Little thief's private paintings

Author: Qian Haiyan
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Publish Date: 2003-10-01
Features: Qian Haiyan's paintings are unique and elegant—she began painting in primary school and has a solid foundation. They may appear casual at first glance, yet they are actually restrained and self-contained. However, so far, all of her works have been individual pieces. I once asked her why, and she replied, "It's just 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 book, there's one thing that often puzzles me: how can someone so young possess such profound insight into human nature and such steady grasp of it? At the same time, she can transform it into alluring visual elements, embed them in her words, and give them an almost cruel beauty, along with a sense of loneliness like "having once seen the vast ocean"?