Mushroom Women 4 Painting

Hello, I am Yan, I am an independent Artist based in Shanghai. I am always attracted by a mystery invisible energy from Nature, I do not know what it is, I am always trying to capture it. But I can feel that it is around us, it drives the universe moving, It is inside our body, IT IS US, IT IS EVERYTHING, IT IS A STATE OF BEING. It is transforming all the time. my painting is a connection to this mystery energy: Sometimes, I paint a circle, a black hole, or some organic shapes. Sometimes, I draw some weird cats, I think these cats are some kind of god. And sometimes, I draw woman body plants. I think the images I have created actually exist in the reality, they are hiding somewhere. My artworks are an on-going research about these images. For the material and method of creation, normally I started by using ink, gouache and acrylic with water. It is an amazing moment when the pigment met water, it will create a movement that out of my expectation. And after that, I will use pigment or pencil to emphasize the shapes that I am looking for. At beginning of the creation, my mind is totally free with a certain state and allows the shapes come out of my brush. After the early stage, my awareness came back, I will be more rational to the images and then makes the edges of the images more clear. you are welcome to visit my website: http://chengyantan.com/ my facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/ChengyanTan.World/ my Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chengyan_tan/