Artist: Wang Baisong
 
Artist's reflection: More sporadic and less generous than other similar contemporary paintings by Wang, this piece is light, but purposefully not too bright. It doesn't explode off the canvas, but nonetheless stands out.
 
Drawing on the expressiveness of Chinese freehand brushwork, the painter uses wide knife strokes and oil paint selection to create dotted lines and blocks. He leverages cold and warm colors to help create changes in hue, gradation and tone. At the same time he doesn't bother worrying about details when painting and adds a special place of focus in the artwork. From afar the art is imposing, and from near it's thrilling.