Some people in the Western industry once questioned the realistic ability of Chinese painters, believing that Chinese painters did not fully possess the skills of realistic oil painting. I think if they see Leng Jun's hyper-realistic paintings, they will be amazed and can't help but stretch out their thumbs and say: "OK! OK! Tall, really tall!"
Born in 1963 in Leng Jun, who lives in an ordinary family in Sichuan, is considered a leader in hyper-realistic painting in China today. Leng Jun graduated from Jiangbei Art Branch of Wuhan Normal University in 1984. After that, he established his own studio and embarked on the path of professional painter. He worked hard to expand the path of hyper-realistic painting with his perseverance and perseverance. In the 1990s, he became famous at home and abroad with his hyper-realistic oil painting "Little Ginger".
How to appreciate Leng Jun’s hyper-realistic character paintings? I think we should mainly grasp the characteristics of Leng Jun’s works. The biggest feature of Leng Jun's works is extreme realism. The characterization of the characters is meticulous and accurate to the extreme, achieving the miraculous effect of vividly showing every detail. Furthermore, Leng Jun focuses on depicting contemporary characters, making the viewer feel familiar, friendly and natural, making it easier to understand and accept.
“Never let go of every detail” is a principle of Leng Jun’s creation. His depiction of character details is rigorous, delicate and lifelike to the extreme. At first glance, the viewer thinks it is a high-definition photo taken. However, upon closer inspection, the brushstrokes of painting appear. They can’t help but be amazed by the artist’s superb painting skills and scholarly spirit, creating a strong visual impression. The momentum and the roar of the soul.
Leng Jun understands that good works must have character and expressiveness. To this end, he uses paint brushes to infiltrate his thoughts, emotions and aesthetic concepts into colors, and through layers of oil paint, he creates images on the canvas. Accurately explain his understanding of the characters, so that the characters in his paintings are solemn in their beauty, intellectual in their elegance, and full of agility in their tranquility, giving people a refreshing and bright feeling and the enjoyment of beauty.
It is said that Leng Jun’s painting is very rigorous, precise and almost demanding. It can take him several months, a year or even longer to paint a painting. Therefore, when appreciating Leng Jun's paintings, you should not just take a quick look at them, but examine them carefully. The more you look at them, the more wonderful they become, and the more you look at them, the more interesting and knowledgeable they become.