Vivian Wenhuey Chen

Long Beach California

NOTES FOR THE WORK

These artworks are not painted from real life, nor do they evolve from sketches. They grew from the synthesis of memories, feelings, imagination and sub-consciousness. The works were formed freely in the process of creation and have their own lives. The works’ success and their meanings are dictated partly by the experiences, feelings, tastes and imagination of the audience and his or her empathy with the work. Therefore any explanation by the artist is for reference at best. The following is only a note about the inspiration of the creation. Please interpret these works as you wish.

1.  Mid Summer Nights Series         In moonlight filled woods on a mid summer night

2.  Milky Way Series                         In my imagination, the Milky Way must be so colorful

3.  Roaming the Seven Seas             The lights and sights snatched while roaming the world

4.  Festivals of My Childhood         Revisited Taiwan after forty years of being immersed in a different culture, the memories of childhood festivals surfaced like a wellspring.

5.  Toy Series                                      Images of my childhood toys emerged after a stroll down the street in the old town of Dan Shui

6.  The World Culture Heritage       The World Culture Heritage evokes much thought

7.  People Series                                 Examine various emotions of people and fairies

8  Dan Shui Series                             Guan Yin Mountain in Dan Shui is so beautiful that I have no heart  to abstractize    it.

9.  Un Flower Series                          Unable to compete with God in creating flowers, I painted un flowers

10.  Taipei                                           The colors and lights of Taipei make one dizzy

11.  Soul Mates                                  Comedy and Tragedy follow each other

12.  Pure and Quiet Sutra                  The Broad Way has no shape, no feelings and no name, yet it creates the    heavens  and the earth, moves the sun and the moon, grows all lives. Isn’t this the principal of abstract paintings?

13.  Tang Poems                                 It is not only the poet Wang Wei that painted pictures in his poems

14.  Life Series                                     This encompasses desires, feelings, loves, happiness, sadness, ecstasy and despair of lives

15,  Un Fog                                         Is it pure abstract or fog?

16.  Collage and Mixed Media   In search of various media and utilized them to create a series of collage work on Masonite board