Lin Qingqiu, male, born in 1955, is a root carving artist in Chengdu, Sichuan Province, a member of the Folk Root Carving Association of the Chengdu Federation of Literary and Art Circles, and the founder of the "Lin Qingqiu Root Carving Art Museum". Mr. Lin has a wide range of interests. He was fond of art and sports since childhood. He also preferred martial arts training in his early years. His paper-cutting, sketching and painting creations in his childhood have become treasures collected by his childhood friends.
The root art piece "White Crane" is his debut root carving work when he was an educated youth in the countryside when he was a child. The work is about 80 centimeters in width and more than 30 centimeters in length. The feathers of the white crane are all decorated with cotton. It is ingenious in conception and shape. Unique and full of charm, it shows his talent in carving art. Later, I read the poem of Han Yu, a poet of the Tang Dynasty, "The fire penetrates the waves, regardless of spring, the roots are like the head and the leaves are like the body; if you accidentally inscribe it as a wood layman, you will have endless pursuit of rich people." , carefully study Laozi's supernatural and super-knowledge way of "How do I know, I know it, I don't know it, but I know it well", explore the essentials of Confucian philosophy, and realize the true meaning of China's root carving art for more than two thousand years, and devote myself to it, such as I am obsessed with root carving art and have been swimming in the ocean of root carving art all year round. I have been exploring persistently, pursuing diligently, and learning from the best of others. I have organically combined knowledge of physics, geology, astronomy, botany, chemistry and aesthetics with root carving art, and my creative momentum has been strong. out of hand.
Mr. Lin travels to deep mountains and canyons, vast forests, and cliffs covered with snow all year round. She put a lot of effort into selecting materials. My sister searched for thousand-year-old dead roots before the watering season. Those whose roots are not tough will not be taken, and those with poor aesthetics will not be used. She looks for inspiration for the art of root carving in nature and in the virgin forest. Thinking about it day and night, outsiders become suspicious and crazy, and realize that color, line, shape and meaning constitute the essence of root carving artistic image, making his works form a kind of "originating from nature, transcending nature", smooth, detached, free and unrestrained The artistic characteristics of the work enhance the sense of relaxation and joy between viewing and playing, and suddenly enter the artistic realm of great enlightenment. The large-scale root sculpture "Chinese Dragon" is the treasure of the "Lin Qingqiu Root Sculpture Art Museum". This work can be regarded as a highly collectible root sculpture art of "the unity of man and nature". (Appraisal Note)
"The Wild Bull" is another masterpiece of Mr. Lin. The root material is the dead root of yew that is thousands of years old. It has been carbonized by natural wind and frost to form a coral reef state, which is rare in thousands of years. , can't be asked for, the only one that exists in this world.
"Five Rings and Nine Dragons Arching the Sacred Fire", this work highlights the special elements of the Eastern Divine Root of the "Nine-Five Lord" - the descendant carrier of the dragon, a shocking natural treasure, and is deeply praised by the world. Love and adoration.
Looking at Mr. Lin’s root carving works, whether they are large or small, long or short, they are all made from a whole section of root material. They are not glued or joined, and they seem to be made randomly and freely, and they are formed smoothly like clouds and flowing water. It has both form and spirit, and is completely natural. It cleverly conceals the traces of artificial carvings, and it is like entering a beautiful place where heaven's craftsmanship is ingenious.
Mr. Lin’s numerous root carving works have been awarded prizes by the Chinese Bonsai Artists Association, the Chengdu Municipal People’s Government and the Municipal Culture Bureau, and the Chengdu Root Carving Artists Association of Sichuan Province in root art joint exhibitions and personal root exhibitions at home and abroad. Waiting for certificate of honor. "Root carvings are natural", "the shapes are strange and wonderful, the roots are dry and prosperous", "there is truth in the goods"... These are the comments of Singaporean and Bashu comedians, Chairman of the Chinese Calligraphers and Painters Association, and the famous traditional Chinese painting master Qi Feng on the Chinese Impressionist root carvings created by Mr. Lin. High praise. In 2006, Mr. Lin's root sculptures were specially invited by Chengdu Longquan Luodai Government (a national AAAA-level scenic spot) to be exhibited for half a year, during which time it created huge social and economic benefits for the local government.
For more than 30 years, Mr. Lin has created more than 300 large, medium and small root carvings. He has been interviewed and reported by many media such as "Sichuan TV Golden 30 Minutes" and "Chengdu Business News". Many works have been collected by famous people at home and abroad for life. In the root art world, it is often said that a root is hard to find. However, in his limited life as a root artist, Mr. Lin has collected so many rare roots from all over the world and created so many fine works, which is truly rare in the root carving art circles at home and abroad. "God rewards hard work", rather than saying that Mr. Lin is born with the roots of the tree, it is better to say that art is the best feedback for Mr. Lin's tireless and persistent pursuit.
May Mr. Lin Qingqiu go further and fly higher on the road of root carving art in the future!