Mr Li Zhenkai is from Dezhou, Shandong. Graduated from the Central Academy of Fine Arts, he is now a national first-class artist and a member of the UNESCO expert group. As a young painting genius, his paintings are loved by many people. In the current materialistic and impetuous environment, his paintings give people a feeling of tranquility, beauty and indifference. Whether it is the painter's profound meticulous painting, freehand Chinese painting or his unique "five-in-one" works, people's tired hearts can be pleasantly relieved in a quiet and beautiful picture, smooth lines and quiet atmosphere. Although his paintings have reached a high price of nearly one million at the auction, Mr. Li is very low-key. Beneath his quiet appearance, there is a heart with perseverance and flying thoughts. Every painting is a whisper of his heart and nature, and it is his inner feeling of experiencing various societies. Reading his paintings will naturally give birth to the relaxation and tranquility of "sneaking into the night with the wind and moistening things silently" Good things bring comfort and pleasure to people. In front of a Chinese painting entitled "Harmony" by Mr. Li, we felt fresh and quiet. Stretching lotus leaves and budding lotus flowers are full of vitality and yearning. On the hard petiole is a newly settled bird. The color of the picture is bright and simple, the lines are fresh and natural, there is no procrastination, there is no femininity, and it is clean and neat. Whether it is the expression of birds, the beauty of flowers or the appearance of leaves, it is really a kind of harmony of nature. The theme of lotus is the same, but another artistic conception of Zen harmony is different. Under the setting sun, there is a remnant lotus, a dead leaf, an old lotus, a remnant but not drooping stem, and the background is an empty sky. Black-and-white lotus, orange and yellow water, has no more expressions, but has infinite meanings. Everything is still at this moment. The solemnity of life sublimates in silence. The author has realized life, and the reader has also realized the residual load from the quiet beauty, that is, Zen and harmony. Life and death are silently interpreted by the painter.
"Five aspects in one" is a painting style initiated by Mr. Li Zhenkai. He combined five artistic techniques of Chinese painting, oil painting, calligraphy seal cutting lines, meticulous painting and printmaking, and created a new painting school. But the fundamental spirit of his painting is still quiet beauty, which is the pursuit in his bones. No matter what skills are around this center. Five-in-one works, such as Heart has a Linxi, Zhouzhuang Reflecting the Scenery of Ancient Villages, Map of Xue Cun Reflecting the Scenery of New Countryside, Landscape Painting, Memory in the Bridge and Flower-and-Bird Painting, all embody this spirit. The texture of oil painting, the obscurity of printmaking, the artistic conception of Chinese painting, the charm of stone and stone in seal cutting, the thickness of calligraphy lines, and the truth and falsehood are all properly unified between scales, which makes readers' eyes enjoy the wonder, and this realm makes people forget themselves. Worldly anxiety and fatigue of life are all melted in tranquility, calmness and beauty.
Mr. Li Zhenkai's five-in-one works are poems, which have both the solemnity of ancient images and the misty poems of modern colors. In every painting, there is self-evident beauty. Crossing the border with heart is his masterpiece of five links in one. The morning in the water town started a new day in a hazy way. A ship broke the silence and swung into the picture. The silhouettes of room shadows, tree shadows, ship shadows and all objects are all expressed by printmaking, which is hazy and kind and can best express the morning breath of water town; Describing the supporting force of the house and the hull with the knife and brush method of seal cutting, the strength of the lines is outstanding, and the charm of the stone is towering; The color of the water surface, the colors of houses, hulls and trees are represented by green, blue, yellow, orange and red, which are thick, concise and rich in texture, using oil painting techniques; The waterway across the street is rendered in black and white. The highest and whitest part of the picture is that the waterway shines like a mirror, leading to the farthest part of the picture, which makes the whole painting more profound and quiet. It is a typical Chinese painting. Although the noise of the day will start from this moment, still houses and trees treat it all with meditation. Waterway is a mirror to observe the world: no matter how busy you are, there is always a moment of peace, and this kind of quiet beauty is the pursuit of people's hearts. A painting is a mixture of several artistic techniques, creating a transcendental quiet and beautiful atmosphere, which requires the author's solid skill and profound cultural heritage.
Mr. Li Zhenkai's figure painting still creates a quiet atmosphere. Whether it's Zhong Kui who draws his sword by glaring, Dharma who meditates on the wall, or a walker who stands still and listens to the wind, he uses quietness to shape his personality. Zhong Kui in the works is not the arrogant "law enforcer" that most people see, but an awe-inspiring, wise and calm judge. A drawn sword, a pair of eyes as evil as hatred, a loose campus, no other body language. The picture is surprisingly quiet, but what people feel is a deterrent. How dare ghosts appear? The walker in Wan He Song Feng highlights the facial expression of the walker with exaggerated brushstrokes. Facing the ups and downs of pine trees, he stood quietly listening: whether to catch the call of nature or hold his breath and listen to his inner desire. His lonely figure, independent in the empty Qian Shan, only accompanied by the wind. This picture is reminiscent of Liu Zongyuan's swan song: there are no birds in hundreds of mountains and no footprints in thousands of paths. A boat on the river, a fisherman wearing his webworm moth; Fishing alone is not afraid of snow and ice. For more than a thousand years, different art forms have expressed the same realm of tranquility and beauty.
This painting is too beautiful and quiet. The painter himself must have a calm heart. Indeed, Mr. Li Zhenkai's heart is like clear water, and everything gathers on him, including the calmness, tranquility, boiling and purity of the water. As he wrote in his blog post: Be like water. If you are tall, I will retreat, and I will never drown out your advantages. If you are low, I will come and never expose your defects; You move, I will follow, and I will never leave your loneliness; If you are quiet, I will keep it for a long time and never disturb your peace.
People are like this, and so are paintings.