Li Haokai, born in 1973, is the owner of the Tingyu Building and a native of Chang'an, Shaanxi. He is now a member of The Shaanxi Provincial Stage Art Association, the Xi'an Calligraphers Association, the Xi'an Artists Association, and the Artistic Consultant of the Outstanding Calligraphy and Painting Society. In recent years, his works have won awards in many domestic competitions in recent years, and have been included in the compilation or collection; in 2001, he was selected into the "Chinese Calligraphy television Competition Collection", in the same year, he won the silver medal of the "China International Achievements Expo Celebrating the Success of the Olympic Bid" held by the Ministry of Culture; in 2003, he won the first prize of the "Dragon Mist Cup" National Calligraphy Competition; in 2007, he won the Excellence Award in the "Guoxue Award- Invitation Competition for Calligraphers at Home and Abroad"; in 2007, he was included in the "Appreciation of Contemporary Calligraphy and Painting Artist Meilan Zhuju"; in 2008, he won the "Yanhuang Cup - Gold Medal of the First Chinese Calligraphy and Painting Competition at Home and Abroad, Second Prize of creation of the Fourth Canadian Chinese Poetry and Painting Competition in 2009.
Teacher Li Haokai is interesting in observing micro-painting and is quite accomplished in painting. He is good at painting flowers and birds, the materials of the paintings are derived from life, the animal looks are observed in detail, the brushstrokes are fine, the artistic language is concise and natural, the image is simple and vivid, the style is beautiful and lively, thus giving the paintings vitality, making the works more vivid and interesting. Teacher Li Haokai not only adheres to family learning, but also adheres to the tireless learning style. His works are also highly respected in the circle, and the people of the ten miles and eight townships compete to hang his calligraphy and paintings in the hall at home.
In Chinese paintings, the rooster has the meaning of great auspiciousness, auspiciousness, and blessings. Even Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty, Zhao Yao, once wrote "Furong Jinji Tu" to praise the "Five Virtues" and pin his blessings on the Great Song Dynasty. The five virtues of the rooster are "literature, martial arts, courage, benevolence, and faith", which represent human character. The rooster is a relic in the hearts of the people, its sound of breaking dawn is known to the world, and its majesty and majesty are obvious to all. Teacher Li Haokai's roosters are strong in limbs, beautiful in shape, and full of vitality, and the rooster pictures with different looks exude a strong atmosphere of life.
The expression form of Chinese freehand flower and bird painting pays more attention to the use of pen and ink, the line pays attention to the change of different forms, as well as qualitative changes, splashing ink, rubbing, rendering, etc., and the painting technique is also very particular about the expressiveness of pen and ink. Teacher Li Haokai's pen and ink are refined, seeking richness in simplicity, seeking brilliance in simplicity, and the ink color changes in paintings are rich, some thick and light, some moist and some dry, and the picture is divided into several levels. In terms of composition, he treats the length, thickness, dryness, size, and density into harmony and integration with each other; the layout is dense, full of tension, the place of evacuation, the place of opening and closing, the dense place, the ink mass is tightly gathered. Teacher Li Haokai's pen is dashing, and the use of the pen to make the stroke shape appear more obvious, and the broken silk connection of the pen makes the shape more lively. Due to the long-term in-depth observation of nature and rich life experience, Teacher Li Haokai can skillfully grasp the image and artistic conception of flower and bird paintings, between similarity and dissimilarity, the beauty of nature is reflected in flower and bird paintings, his pen and ink contain rich emotions, a little line contains vitality, but also conveys his deep feelings of love for life.