The life of a character in Cheng's pen

Cheng, male, 1964, from Haiyang, Shandong. He is a famous contemporary painter, calligrapher and art connoisseur. In painting, he studied under Ye, Yu, Yu, and Heibolong. He started studying at the age of 14, and studied Yan Zhenqing, Su Dongpo, Wang Duo, Zheng Banqiao and Mao Zedong for a long time.

Cheng is an artist with independent thoughts and individual consciousness. From the perspective of painting, he believes that concreteness is a means and skill to learn painting, not an end. For example, people have long been tired of the painting technique of sticking to the concrete, and they can only fall into the stereotype of the adherents of the late Qing Dynasty. A real artist should not rest on his laurels, but stand higher above the world art. For this reason, he shocked the art world with his brand-new artistic ideas, exploration spirit and modern ink painting style, changed the pattern of contemporary Chinese painting and constructed the coordinates of the new era of Chinese painting. He mastered the traditional foundation of past dynasties and studied western culture, reinterpreted and reconstructed it in the practice system, and finally transformed it into the language and symbols of modern ink painting. As an artist, Cheng always insists on his own view that the vitality of art lies in creation, individuality, characteristics and artistic independence. In the process of learning and integrating western culture, how to create a new artistic system without losing the glory of eastern culture, he found the best breakthrough in the face of the collision of two cultures, so that his will and desire reached the most satisfactory result. He fused the dotted line of Chinese painting with the western blocks, and the movement rhythm of Chinese painting composition with the modern structure of the west, breaking through the old format and norms. His works have formed a unique style that devours the universe and embraces the past and the present.