Purple Fog In Stone Forest

by Zhan Jianjun

Title

Purple Fog In Stone Forest

Artist

Zhan Jianjun

Medium

Painting - Oil On Canvas

Description

Pearl gray light softens the stark outlines of rough cliff walls in China's famous Stone Forest, nature's wonderland carved in rock. Fantasy and enchantment are etched in these unusual stone formations, creating fantastic views and illusions through their ever-changing shapes. In a silent, primeval sleep, these strange forms stand like ancient Druids, dark and mysterious. Wisps of fog cling to their rocky faces like spindrift, while a velvet mantle of clouds shrouds them in opaque serenity. Feathery vines garland their craggy ridges with mauve and violet fringe, bringing a delicate, fragile brightness to the lifeless, unreal forms. As haunted air entwines these stone ghosts of antiquity with a heather mist, one has the impression of being in another world, a world of mysterious secrets waiting to be uncovered. The infinity of patterns and hues of the rock formations in the Stone Forest opens a new world of boundless vision to the visitor. Indeed, what can be seen here is limited only by the imagination, varied by the subtle and shifting moods of the days and seasons. Split and carved as if by some magic power into fantastic and even grotesque shapes, the cliffs of China's Stone Forest are pictured in this artwork in a veiled mist. Imbued with the mystery and fantasy of nature, the age-old secrets of these mysterious formations await the thoughtful discovery of contemplation and imagination.

Zhan Jianjun was born in 1931 in Shenyang, Liaoning Province, in China, and graduated from the Central Academy of Fine Arts, of which he became an associate professor. Long involved in art education, he specialized in oil painting with an emphasis on thematic painting and landscapes. Zhan's works include "Five Heroes on Lang Ya Shan Mountain", part of the permanent collection of the Museum of Chinese History, and "Song of Plateau", displayed at the Museum of Chinese Art. He served as Director of the Association of Chinese Artists.

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April 5th, 2022

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