Text / Liao Junhong
Known Mr. Liao Wentan it is the autumn of 1994. At the invitation of Taiwan artists association, to Taiwan culture and art communication, accompanied by Mr. Zhang Daqian’s close disciple Mr. Han, visited Taichung culture and art exchange center, even as Mr. Liao Wentan held solo exhibition at the Taichung culture center, and thus is predestined friends Liao Wentan.
To see the young and handsome, simple and honest, treat people sincerely, not being tall but decent guy, he meekly to hold my hand and smile :”I have long heard of your name, please advise!”, not many words.
Liao Wentan |《The plum blossom is the only king of flowers》| bird-and-flower painting
Since then even we are in two places, but has been in the eighteenth years letter, close like brothers, became a forget-the-age relationship, I hold a line of tour to Taiwan at the end of 2010 on both sides of the calligraphy and painting exchange exhibition, brother Wentan drove to my hotel took me to his house, there is sweet smelling house full of ink, the furniture of primitive simplicity and full of calligraphy and painting hung on the wall, covered with a pile of works on painting table, perused the batch of new landscape of brother Wentan for surprised and shocked! More let me admired, it was a kind of beautiful enjoyment. Brother Wentan’s painting, deep inside information in the traditional inheritance, it is not hard to see from his recent series of landscape paintings in his creation, he pursuit of traditional style and spirit of rigorous and magnificent. Intimate contact with nature, the nature of the mysterious, grand and bold, with a unique feeling to express fully the personal in nature. flowing beauty and sublime double variations, he absorbed the essence of Taiwan beautiful landscape, constitutes the rich connotation of Liao Wentan works, he was both a statutes according to saturated and surpass our predecessors, and open and find new path, opening and closing freely, set each other off became an interest, meaning with heart.
Liao Wentan |《Home in the vast clouds》| landscape painting
Brother Liao Wentan these landscape paintings having unique conception and courage, made the update of beauty creation and contribution. Especially for in today’s busy times, real serious art by unprecedented challenges and impact, how many artists can calm down to creation? How difficult to defend the eastern civilization and the dignity of the Chinese traditional culture. Fortunately brother Liao Wentan down-to-earth efforts and hard work, won the strength and confidence, his Chinese landscape painting after practice a large number of sketches, comes from life, flesh and blood, like a plot of land in China is deep and profound. Such as 《Summer hill and sunset》、《Mountain house to rain》、《Mountain household at sunset》, works are novel and chic, filled with vigour, elegant and beautiful with brush and ink, level change is rich, vigorous and thick, empty and beauty, clear such as watch, thin light far away. Whether long production or small sketch, are able to skillfully, natural and unrestrained of painting style, with the different techniques properly describe the ever-changing landscape scenery. In terms of its artistic processing, and simplified, the actual condition, primary and secondary, all natural and steady, its level change is rich, has a strong impact, make picture clever and vivid, artistic conception further.
Liao Wentan | 《Mountain household at dawn》| 50 x 100cm
Years of brother Liao Wentan observation of Taiwan’s mountains and rivers, with its lush, bright and beautiful painting style, build the awareness of his own unique landscape image, present spirit of brush and ink with unique ink painting skills, deep understand of spiritual nature, and harmony of landscape transformation, make a series of new landscape picture clear up immediately.
God reward those who work hard, brother Liao Wentan is temperament and diligence and intelligent painter, with his talent and genius, his future is limitless. He has a mature and harvest season, like all devoted to art, he will be more perfect art image is dedicated to the society and people, let’s wait and see, wish him success.
Liao Junhong, China famous painter, dean of Beijing Jinhuihong academy of calligraphy and painting, proprieter and chief editor of [Countries are illustrated],vice president of Chinese art academy, executive vice president of Beijing people’s art academy, Bashu calligraphy and painting research institute, vice chairman of the international artists association
Liao Wentan |《Forest in the evening》| bird-and-flower painting