Obsessed In Painting Marvelous Mountain
Obsessed In Painting Marvelous Mountain
Research On Chinese Painters –Hou Xiaofeng Preface
By Xu Jiaqiang Feb.13, 2008
Hou Xiaofeng is a simple person.
He is generous, pure, and sincere.
His emotions are written on his face and his actions. He is not good at hiding privacy. He don’t play tricks, even don’t know how to.
Hou Xiaofeng is a intricate person.
He is erudite; he has wide interests.
He can keep enthusiasm and talk with artistic masters freely and frankly for half a day. He can keep chatting with farmers from a grass to let them mistake him as a farmer from neighbor village.
Hou Xiaofeng’s paintings are just like his person, simple and as pure as crystal, yet intricate, full of profound Buddhist philosophy.
I used to write two critiques for Hou Xiaofeng in 1995 and 1999. In the two critiques, I have basically told my understanding of his characters and art style. Before writing this preface, I read them again and think it over and find that I have not changed my understanding of Hou Xiaofeng.