Spring message 45 x 35 cm | Color on paper
Works appreciation
"Flowers and Birds"
Jiqing Yuyu 68 x 45 cm | Color on paper
The freehand spirit is at the heart of traditional Chinese aesthetics, and "Essays on Poetry" writes that "Tang poetry wins with rhyme, so it is elegant, and gui contains ethereal", emphasizing the importance of charm and ethereal in poetic expression.
Similarly, in traditional Chinese painting, freehand painting "does not seek the rhyme of survival", advocating the use of essential brush and ink to convey the rich connotation and charm of the artwork, creating a smooth and vivid interest of pen and ink, as is the case with the artistic creation of painter Li Songyao.
Splendid forest 97 x 60 cm | Color on paper
Chitose Tsuruju 97 x 60 cm | Color on paper
Li Songyao, born in Jinzhou City, Hebei Province in 1984, studied at Beijing Normal University, Tsinghua Academy of Fine Arts, and Chinese Ming University School of Painting. The artist is known for his freehand paintings of flowers and birds and landscapes, and his works are elegant, both in form and spirit, vivid and beautiful, and have profound artistic achievements.
Nourished by traditional Chinese culture and in her daily artistic practice, Li Songyao draws on the strengths of all families, with full and vivid compositions, bold and elegant colors, vigorous and tense pen power, relaxed painting style, and quiet artistic conception.
Qiushi 180 x 97 cm | Color on paper
Mountain flowers 68 x 45 cm | Color on paper
Flower viewing 68 x 45 cm | Color on paper
The painter attaches great importance to sketching landscapes and learning nature, emphasizing the observation of actual scenery and experiencing the real feelings in life, and pouring the most direct and simple emotions for natural landscapes and flowers, birds and beasts into his paintings. Therefore, his images are elegant and fresh, full of vitality and vitality, which is refreshing to look at.
Rain 230 x 150 cm | Color on paper
Senjutu 97 x 60 cm | Color on paper
Write eight large strokes 45 x 35 cm | Color on paper
In addition, Li Songyao has a unique understanding of tradition, and believes that from the meaning of choosing tradition, "As a classic and symbol, it is the continuation and display of a traditional cultural context that many painters should affirm and recognize." From the point of view of choosing the meaning of traditional painting, the study of traditional classics requires a careful process and a serious attitude. ”
Sunny day 180 x 97 cm | Color on paper
68 x 45 cm | Color on paper
Li Songyao's freehand paintings of flowers and birds are elegant in simplicity and elegant in Lingxiu. From the perspective of the use of the brush, his flower and bird paintings have the quality of casualness and frankness, using dry brushes to deflect and reverse the front, and the gesture is vigorous and powerful; From the point of view of the use of ink, the pen and ink are thick, the use of ink accumulation is good, and the ink method is clear and elegant.
The artist uses simple and simple brushwork, jagged brush and ink, bright but not arrogant colors, and integrates the feeling of life, so that the works are natural and fresh, full of beautiful meaning. Such as the works "Xian Shou Tu", "Jiqing Youyu", "Splendid Forest" and so on.
Vision 68 x 45 cm | Color on paper
Drunken Flower Yin 68 x 34 cm | Color on paper
"Landscape"
Golden Autumn Rhyme 80 x 250 cm | Paper
His landscape paintings are thick and broad and imposing, with the style of the Northern Song Dynasty, which is in line with the atmosphere shaped and constructed in the landscape of the Song people, and deeply captures the aesthetic essence of Zhuangzi's "great beauty of heaven and earth". The artist uses skillful pen and ink skills to render mountains, clouds, trees, and the changing trend between heaven and earth, while inheriting tradition, but also injecting a modern atmosphere into the paintings, simplifying the complex, freehand drawing, the close-up is real, and the distant scenery is sparse.
Akibayashi Yuanxiu 180 x 48 cm | Color on paper
Akiyama Matsuyun 138 x 68 cm | Color on paper
In terms of modeling composition, make good use of the whole to replace the part, and highlight the artistic conception of the painting with the ink color that covers the entire picture, so as to enhance the spiritual appeal of the work. Such as the works "Autumn Mountain Pine Rhyme", "Autumn Forest Yuanxiu", "Yayuan Quiet" and so on.
Landscape four screens 180 x 45 cm x 4 | Color on paper
Khe Shan Autumn Rhyme 198 x 500 cm | Color on paper
As a cutting-edge painter of the post-80s generation, under Li Songyao's pen, there is a good literati atmosphere, as well as the magnificent beauty of the hills and valleys and the vigorous and flexible beauty, whether Lin Quan is high or fresh and elegant, it presents the truth of life and the clarity of the heart. On the basis of inheriting tradition, the painter keeps up with the times and constantly innovates, uses keen observation and elegant aesthetic taste, sees through the background of nature, and expresses his artistic feelings.
Graceland 230 x 180 cm | Color on paper
About the artist
Li Songyao, born in 1984 in Jinzhou City, Hebei Province, currently lives in Beijing; He studied at Beijing Normal University, Tsinghua Academy of Fine Arts, and Chinese Minmin University.
He is currently a member of the China Artists Association, a member of the Hebei Provincial Artists Association, and an assistant tutor of the Rongbaozhai Painting Institute. Artistic Director of Beijing Huiyang Culture Media Co., Ltd., Vice President of Beijing Youmingtang Academy, Vice President of Zhongyan Calligraphy and Painting Academy, Deputy Dean of Yuxi Calligraphy and Painting Academy, and former Assistant Tutor of Bo Yi Dajian Flower and Bird Painting Studio of the Painting Institute of Chinese Min; Under the door of Songyun Hall.
Exhibits and awards
In 2021, he participated in the 5th Loudong (Taicang) National Landscape Painting Biennale of "Revisiting the Classics" and was eligible to enter the exhibition (sponsored by the China Association of Fine Arts)
In 2021, he was selected for the first "Ni Yunlin" National Art Exhibition (sponsored by the China Association of Fine Arts)
In 2020, he was selected for the "Freehand Suzhou" (Flowers and Birds) Chinese Painting Biennale (sponsored by China Art)
In 2019, he was selected into the first national landscape painting exhibition of "New Era, New Imagery" (sponsored by the China Association of Fine Arts)
In 2019, he was selected into the first "Great Beautiful Sound Mountain" National Chinese Painting Exhibition (sponsored by the China Art Association) In 2019, he was selected for the first "Rain and Flowers" National Chinese Painting Exhibition (sponsored by the China Fine Arts Association)
In 2019, he was selected as a national Chinese painting (landscape. Flowers and Birds) Exhibition (sponsored by China Association of Fine Arts)