Artist: Wang Baisong
 
Artist's reflection: In this painting the flowers literally pop off the canvas to add the right amount of texture to pull together this contemporary piece. Wang does this while also subduing the background to add the right amount of emphasis to the foreground. 
 
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.