Under the warm sunshine of early winter, amidst the mellow aroma of Sanliangye, I was invited by my friend Wang Songlin to step into Tian Ming’s condensed painting. The Tian Ming in front of her is just like the orchid in her painting, exuding a noble, elegant and grand fragrance. Turning over the scroll, the geese, egrets, and swans came flying in from the distant sky. With the singing of the geese, a gust of feathery wind floated by, bringing my thoughts into a dreamland as pure and beautiful as the sounds of nature. There is no trace of kitsch in the works of art that are full of life and atmosphere. The open realm and the temperament of the pen and ink are not like those painted by a woman with a temperament like Orchid Hui. What people read is Her artistic style is grand, bold, lively, straightforward and clear. Just like reading Li Bai's poems and Qingzhao's words, you can taste a kind of romance and simplicity, the harmony of nature and creation. The poetic meaning of the scroll is filled with female grace and elegance, and it publicizes the pursuit of pure soul.
Tian Ming was born into a famous family. His father, Tian Yunqing, was a famous anti-Japanese general and a master of painting, especially famous for his painting of wild geese. His mother, Xue Zhiyuan, was good at poetry and calligraphy. Her husband sang and her wife accompanied her. She blended poetry and painting, and played the piano and the harp. Tian Mingde is a true descendant of his parents. He is a master of both calligraphy and painting. He has been influenced by the cultural and artistic atmosphere of his family since he was a child. Under the care of Zhao Wangyun, Shi Lu, Yuan Baitao, Zheng Naijuan and other calligraphers and painters, he has been influenced by his ears and eyes. He inherits the legacy of his father and relies on his love of calligraphy and painting. The crazy love and pursuit of the art of calligraphy and painting have continued for decades, silently studying, immersed in the vast sea of ??art, looking for the interest of pen and ink. She is a person with ambitions, ideals and firm belief in art. She integrates all the ups and downs, wind, frost, rain and snow in life into art, and uses calligraphy and painting works to best interpret her own mental journey. Her calligraphy is powerful and graceful, with strong character and strong character. It integrates stele and cast slips, emphasizing both form and quality. Her calligraphy can be traced back to the Qin and Han dynasties, and down to the Song and Yuan Dynasties. Her calligraphy is based on the above. In particular, she combines the strong, thick, gold and stone style of Cuan Baozi's stele calligraphy with " The vigor of "Er Wang" calligraphy is elegant and melted in a furnace, and it is naturally transformed. It is transferred from Han Li to regular script and Wei Dynasty. The square brush and the round brush are combined, the sizes are well-proportioned, and the simplicity is found in the ingenuity. It not only has the strength and magnanimity of a stele and the quality of metal and stone, but also has the subtle, elegant, antique and fragrant literati calligraphy style, showing an ancient and solemn atmosphere.
Tian Ming’s freehand paintings of flowers and birds are gentle and transparent with clear bones and light makeup. She is good at using water. She uses a large stroke to blur out the light ink, and the water contains glue. The ink on the paper seeps freely, full of interest, light but not light, using water stains to create a dense ink texture effect. She excels in the rare beauty of combining femininity and masculinity. The brushwork is everywhere in the ink and ink, and the charm of ink and wash can be seen in the free and unrestrained brushwork. This rich picture effect permeates the connotation of the philosophy of life, showing a kind of An almost contradictory force that is extremely soft yet firm. A large number of her paintings are mostly themed with wild geese, swans, cranes, deer, and antelopes. She uses freehand brushwork to describe the spirit with form, which combines form and spirit. She not only pays attention to the relationship between pen and ink and charm, but also pays attention to lyricism and freehand brushwork to achieve the connotation of the work. So rich, she puts her feelings and thoughts into her writing, and has a spiritual dialogue with her paintings. The wild geese in her paintings have an ethereal composition, simple brushwork, vigorous force, and lively charm. They incorporate Bada Shanren's clumsy brushwork and her father Tian Yunqing's elegant and freehand painting style. All the beautiful images are incorporated into the painting. Come, like a dream, like the sound of nature, the exquisite picture is like a spiritual light, touching people's soul, making all vulgar eyes feel ashamed. In her paintings, there is no noise, no selfish desires, and no disputes. They are far away from the pollution of modern industry and the turmoil of the city. They perfectly express the harmony between life and all things in the world in an ethereal and floating way. Come out, trying to create a poetic holy realm for this vulgar world of mortals, and express a painter's infinite love and humanistic care for mankind, nature and life. In the beautiful perspective effect and elegant spiritual realm, a pure spiritual temperament is formed, containing a refreshing and clear air, exuding a faint pastoral fragrance in a cold and ethereal spiritual space. . Tian Ming seems to be using a kind of persistence to tradition to stretch out the beauty of purity, purity and harmony that exists in people's memories, so as to find some points of convergence with contemporary people's aesthetic needs and spiritual pursuits in the tradition, and realize She uses paintings to celebrate life, care for nature, call for peace, and create a harmonious theme.
In her famous painting "Hundred Wild Geese", one hundred and eight wild geese are perching, flying, screaming, playing, and in various shapes among the wild geese on the River Continent. Different, suitable for both movement and stillness, harmonious and natural, extremely quiet and unconventional.
There is something special about the blending of ink and color. The "Ami and Aben" written by her live in harmony and depend on each other in friendship. The pair of anthropomorphic cat sisters who look like cute little ones or even the inseparable young couple are talking about "Whispers". Works on this theme are not only collected by the wife of the late famous composer Shi Guangnan, but also the Queen of Luxembourg. They also praise each other and ask for each other with courtesy. Tian Ming is a desolate and lonely person. That is because there are too few people who can understand her and can match her spirit. The secular life is obviously not his ideal life. Fortunately, outside the physical body and the world, Tian Ming has her painting art. She can breathe freely in her paintings and let her true self be revealed naturally, allowing the geese to carry her feelings and the rivers to flow her songs. , let the little cat convey the whispers in her heart. In Tian Ming's works, every branch and leaf, an acre of square pond, a square of rocks, a flower and a butterfly, geese, gulls and herons, civets and stupid dogs, all reveal their emotional color and bear Tian Ming's unique brand. Her paintings reveal purity, tranquility, purity and beauty. Because Tian Ming has gone through too many hardships in secular life, Tian Ming, who entered the painting realm, eliminated distracting thoughts and left clarity. The dilution and peace of Zen Buddhism, or even the Lao-Zhuang style harmony of nature and man, were infiltrated into her paintings. First, everything is so vague, distant, and looming, just like the angel flying over the lake in the painting, as if it is within reach and yet is fleeting thousands of miles away. This is the natural externalization of Tian Ming's inner world and the natural expression of the painter's admiration for noble thoughts.
Tian Ming is an all-around talented woman, capable of poetry, singing, dancing, calligraphy and painting. She inherits the inheritance from her parents. She writes poems and inscriptions that are unique. The poems, calligraphy and painting complement each other. The painting scenes are often poetic, and sometimes they are full of kindness. Touching the sky, sometimes the waves are untainted, sometimes the dawn moon is refreshing... In the chaotic and disorderly world, her paintings are like a piece of pure land outside the world, which can soothe people's spirit.
It is difficult to draw a conclusion on the good and bad of painting, just like the fat ring and the thin bird. Paintings are like character, and everything can only be determined by strength. Tian Ming is indifferent to fame and fortune, does not play with techniques, does not follow the sect, regardless of the source, is not good at packaging, does not rely on hype, and does not follow the trend. She has her own style. Based on this alone, I am optimistic about her paintings and respect her character even more.