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Artist Zheng Liyun: Children are my best painting teachers

Zheng Liyun, a painter living in the United States, was born and raised in Taiwan, but has been the cultural and artistic ambassador for six consecutive U.S. presidents from Clinton to Bush to Obama. Her works are displayed in 13 U.S. embassies. He is also the record holder for the largest single oil painting created by an individual in the world. Zheng Liyun is good at scraping off oil paint to create unique linear textures. The inspiration comes from the most familiar and extraordinary role to you and me - mother.

Standing in front of Zheng Liyun's paintings, it is difficult not to be attracted by the free flowing lines in the paintings.

She uses sometimes dense and sometimes unrestrained engraved lines to create depth and bulges in the painting. Whether it is the magnificent ridges of mountains and rivers, the ripples of the vast ocean, or even the flames sweeping the sky, Zheng Liyun can use her skillful hand The woven lines tell her admiration for nature.

Walking into Zheng Liyun’s home in Yangmingshan, the courtyard is surrounded by green hills and filled with flowers and plants. If you have a sharp eye, you can still recognize the three-color grass and clivia, which are her original flower-shaped picture frame works "Blooming Flower Series" "The charming guest in ". "The place where I live must have nature." Looking at the sunlight pouring into the living room from the large floor-to-ceiling windows, Zheng Liyun recalled her hometown of Yingge where she grew up when she was a child. Her family worked in farming, and running in the fields was her happiest time. There were many trees everywhere. The porcelain drying field is a vivid memory of her childhood. "Thousands of pieces of porcelain were dried at once, and the repeated patterns extended infinitely. The only change was the light and shadow from morning to night."

Zheng Liyun's family is She was inspired by art, her mother painted flowers on porcelain in the kiln, and her father's handwriting was good. Although my father dropped out of school after the war, he only graduated from junior high school and still wrote well. He was engaged in textbook publishing and also opened a bookstore in the town. "He thinks culture and education are very important. My home is where every child in Yingge Elementary School must come to report after class." When talking about her father, she couldn't hide the pride and contradiction on her face.

The bookstore is her home, which has enabled Zheng Liyun to read Chinese and foreign classics since she was a child, and she also has paper and pen at hand for drawing. Although she has won numerous awards in various painting competitions, her father with traditional concepts has not He disapproved of her embarking on the path of art, "He said that she could only draw billboards and posters, and could not make a living." Zheng Liyun, who was born rebellious, never got her father's approval from the art school to the time she went to the United States to obtain a double master's degree in art. After not speaking for three years, "I want to thank my father. His disapproval allowed me to swim upstream. Without his original opposition, I would not be where I am now."