陳章紅 – 1966年生於中國廣東省陽江市，1988年畢業於湛江師範學院美術系。其後從事創作和藝術教育工作；2005年轉為全職畫家，現居於陽江市。

從小在南方的農村長大，他的作品展現著一個長期勳陶於自然領域的人如何看待和應對世界的態度。他希望以繪畫為媒體，喚起大家對自然美的重視乃至整個生態環境的關懷。他能夠在龐大的畫面上，準確而深入地保持空間的平衡，明暗交錯，冷熱相間。每畫一次，都是一段感情；象徵背叛傳統的風鳥，追尋自我的故事。其作品均以緩慢的節奏，在尋常的事物裡發現迷人之處，在叙事中帶有一種詩意的哲學思考。他揉合點畫始祖 – 秀拉的技術，求新求變的作風、成就了自成一格的點畫派風格，示範了萬物歸一自然繪畫的各種可能。

他的作品為歐、美及亞洲企業及私人收藏家收藏。

Remarks by Art Critic

The Chinese contemporary art scene and the market for this work is still in its infancy. It has really just begun. I think the biggest challenge for contemporary artists in China is to continue making innovative and interesting work that stands apart from the crowd. Chen Zhang Hong’s work has made the exploration of his own presence the subject of his art, ranging fom boat scenes, personage bodies to pointllist landscapes and cosmo. His work is connected intimately with fundamental human experience.
Larry Warsh, Art Critic

Chen’s works synthesize a cosmic order of heaven, land, people, seemingly saying to the viewers – “What A Wonderful World.”
Terry Braunstein, Artist

It is well-known that ‘Guilin is the most scenic place under heaven, and Yangshuo’s scenery is the best in Guilin’. The beauty of Guilin and Yangshuo lies in the Lijiang River. The Lijiang River section that winds between Guilin and Yangshuo measures over 80 km. The landscape is decorated with connecting hills, startling cliffs, and silky clear water with impeccable reflections. The charm of the Lijiang River sustains regardless of time and season. The best is when the area is veiled by rain and mist, it becomes a master piece of ink and brush painting. The beauty of the Lijiang River also lies in its activities – osprey fishing, ducks and geese swimming, cattle grazing, farmers planting, add a touch of humanities to the picturesque scenery.

Affectionate landscape naturally breeds a group of excellent local artists and hence the establishment of the ‘Lijiang River School of Paintings’. Being inspired by the beautiful landscape and love of their home town, the artists of the Lijiang River School express the charming landscape of Guilin in unique techniques and styles. Traditional Chinese painting is the mainstay of the Lijiang River School of Paintings. Yet the artists sketch the actual scenery with artistic conception instead of pure ideology. The outcome is a typical southern pastoral style with a realistic, gentle and cultivated touch.

We choose 6 Guilin landscape painters’ works in this exhibition; they are He Shanling, Shen Lingxiang, Liao Linsen, Su Fei, Wu Zhaoli and Zhang Quanzhong. Painting the Lijiang River is an artist’s dream. Each artist use their brushes to express their feeling, their love and their passion for the scenery and life of Guilin.

「桂林山水甲天下，陽朔山水甲桂林」，桂林、陽朔山水之美，盡在灕江。從桂林至陽朔一段灕江，長80多公里，其間山巒叠抱，碧水縈回，青山浮水，倒影連綿，景色百變；適逢烟雨濛濛之際，山水交融的景緻，活像一幅幅千姿百態的潑墨水彩畫，無愧負百里畫廊的美譽。灕江之美，亦在人文生活，魚鷹捕魚，鴨鵝戲水，清江牧牛，田園野趣，為如畫的景緻增添了實在的感情。

甲天下的山水，自然孕育出一批生于斯、長于斯的優秀本土畫家，亦成就了「灕江畫派」。他們憑著自己對桂林山水的瞭解和熱愛，融合桂林自然風貌的特點進行創作，形成了獨具一格的表現手法和風格。灕江畫派山水以傳統中國畫為主體，用對景寫生的技法，具有典型的南方田園畫風的溫潤平和、細膩傳神。

