1. God opened another door for him.
? Nathan Chen was born in a mountain village in Ninghai, the hometown of Pan Tianshou, a master of Chinese painting. He told me that he had never met his grandmother, who died of illness before he was born. His parents go to work every day. He was with his grandfather when he was a child. Grandpa often walks on the mountain road near his home behind his back. Grandpa wandered around and shouted, "Big ears, big ears …" Later, people in the village also called him "Big ears". At that time, he really realized that he had lost his hearing and could no longer hear everything. ...
The Bible says, "When God closes this door, he will open another door for you." People are not always smooth sailing. If a person wants to become a talented person, God will "suffer his mind, his bones and muscles, starve his body and skin, and empty his body." In hardships, a person's tenacity and perseverance can be honed, and his values and beliefs can grow. Only in this way can we be "not happy with things, not sad with ourselves", calmly persistent, towering like a mountain and surging like a river.
In 2004, he graduated from Zhejiang Radio and TV University, majoring in flower-and-bird painting in China Academy of Fine Arts, and studied under professors Zhu, Zhu, Zhu and Zhu. Nathan Chen is a promising young man who devotes himself to painting. His works have been published and edited by Art Newspaper, Zhejiang Daily, Zhejiang New Perspective Painting Collection, the 12th Art Exhibition of Zhejiang Province, the 6th Youth Art Exhibition of Zhejiang Province, Zhejiang Zhu Mo Art Exhibition and many other magazines. ? His works have also been invited to participate in exchange meetings in Sweden and Finland for many times, and have been collected by many art institutions at home and abroad. In 2002, he was invited to participate in the Hong Kong Unlimited Art Exchange Exhibition; In 2004, he went to Finland, Sweden, Denmark, Norway and other countries to participate in art exchange exhibitions.
Second, a love that consumes everything, Xiangxian came slowly.
? Nathan Chen was invited to attend the rural witenagemot held in Shen Tuo, Ninghai. After 80, he has fine features and great momentum. When I interviewed him, he chatted with me slowly, calmly and reserved. If he didn't wear a hearing aid, you would never think that he would grow up in a quiet world with such sunshine, such optimism and such a bright smile.
When he and the secretary of Shen Tuo Town slowly unfolded the work of blossoming magnolia, the audience gave warm applause. There are beautiful surprises and deep admiration in endless applause. Beside a square rock, countless slender branches of Magnolia grandiflora are oblique, full of tension of life, full of vitality and spring. Each branch is full of bright red flowers, full of poetry for thousands of years, gorgeous with the joy of spring, which is the artistic color of Nathan Chen and the sound of flowers blooming in the silent world of Nathan Chen.
? Standing on the stage, he said with great emotion: "In the past 20 years, although I have won numerous awards and staged countless times, I am deeply moved to return to my hometown this time and face countless familiar and friendly faces and excited and enthusiastic eyes under the stage. Among them are friends and relatives who are proud of me, teachers who have helped me, and leaders who have high hopes for me. This is my most exciting exhibition on the stage. "
? Third, he used to be a pain in his parents' hearts forever.
? When Chen Wei was a child, after a serious illness, he became deaf for life due to overdose. His parents sent him to Ninghai Dizhi School in despair and sadness. Under the teacher's careful training, Nathan Chen gradually understood the meaning of the word "effort". Parents who are good at chess, calligraphy and painting are also teachers. They found that although their son could not hear, his intelligence was extraordinary, especially in calligraphy and painting. Won the silver prize in a national youth painting and calligraphy competition, which was deeply inspired. Interests, hobbies, and innate talent for painting have made him increasingly refined. Under the recommendation of President Su Weiguo of Dezhi School, Nathan Chen came to Guangqiang Secondary Vocational School, the only vocational secondary school for the disabled in Zhejiang Province, in advance. At that time, he saw a long-lost smile on his parents' faces for the first time. It was a tearful smile. I remember my mother earnestly saying to him, "Go your own way, son!" "He understands the love contained in his mother's words, and he understands her high hopes. Nathan Chen said that his mother was the first guide in his life. She often told him to be honest, paint with heart, and paint like a man. If you are good, you will paint well.
