Li Baimo Ink and Color Flowers and Birds - Art Research on Famous Chinese Painters

Author: Jia Dejiang, Editor-in-Chief
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Publish Date: 2006-05-01
Features: Color has long been one of the criteria for evaluating paintings. Excellent works are inseparable from the use and creation of color. Li Boming pays great attention to the use and composition of color in his paintings. The breakthrough in the use of color has become a pressing theme in his research. The fusion of color and ink is the direction he explores. He has meticulously studied the combination of color blocks and ink blocks, as well as the combination of lines and color. The fusion of color and ink has become the life rhythm and vitality in his paintings, combined with the shapes of flowers, patterns of painted pottery, and fantastical backgrounds, creating an extraordinary style. Color can also function according to the artist's intention, becoming a carrier for emotional expression. His paintings feature color that does not hinder ink, and ink that does not hinder color, with ink and color flowing and radiating an aesthetic demeanor that combines traditional spirit with contemporary awareness. The value of Li Boming lies in his appreciation for tradition and his own emotions. He does not kneel at the feet of traditional Chinese or foreign art but instead rises above it, using it to his advantage, thereby finding his own coordinates and realizing his life's value.