這次畫展我們集中了6位桂林山水畫家的作品，這6位畫家分別是何善翎、申凌翔、廖林森、蘇飛、武朝利及張泉蹤。他們各自以自己的眼光去感受灕江景色、人文生活，以獨特的表現形式描繪桂林山水。

Summer is the season of flowers. The bright summer sun shines on the blooming flowers, the gentle breeze sends forth wafts of fragrance that attracts bees and butterflies buzzing around, enabling us to catch the truth, goodness and beauty of nature., Most artists love to paint flowers. They employ different means of expression as their hearts lead them, in a realistic or abstract way, and use their brushes to capture the brilliant blossoms on canvases to demonstrate their passion for life and their zeal for living life., The summer flowers are a symbol of life that allows us to feel the joy of being alive and the meaning of life! Artists paint flowers in full bloom to express the vitality of life. We hope the floral paintings will bring you joy, hope and wonderful experience; and let most of us living in high-rise buildings experience the beauty of nature.

夏天是花的季節，璀璨的陽光照耀在綻放的花卉上，空氣混著花香，蜂蝶繞花飛舞，讓人感受到大自然的真、善、美。, 從古至今，不少藝術家喜愛畫花，他們以不同的表達方式，或寫實、或抽象，把花卉最燦爛綻放的片刻活現於畫面上。每位藝術家各自以真誠的心捕捉不同花卉的性格，以畫筆展現它們的嬌姿美態，亦展示自己對生命的熱情及生活的熱愛。 , 夏天的「花」，是生命的象徵，讓我們感受到生存的快樂，生命的意義！藝術家以畫表達百花盛放的生命力；我們希望大家在欣賞美麗作品之餘，能為您的生活注入更多美好、美麗、美妙的事物，也讓置身高樓大廈的我們，都能感受到大自然的美。

A Hong Kong born Chinese, Eliza received her tertiary education in England. She has been painting since 1998, the year when she made a career turn from management consultancy to art. Having an upbringing in a traditional Chinese family, and a strong exposure to the western cultures throughout her education and career development, her contemporary art carries a blend of eastern and western cultural influence.

In summer 2011, she obtained an MFA in Painting with the Academy of Art University, San Francisco. Through delving into the subject of abstract painting during her years of study, the bodies of her art have embraced a major shift from representational roots to pure conceptual compositions and abstract expressionism.

Eliza has had solo shows in Hong Kong. She also exhibits annually with Artists Abroad, an art group composed of some international artists in which she has been the Treasurer and board member since 2002. She actively participates in various local community projects and artist-in-residency programs. Last year with the “Lines” series of her works, she was shortlisted for a New York based AIR program organized by the Hong Kong Arts Development Council. A piece from the “Bubbles” series also got selected into the juried competition and exhibition by Hong Kong Oil Painting Research Society. She has done commissioned work for private collectors as well as corporations. Eliza currently lives in Hong Kong where she teaches private lessons in art and painting.

鄭慧華生於香港，在英國接受高等教育。鄭氏於1998年從管理顧問轉投藝術，自始開展其繪畫創作的生涯。她成長於一個傳統的中國人家庭，又因在海外接受教育和發展事業而深受西方文化薰陶，因此其當代藝術作品也揉合了東西文化色彩。

鄭氏在美國三藩市藝術大學主修繪畫，於2011年夏天取得美術系碩士學位。她在大學期間一直潛心鑽研抽象畫派，其創作由寫實擴展至抽象，作品以純意念建構和抽象派表現主義為主。