In vocational schools, Nathan Chen not only studies hard, but also paints well. He also serves as the monitor and vice president of the student union. After several years of continuous efforts, he was admitted to the Department of Decorative Arts of the College of Special Education of Zhejiang Radio and TV University, which made him understand the meaning of the word "effort" again. After that, he entered China Academy of Fine Arts for further study in Chinese painting, flowers and birds.
"Drawing with a lifelong partner and capitalizing beautiful words" is his initial intention and will be his lifelong career. Nathan Chen, who is straightforward, told me with a smile that it sounds easy for others to be painters, so aren't they graffiti? You can also travel around, but it's not. Who knows the hardships of our art, forgetting to eat, and sometimes even having no money to eat, is also common. Sometimes it is common to paint and change, change and paint, tear and tear the paper for a good work, and even have no money to buy paper. It is not easy to create and win the grand prize! Because you can't hear the sound in your ears, it's even more difficult on the road of art. Besides doing it with your heart, it's very difficult to communicate and discuss with ordinary people. I remember that during his further study in the Academy of Fine Arts, many academic notes were taken by his classmates, and some of them were copied from his classmates after class. It is even more difficult for him to understand the essence of the teacher's lecture. But God won't let you down. As long as you work hard and draw with your heart, you will be able to draw well. Nathan Chen finally realized it.
Fourth, painting is a heartfelt feeling.
Road, is people come out. Painting, the artistic road, is dew and sunshine in life for Chen Wei. Only when he is intoxicated can he feel that God is not thin to him. Nathan Chen is good at drawing flowers and birds. His paintings are bold and unconstrained, vigorous and elegant, with incomplete composition and blank. His works pursue the aestheticism of artistic conception, with sound and emotion outside the painting, fresh style and freedom, which seems to have the legacy of Badashan people. The birds in his works are very smart, with soft and rich wings and high spirits. The flowers and plants are dense and the water is bright, which makes the viewer seem to hear the birds and flowers. The mountains and trees in his works are relaxed, light, elegant and not thin, full of pure, open and peaceful broad-minded poetry.
Draw for the heart. While studying in China Academy of Fine Arts, Nathan Chen created a boneless painting with the theme of Autumn Grass, and the head teacher Lu Han spoke highly of this painting. "At that moment, I thought, the teacher understood me. I chose Autumn Grass as the topic because in my eyes, autumn grass is the smallest life in the world, humble but unyielding, so I am, but I can also grow from an unknown seed to a towering tree. "
? Weizi has studios in Hangzhou and Ningbo. Whenever he has time, he goes to his art hall. His studio is an ochre color, with a coffee table and several wooden sofas. In the soft light, the artistic conception is elegant and filled with a literati atmosphere. On the wall of his studio, I saw a painting called "Flowers in Prosperity". In the blue and black painting layer, the thick branches and leaves are covered wantonly, and the shade is blue and black. In the gap between black and white, there are clusters of crimson begonia flowers, which are elegant and quiet. Haitang has no fragrance, but Weizi is silent. Everything in nature can't be perfect. Flowers are similar to people, but even without fragrance and sound, it can't hold the existence value of its life. ? "Since God has given talents, let them be employed!" . Only by breaking through the heavy resistance of fate can we proudly bloom ourselves and bloom in the golden age! The whole painting is full of a strong sense of sadness and joy, with profound implications. Isn't this flower like Nathan Chen himself? Nathan Chen's heart can always hear the sound of flowers blooming.
