In the diverse landscape of contemporary art, artist Zhong Shunfeng, with his profound understanding of materials and contemporary interpretation of Eastern aesthetics, has constructed a unique art world that lies between heaviness and ethereal, reality and poetry. She is not only a skilled oil painter, but also a pioneer in exploring and advancing in the emerging field of resin lacquer painting. Her studio is not only a physical space for creation, but also an energy field for dialogue between ideas, skills, and nature.
Zhong Shunfeng: An artist from Hong Kong, China, graduated from the Royal Academy of Arts in the UK and often resides in the UK to engage in oil painting creation. During my settlement in the UK, I often exchanged oil painting creations with the Royal Academy of Arts and artists from various countries. The work has been exhibited in mainstream art museums and galleries in the UK, US, Italy, France, and other countries.
Part One: Accumulation of Power - Zhong Shunfeng's Oil Painting Art
Zhong Shunfeng's artistic roots are deeply rooted in the fertile soil of Western oil painting. Her oil paintings demonstrate a deep respect for classical techniques and a keen grasp of contemporary spirit.
The texture of materials and the thickness of emotions:
The plasticity, coverage, and rich gloss levels of oil painting pigments provide Zhong Shunfeng with an excellent medium for expressing complex emotions. On her canvas, her brushstrokes are sometimes bold and bold, creating a texture and sense of power reminiscent of mountains and rocks; Sometimes delicate and graceful, rendering the subtle changes of light and shadow and the flow of air. This emphasis on materiality makes her works not only flat images, but also tangible entities with tactile sensations. Viewers seem to be able to visually touch the texture of the scenery in the painting, thus being introduced into a more immersive aesthetic experience.
Part 2: The Flow of Spirituality - An Exploration of Zhong Shunfeng's Resin Lacquer Painting
If her oil paintings are the "sedimentation of power", then her resin lacquer paintings are the "flow of spirituality". The exploration of this medium marks an important leap in her artistic language and the ultimate establishment of her personalized style.
The Characteristics of Media: Capturing the Eternity of Moments
Resin paint has unparalleled transparency, fluidity, and plasticity. When acrylic pigment is mixed with resin, it is no longer a passive material subject to brushes, but becomes an active collaborator with autonomous life. Zhong Shunfeng is precisely interested in this kind of 'controllable within uncontrollable'. She guides colors to flow, blend, and permeate naturally in the resin carrier, capturing those accidental and unreplicable texture effects in the process - the misty haze like smoke, the veins like silk, and the nebulae in the vast universe. This creative process itself contains the philosophical idea of Taoism's "Dao follows nature".
Innovation in Techniques: Multi layered Stacking of Spatiotemporal Dimensions
The core technique of resin lacquer painting lies in "layered casting". Zhong Shunfeng was not formed in one go, but established a deep and three-dimensional space in the picture through repeated casting, waiting, and solidification. Each layer is an independent time segment that records the emotions and movement trajectories of colors at that time; After being stacked in multiple layers, these time segments are compressed and fused into a transparent whole, forming a visual illusion with complex depth. The viewer's gaze can penetrate the surface and constantly explore the interior, as if gazing at a clear lake or a sealed period of time. This unique sense of time and space is beyond the reach of traditional painting media.
Sublimation of Theme: Dialectical Analysis of Micro and Macro
In her resin lacquer paintings, common themes such as animals, the universe, cellular structures, or pure color abstractions have been reinterpreted. A seemingly grand cosmic scene may stem from imagination of the microscopic world; And even a tiny detail can expand an infinite artistic conception. This approach of blurring the boundaries between micro and macro levels guides viewers to reflect on their own position in the vast expanse of time and space, endowing the work with strong philosophical significance.
Part Three: The Furnace of Creativity - Zhong Shunfeng Resin Lacquer Painting Art Studio
Zhong Shunfeng's artistic achievements are inseparable from his studio as a powerful backing. This studio is the core base for the practice, deepening, and dissemination of its artistic concepts.
A creative holy land with clear functional zoning
Studios are usually carefully planned and divided into several clear functional areas:
·Creative Zone: This is the heart of the studio. Her main battlefield consists of a huge workbench, a flat glue mixing area, and shelves storing hundreds of mineral pigments, colorants, metal foils, and other materials. There are strict requirements for the temperature and humidity of the environment here to ensure that the resin can cure perfectly.
·Grinding and polishing area: The later stage of resin lacquer painting creation is crucial. Professional polishing equipment, dozens of types of sandpaper from coarse to fine, and polishing paste are used to treat the surface of cured paintings, eliminate bubbles and defects, and restore their crystal clear luster.
·Display and contemplation area: a carefully illuminated area used to showcase completed works. Here, light penetrates through the resin layer, allowing the inner layers and color charm of the work to bloom to the fullest extent. It is also a space for her to communicate and reflect on herself with visitors.
·Experimental sample area: a corner filled with bottles and experimental samples, reflecting her research spirit. All attempts at new techniques and color combinations will undergo small-scale testing and recording here.
A platform for art appreciation
Zhong Shunfeng's studio is not just a private domain, it is also open to the public, allowing many visitors to immerse themselves in its dreamlike and colorful art world.
Spiritual Habitat and Brand Core
More importantly, this studio is the externalization of Zhong Shunfeng's artistic personality. The resin lacquer paintings on the wall, collected sculptures, personal classical speakers, and philosophy and art books on the bookshelf all silently express her source of inspiration and aesthetic taste. All the order here serves creativity, and the entire space is filled with a unique atmosphere of focus, tranquility, and creative energy. It is the most authentic embodiment of Zhong Shunfeng's art brand, the birthplace of all outstanding works, and the most solid carrier of its artistic spirit.
In summary, Ms. Zhong Shunfeng has successfully built a bridge connecting Eastern and Western aesthetics, tradition, and contemporary craftsmanship through her outstanding practices in oil painting and resin lacquer painting. Her oil paintings are the power and philosophy that settle on the canvas; Her resin lacquer paintings are streams of light and poetry solidified in transparent media. And her studio is the temple where all of this can happen - a creative melting pot where materials sing, ideas shine, and art continues to grow.