鄭氏曾多次在香港舉行個人畫展，自2002年起積極參與香港海外藝術家會（Artists Abroad）的年展。Artists Abroad 是由一些國際性藝術家組成的藝術團體，鄭氏現為該會的司庫及董事會成員。她經常積極參與各種社區藝術活動及藝術工作者駐場計劃。她去年憑著「繩子」(“Lines”)系列作品獲香港藝術發展局列入一項紐約藝術工作者駐場計劃的候選名單。其另一幅來自「泡影」(“Bubbles”)系列的作品也獲得香港油畫研究會比賽的評審選為入圍作品，並作公開展覽。她曾受委託為很多藝術收藏家和私人機構工作，現居於香港，從事私人教授藝術繪畫的工作。

夏天是花的季節，璀璨的陽光照耀在綻放的花卉上，空氣混著花香，蜂蝶繞花飛舞，讓人感受到大自然的真、善、美。, 從古至今，不少藝術家喜愛畫花，他們以不同的表達方式，或寫實、或抽象，把花卉最燦爛綻放的片刻活現於畫面上。每位藝術家各自以真誠的心捕捉不同花卉的性格，以畫筆展現它們的嬌姿美態，亦展示自己對生命的熱情及生活的熱愛。 , 夏天的「花」，是生命的象徵，讓我們感受到生存的快樂，生命的意義！藝術家以畫表達百花盛放的生命力；我們希望大家在欣賞美麗作品之餘，能為您的生活注入更多美好、美麗、美妙的事物，也讓置身高樓大廈的我們，都能感受到大自然的美。

Abstract art is a branch of art emerged in the West in the 1910s that broke from the tradition that a painting had to represent something. Before that, realist and impressionist artists painted objects and landscape exactly as how they saw them. In abstract art, artists present their subjective experience and imagination of the objects and scenery they painted. Relative image of the scenery or object no longer exists. Viewers have to use their imagination and senses to explore and interprete the works or art.Most abstract paintings represent things that are not visual. Points, lines, surfaces, forms, colour and texture become the elements that convey the artists’ emotion and spiritual experiences. To understand abstract art, you need to have keen senses and open imagination. Allowing your senses to be linked up with your sight and wandering around the painting and see where it takes you. Abstract art should be admired in the same way as that of listening to music. Let the elements of the painting flow through your senses the way the notes of music wash over your soul. One of the beautiful things about abstract art is its opening to interpretation. Abstract art gives you freedom to explore the artwork and assign your own meaning to the piece. This personalised process enriches a viewer’s experience of an artwork.

Some people may think that abstract art is easy. However, painting or creating abstract arts is not as simple as they look. It demands great drawing skill and a heightened sensitivity for composition and colours. For a piece of abstract art to have significance for anyone other than the artist, it needs to have something that can retain the viewer’s attention, draw them in, keep them looking, and generate an emotional response. Let’s admire abstract art with an open mind and an open heart – let imagination leads.

抽象畫是一九一O年代開始在西方興起的一種破舊立新的繪畫形式，寫實或印象畫家會將他們所感受到景或物的美態描繪出來，和觀眾分享他所見識到的景或物。但在抽象畫裡，畫家把他對景或物的主觀體驗與想象呈現出來讓觀者自己去感受，景或物的具體形象不復存在，讓欣賞者憑各自的想像力詮釋作品。
在大部份抽象畫裡都找不到可以辨識的元素；點、線、面、體、色彩及質感成了抽象畫表達藝術家感覺及觸角的主要元素。因此欣賞抽象藝術，觀眾必須靠自己敏銳的五官與想像來感受藝術家所表達的理念，用眼睛把其他感官連結起來，讓視覺、聽覺、觸覺聯合一起來感覺，你可以從畫感應到剛、柔、軟、硬及喜、怒、哀、樂。欣賞抽象畫，應如欣賞交響樂般，讓畫面構圖如音符般浸透你的心靈。抽象藝術其中一樣好處是任何人都可憑自我感受詮釋作品，每個人可自由探索藝術作品和決定自己的釋義。這強烈個人化的過程，豐富了觀眾對藝術品的體驗。

