This abstract painting features a central figure rendered in warm orange and yellow hues against a muted gray background. The composition is balanced, with the figure positioned off-center and framed by an arched shape. The brushstrokes are expressive, adding texture and movement to the piece. The overall style is reminiscent of post-impressionist or expressionist art, with the artist's focus on emotion and symbolism rather than realistic representation. The inclusion of the figure and the earth-toned palette suggest themes of spirituality, nature, and the human experience. ...
Delineated contours, a subconscious blur of decipherable imagery and extraneous elements, a wistful expressive tide between the figurative and the abstract; Zheng Zhou (b. 1969, China) is a painter of instinct, conveying onto canvas observations from the world, as ad hoc as they may be. His strokes, furtive yet decisive, depict an urgency – to grasp, to depict, to capture that mesmeric multitude of the cosmos, the ‘phenomena’ we, or more precisely he, is a witness to. Referencing ‘I Ching’ (“The Book of Changes”), Zheng channels the astronomical, remarking the myriad of components that make up our universe, mimicking its duplicity through his subject range, hues and techniques. ...
