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MY name is Zhenlian,I was graduated from Northcote Teachers'Training College,I have been both Primary and Secondary school art teacher in China, now that I have retired from my teaching career, I spend all my time in painting and drawing. In fact painting is my most favorable pastime, it helps me forget the loneliness of age. I create art for the sake of joy. Skies are beautiful,sunsets,landscapes,animals and plants are fascinating, I enjoy reproducing them in my own way. I am practising 'Zen' which is a branch thought of the Buddhist philosophy. "Zhenlian" in Chinese means 'True Lotus" which is the spiritual symbol of the Buddhist religion. The concept of 'Zen' is to live your present moment as it is eternity ,there is no beginning and no end, there are no regrets for the past and no frettings and worries about the future. Let God take care of everything. When I am at my canvas, I forget that time is running, and when I finish my painting, I feel bliss and contentment, of course I feel a bit upset when sometimes I happen to fail in my paintings, that is to say when I am not really satisfied with the results, well, I can start all over again. Anyway there are perfect moments in the life of creations, we cannot expect every moment of our lives to be perfect. The moment you feel perfection, that is 'Zen' I spent almost 10 years in France where I ran about visiting all the galleries. I have gained recognitions from many French Art Institutions, but I have never entered any Art College in France. In fact I have not much formal training in painting, I have gone my way through self-taught and much practices. During the time I was in Paris, I earned my living by working as portraitist at Montmartre, this has given me chance to practise my drawing skills, I have drawn thousands of portraits and I have gained a lot of admirations from clients. I have participated in group exhibitions and held solo exhibitions in Paris, and I have gained very high comments. My oil paintings are juxtapositions and combinations of the prismy colours. I love to cover my canvas with profusion of colours in their dream-like imageries. I like to draw animals and portraits of my pets and I like to imagine some stories around my pets. I have had no training at all in Chinese paintings,recently I have started doing Chinese paintings and I find that I love it. The diffusion of ink and colours on paper give results which are different from oil on canvas, but I have a lot of satisfaction in doing it. In fact Chinese painting is the integration of the symbolic and the real which fits very well with my temper. All my paintings are not just reproductions of the reality,they are integrations of elements which reflect my inclinations for surrealistic imageries, that is to say they are integrations of the real and the imaginative. I am trying to arrange my paintings by thematic exhibitions. My other thematic sites are: 1.www.artzhenfloral.com 2.www.zhenart.com 我现在退休,所以很多时间画画. 以前奔波劳累为了生活,根本没有甚广时间画自己的画,现在可以画个够,我感到很幸运 ,不是吗? 记得小学时代,有时侯妈妈和弟弟去看电影,我一个人留在家里画画,我也很享受,现在我有一种返回童年的感觉. 那天在电视上看到某画家的报道,他说下一世不愿意再当画家,我当时感到很意外,可能主持人也感到很意外吧! 这位画家以前的画我也很喜欢,最近他的一些作品给我感觉到他有点江朗才尽,一大堆乱线,几点颜色,可是价格给人推到很高,其实他现在卖的已经不是他的画,他卖的是他的名声. 有一次我看一个鉴宝的节目, 一个(收藏家)的一副古画被鉴定为30多万,她当时很高兴,她说以后天天对着那副画她会感到心情愉快,因为艺术可以怡情悦性,提高修养等等的说了一大堆高昂的话,可能画的价格使她太高兴了,她几乎要跪到画前顶礼膜拜,其实她要拜的是30万,不是那副画. 除去虚伪的面具, 就是钱的吸引力. 说实话本人也看不出那副画有甚广了不起. 现在中国的所谓艺术市场真的很滑稽,很疯狂. 我对艺术的要求很简单,如果我画画感到快乐,我就画了,而且可以消遣时间,说实话,有很多外国网站给我的画很高的评分 ,他们给我的称赞和欣赏使我感到很鼓舞. 有很多人把一生的精力都放到画上面,就是为了名利和野心,到头来还是没有名也没有利,这些人下一世也不在当画家了, 因为他们已经对画感到厌恶了, 可是一个已经名成利就的画家为甚广下一世不再愿意当画家呢? 我们可能要请心理学家来剖析吧!

