Dreamcatcher Happy Year ▏ The "Burrow Painter" who collects waste did not go home for the New Year: he wants to give his family a better life

A few months ago, a small village in Lingbi County, Anhui Province, Guangming's hometown received widespread attention as a "Burrow Painter" while working in Shaoxing. He taught himself oil painting techniques, riding a small tricycle during the day to collect waste, and living in a 15-square-meter rental house at night to paint oil paintings, turning the narrow rental house into a "studio" for creation, and painting thousands of oil paintings in ten years. Each painting is priced at 300 yuan and sold to the outside world, which greatly reduces the pressure of life.

An oil portrait of a light painting his wife

After becoming popular, Wei Guangming has been interviewed by more than 40 media, has his own oil painting studio, his works have been listed at the Hangzhou Literature and Art Fair, and his personal experience has also been called "the realistic version of the Burrow Ming" by netizens.

Talking about the great changes that have taken place in his life in the past year, Wei Guangming told the Yangtze Evening News/Purple Cow News reporter that his biggest insight is that if he struggles unceasingly, he can slowly change his life. "You see I'm a farmer who collects waste, who has been teaching myself oil painting for five or six years, and I've been interviewed by a lot of media this year. Now many people know me, I can earn more than 10,000 yuan a month by selling paintings, and my living standards have improved greatly. It's a really good time, and as long as you have real talent, [the times] won't bury you. “

This year's Spring Festival, considering various reasons, Bit Guangming did not go home for the New Year. He was ready to hide in the rental house and finish the painting list of customers he received, "It rains these two days during the Spring Festival, if it doesn't rain, I want to write a sketch everywhere and paint some scenery." ”

In addition to the money sent to the family, the cost of painting materials has become the biggest monthly expense of Ming, usually he will spend two thousand yuan a month on painting materials, "because painting is my second life, eat and wear simple on the line, but life can not be without painting." ”

He made a wish that he would be able to participate in more painting exhibitions in the coming year, learn more from teachers who know how to paint, and strive to become a real painter after two or three years. "Because I'm getting older, I'm in the business of collecting waste, and I'm a little overwhelmed with physical activity." But painting can be done for a lifetime, 80 years old, 90 years old can do it. At least when I was older, I could support myself, support my wife and children by my own ability, and let the family have a more stable life, and I was very satisfied. ”

Yangzi Evening News Purple Cow News trainee reporter Sun Qingyun Ziyue

Proofread by Xu Heng

Editor : Pan Zheng