有人會認為抽象畫如小孩塗鴉，其實抽象畫並非如表面所見般容易。抽象畫家除了需要有精湛的繪畫技巧外，亦需要對構圖和色彩有高度的敏感性。一件抽象藝術品要引發人的共鳴，需要具有一個或多個有力的元素，吸引觀者的注意力，讓人仔細欣賞，尋找作品傳達的意義。讓我們敞開心靈及胸懷，釋放想像力欣賞抽象藝術品，領會藝術家境生象外的世界。

Born in 1955 in Guangzhou, China, Huang He received a bachelor degree of fine art from the Sculpture Department of Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts in 1982. He went to Australia for further study in 1988 and was widely involved in oil painting. His pieces such as “Meditation” earned him the special prize of the National Sculpture Exhibition in Australia. In 2000, he returned to his homeland where he was appointed a visiting professor at the Institute of Visual Art at Fudan University, Shanghai and Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts. He was involved in creating and planning a wide collection of public sculptures and exhibitions. His sculpture work “The 78th” was selected to the National Arts Exhibition and became the permanent collection of Guangdong Museum of Art.

Majoring in sculpture making, sketching is Huang’s sources of inspiration. He enjoys sketching on streets or in public transportation in order to maintain his acute sensitivity to daily life. Sketching also induces his passion for painting. Huang’s paintings bear the characteristics of his sculpture works; the powerful strokes represent self-confidence, strength and passion. Huang’s bold and unrestrained drawing technique is well received.

Huang has the valuable noble quality of an artist, wholehearted persistence and indulgence in pursuit of arts. Even at middle ages, Huang still has such admirably poetic, passionate and pure ideals.

“Sketching China” includes pieces of Huang He’s oil paintings in recent years. Most of these works are on-site sketching with focus on countryside, metropolitan, flora and still objects and portrait, etc. As an adventurer of the life journey, Huang expresses his unique experiences in every day life with strokes and sculpture knife. The exhibition will also display some pieces of Huang’s sculpture work, enabling visitors to appreciate both his paintings and sculptures.

黃河1955年生於廣州，1978-1982就讀於廣州美術學院雕塑系，獲學士學位；1982-1988任廣州美術學院雕塑系講師。1988年赴澳洲留學深造，並拓展油畫創作；他的雕塑作品《靜思》獲全澳洲雕塑大展特等獎。2000年回國受聘于上海復旦大學視覺學院客座教授，廣州美術學院客座教授，期間並參與各種大型城市雕塑策劃和創作，雕塑作品《78届》入選全國美展並被廣東美術館永久收藏。

雕塑系出身的黃河，鍾情寫生。寫生是他雕塑靈感的來源，為保持着對事物敏銳的感覺，他享往街頭寫生或在公共交通工具上速寫；寫生造就了他對繪畫的激情。黃河的油畫，有著他雕塑的特色，具有塊面感和力量感；大刀濶斧的畫工，洋溢著無比的自信和激情，充滿活力，教人振奮佩服。

黃河擁有作為藝術家最寶貴的情操，堅持着純真的藝術追求，為藝術沉迷和忘我。在觸動他感覺的對象面前，他激情澎湃，廢寢忘食，工作狀態近乎痴迷。難得的是，人到中年，依然擁有如此詩意、如此熾熱、如此瀟灑的理想；黃河擁有讓人羨慕的執著和激情。

「寫生中國」是黃河近幾年的油畫寫生作品。這些作品多為即景寫生，題材包括山鄉小鎮、繁華都會、花卉靜物、人物等。在這些作品中，黃河以行者的目光，探索並記錄人生旅途的風景及事物；以筆及刀，表現了他對於平凡景物中領會到的不平凡。展覽亦同時展出黃河的一些雕塑作品，讓觀衆能欣賞到雕塑家手下油畫創作的風采。