Little Thief---Private Painting

Author: Qian Haiyan (Illustrator)
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Features: Qian Haiyan's artwork is distinctive and elegant—she began painting in primary school and has a solid foundation. Her work appears casual yet is meticulously composed. However, so far, her works have all been individual pieces. I once asked why, and she replied, "It's simpler that way." She even jokingly defended this in one of her paintings: "Many long stories aren't short because the authors lack skill, just like someone who isn't good at one-on-one fights prefers to engage in gang warfare."
This book is a collection of Qian Haiyan's paintings. Reading her work, there's one thing that often puzzles me: How can someone so young possess such profound insight into human nature and a steady grasp of it? At the same time, she can transform this understanding into charming visual elements, embed them in her text, and give them an almost cruel beauty, as if "having once seen the vast ocean," leaving behind a sense of loneliness?