Ma favourite art.... yoohoooo...~~~

~@ pr3ci0us tr1p~

Background on Zhang Zhou

Ø Nationality
Chinese (China)
Ø Born:
1956, He Bei (According to most of the Chinese websites, I have checked, they all say he was born in HeBei however the Art Gallery put he was born in Beijing!!)

The society/ association that he joined:
Ø Member of China Artist Association
Ø Member of China Oil Painting Society
Ø Community member of Liaoning Oil Painting Society
Ø Member of Liaoning Graphic Novel Association

He used the western way of drawing techniques (oil painting) and painted paintings that are based on East artistry. His artwork is very inspiring, in the sense that the texture, colour, position and lines on the work that he drew. I realise one thing as I look through his artwork, he likes to draw an object, a person a something in the middle. For example, Jumbo Elephant, Moon on plateau, and the one that I like, which is called Steps. He likes to place the thing that he wants to emphasis or like, in the middle, I guess that is just his way of drawing. I am really fascinated with his artwork because THEY ALL LOOK SO REAL AND SO GIGANTIC!!

Steps

In this painting Steps, Zhang Zhou used a lot of similarity. It is shown throughout the whole artwork – the shapes of the stones on the walls. The wall around the woman and children has stones that are different in size, big and small. Even so, but they still look as a unit, a connected walls and stairs together.
Zhang Zhou uses the same colour but different tone for the stones and stairs, while the woman and children that are going up stairs are coloured. This is also put emphasize on the existence of the women and children. Although the colour of their clothing are different from their background, but it still creates unity and harmony. This is due to:
- Components (walls, stones, and stairs) in the artwork look similar and there are people using the stair, thus creating a sense of harmony and unity.
- The use of oil painting, with the rough texture of the surface of the artwork, makes the painting looks much more alive than a photograph.

Hantaran

This artwork is by Osman Limat, it is called Hantaran.
I like artwork because it looks messy at the same time it is not. Hantaran, just gives me a crazy and nice feeling. I love the way the line is placed, it is like Jackson Pollock’s artwork. Where he just splash the paint on the canvas, which was a big mess. Whereas for Osman Limat, he is kind of playing a “safe game” here, you know what I mean. [If you don’t know about Jackson Pollock’s artwork, go check it up, its cool! But I don’t think most of the people will like it].
Back to Hantaran by Osman Limat, everything is like growing up and overlapping each other on this canvas. They look similar, in the sense that they are all curved up; they are trees (or branches). The colour that the artist chose is also very united, they all mix very well together. Probably that’s why it is called Hantaran, because it is like a gift from God. Hence, we have to take good care of the forest, otherwise our future generation will not get to see this beautiful landscape anymore. *sob sob*