MY name is Zhenlian,I was graduated from Northcote Teachers'Training College,I have been both Primary and Secondary school art teacher in China, now that I have retired from my teaching career, I spend all my time in painting and drawing. In fact painting is my most favorable pastime, it helps me forget the loneliness of age. I create art for the sake of joy. Skies are beautiful,sunsets,landscapes,animals and plants are fascinating, I enjoy reproducing them in my own way.

I am practising 'Zen' which is a branch thought of the Buddhist philosophy. "Zhenlian" in Chinese means 'True Lotus" which is the spiritual symbol of the Buddhist religion. The concept of 'Zen' is to live your present moment as it is eternity ,there is no beginning and no end, there are no regrets for the past and no frettings and worries about the future. Let God take care of everything. When I am at my canvas, I forget that time is running, and when I finish my painting, I feel bliss and contentment, of course I feel a bit upset when sometimes I happen to fail in my paintings, that is to say when I am not really satisfied with the results, well, I can start all over again. Anyway there are perfect moments in the life of creations, we cannot expect every moment of our lives to be perfect. The moment you feel perfection, that is 'Zen'

I spent almost 10 years in France where I ran about visiting all the galleries. I have gained recognitions from many French Art Institutions, but I have never entered any Art College in France. In fact I have not much formal training in painting, I have gone my way through self-taught and much practices. During the time I was in Paris, I earned my living by working as portraitist at Montmartre, this has given me chance to practise my drawing skills, I have drawn thousands of portraits and I have gained a lot of admirations from clients. I have participated in group exhibitions and held solo exhibitions in Paris, and I have gained very high comments.

My oil paintings are juxtapositions and combinations of the prismy colours. I love to cover my canvas with profusion of colours in their dream-like imageries. I like to draw animals and portraits of my pets and I like to imagine some stories around my pets.

I have had no training at all in Chinese paintings,recently I have started doing Chinese paintings and I find that I love it. The diffusion of ink and colours on paper give results which are different from oil on canvas, but I have a lot of satisfaction in doing it. In fact Chinese painting is the integration of the symbolic and the real which fits very well with my temper. All my paintings are not just reproductions of the reality,they are integrations of elements which reflect my inclinations for surrealistic imageries, that is to say they are integrations of the real and the imaginative.

I am trying to arrange my paintings by thematic exhibitions. My other thematic sites are: 1.www.artzhenfloral.com

2.www.zhenart.com

我现在退休,所以很多时间画画. 以前奔波劳累为了生活,根本没有甚广时间画自己的画,现在可以画个够,我感到很幸运

,不是吗? 记得小学时代,有时侯妈妈和弟弟去看电影,我一个人留在家里画画,我也很享受,现在我有一种返回童年的感

觉. 那天在电视上看到某画家的报道,他说下一世不愿意再当画家,我当时感到很意外,可能主持人也感到很意外吧! 这

位画家以前的画我也很喜欢,最近他的一些作品给我感觉到他有点江朗才尽,一大堆乱线,几点颜色,可是价格给人推到很

高,其实他现在卖的已经不是他的画,他卖的是他的名声. 有一次我看一个鉴宝的节目, 一个(收藏家)的一副古画被鉴定

为30多万,她当时很高兴,她说以后天天对着那副画她会感到心情愉快,因为艺术可以怡情悦性,提高修养等等的说了一大堆

高昂的话,可能画的价格使她太高兴了,她几乎要跪到画前顶礼膜拜,其实她要拜的是30万,不是那副画. 除去虚伪的面具,

就是钱的吸引力. 说实话本人也看不出那副画有甚广了不起.

现在中国的所谓艺术市场真的很滑稽,很疯狂.

我对艺术的要求很简单,如果我画画感到快乐,我就画了,而且可以消遣时间,说实话,有很多外国网站给我的画很高的评分

,他们给我的称赞和欣赏使我感到很鼓舞.

有很多人把一生的精力都放到画上面,就是为了名利和野心,到头来还是没有名也没有利,这些人下一世也不在当画家了,

因为他们已经对画感到厌恶了, 可是一个已经名成利就的画家为甚广下一世不再愿意当画家呢? 我们可能要请心理学家

来剖析吧!