In Weizi's works, mountains and rivers are affectionate, birds are singing and flowers are fragrant. He studies tradition, but he is not limited to it. He is going to write first and draw at will. In addition to ink and wash on paper, he also painted on ceramics and teapots, and sometimes painted murals to present art in different media. Art needs eclecticism, and art needs innovation. Nathan Chen understood that "it's a long way, but this is Xiu Yuan". He said: "I am still moved, moved by the pursuit of the profound meaning of art and painting, and moved by the novelty of artistic forms and the unity of ideological expression."
? Nathan Chen's paintings express modern people's thoughts and aesthetic pursuits in a new form of painting, showing the pursuit of the soul, which is the accumulation of years and the unfolding of a casual picture of life. When I opened his picture, I saw the scenery, natural beauty, hardship, persistence, youthful blood and passion of life. We have to ask what art is. Art is an ideology that tests the basic feelings and experiences of human beings. It is to discover and express yourself in the name of art, so as to understand the world in the eyes of artists, reflect on themselves and verify their spiritual perception. For artists, the "vision" of the mind is far more important than the vision of the eyes. Only with deep vision and deep insight can we have a profound aesthetic realm. Nathan Chen kept telling himself to learn to "listen to the sound of flowers". "Because I think that creation and appreciation are based on one life quietly listening to another life. This is an understanding of life and a concern for human nature. Painting is the most important part of my life. Pain and love, like a child. If I don't draw for a day, it will hurt. Even if I have a little time, I will draw one or two. "
? Fifth, flowers bloom in a prosperous time.
? When he was a child, his mother told him, "You are a special child sent by God. You should listen to the world with your heart. When one day you can hear the sound of flowers, you can hear the sound of the whole world. " So whenever Chen Wei has time, he listens to the sound of flowers blooming and falling. Unconsciously, he fell in love with the world of flowers and birds, and he fell in love with painting flowers and birds. I have been listening to a painting for decades. Now, at the age of 37, he is sitting in front of the stadium, smiling at the rolling dark clouds in the sky. He is as cool as a cucumber, not surprised by honor or disgrace. In the sincere smile full of sunshine, we saw his persistence, success and self-confidence.
? 20 17 17 On February 28th, Nathan Chen, Gai Chunbao and * * * jointly held a joint exhibition of Chinese paintings, and Zou Ping stood in the China-Italy Art Museum and successfully opened it. Zou Ping is the first stop of this joint exhibition. Next, the Iron Triangle Brothers will be exhibited in Yiwu, Ningbo, Beijing, Xi, Shenzhen, Hong Kong and other cities.
The three of them are good friends and are called the "iron triangle" brothers. They often sketch together, learn painting skills and exchange experiences together. They have a lot in common: they are similar in age and are all born after 80; The understanding of painting is very close, and the painting style also has the legacy of Song and Yuan Dynasties. Like-minded, generous and enthusiastic ... In addition, they are all deaf and dumb, which means that they have very similar life experiences and experiences, which makes the three people more connected and appreciate each other. In the second half of the year, Nathan Chen will hold a solo exhibition in Ninghai to repay the folks who gave him high hopes.
? "I can't hear insects singing and birds singing, but I can discover beauty with my eyes, perceive kindness and love with my heart, and create the most beautiful picture with my hands. I love painting, and thank God for opening this door for me, so that I can wander in the beautiful world and contribute beautiful works to the world. In the years to come, I will share better works with the people I love and those who love me. I think everyone, born like a seed, has been pursuing sunshine and warmth all his life. No matter where the roots are, it is the lifelong mission of every seed. "
"? We are an unknown seed, but we can grow from an unknown seed to a towering tree. We can't change the unspeakable reality, but we can change the core of life, which is to make life stronger and stronger! Get stronger! Get stronger! Dig your roots into the soil, always smile, and despise a big joke played by fate on me! "
? Many times, what imprisons us is never a tangible shackle, but comes from our inner cowardice and fear of the unknown. When you have a firm belief, you will have a fearless soul to guide you to a better shore and become a better yourself.
Redemption of one's own destiny depends on oneself. The art world accompanied Nathan Chen out of the shackles of fate.